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Kim Phillips-Fein has won the 2025 LaGuardia Book Prize for her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics.
Kim Phillips-Fein has won the 2025 LaGuardia Book Prize for her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. Professor Phillips-Fein will present a talk on this book at LaGuardia Community College on April 24th at 1:00 PM (RSPV here). See more about the award here.
Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed by Charter to discuss the parallels between the Trump Administration’s actions against federal workers and those of the Reagan Administration. Read the full interview in @TIME here:
Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed by Charter to discuss the parallels between the Trump Administration’s recent actions against federal workers and those of the Reagan Administration. Read the full interview in TIME here.
Natasha Lightfoot will be presenting the Department of History at Sacred Heart University’s 2025 Endowed Lecture on 3/18 at 2:00 PM, where she will be presenting on a chapter of her new book in progress about an enslaved woman in the Caribbean who tries to free herself by sea and the politics of self emancipation.
Natasha Lightfoot will be presenting the Department of History at Sacred Heart University’s 2025 Endowed Lecture on 3/18 at 2:00 PM, where she will be presenting on a chapter of her new book in progress about an enslaved woman in the Caribbean who tries to free herself by sea and the politics of self emancipation. See more about the lecture here.
James Stafford reviewed Isaac Nakhimovsky’s The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation for the London Review of Books.
James Stafford reviewed Isaac Nakhimovsky’s The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation for the London Review of Books. Read the full review here.
Victor Petrov’s (PhD 2017) first book, Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain, is the recipient of four awards: the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, the Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize, the 2024 Computer History Museum Prize, and the 2024 John D. Bell Book Award.
Victor Petrov‘s (PhD 2017) first book, Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain, is the recipient of four awards: the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, the Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize, the 2024 Computer History Museum Prize, and the 2024 John D. Bell Book Award.
James Tejani (PhD 2009) was awarded the 2025 Bancroft Award for his book, A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.
James Tejani (PhD 2009) was awarded the 2025 Bancroft Award for his book, A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America. See more here.
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War, for which Lien-Hang Nguyen served as general editor, was awarded Best Book in World History and Best Multivolume Reference Work by the Association of American Publishers.
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War, for which Lien-Hang Nguyen served as general editor, was awarded Best Book in World History and Best Multivolume Reference Work by the Association of American Publishers. Read more here.
Mae Ngai gave a talk on the Trump administration’s agenda on birthright citizenship and mass deportation to the Paris chapter of Democrats Abroad on Feb 26.
Mae Ngai gave a talk on the Trump administration’s agenda on birthright citizenship and mass deportation to the Paris chapter of Democrats Abroad on Feb 26.
David Rosner was quoted in the New York Times article “C.D.C. Suggests Terms Like ‘Health Equity’ Are Off-Limits, Then Backtracks,” where he spoke on how race becomes a determinative factor in health outcomes to the detriment of Black communities.
David Rosner was quoted in the New York Times article “C.D.C. Suggests Terms Like ‘Health Equity’ Are Off-Limits, Then Backtracks,” where he spoke on how race becomes a determinative factor in health outcomes to the detriment of Black communities.
Hilary Hallett will serve as panelist and moderator at the New York Historical’s Diane and Adam E. Max Conference on Women’s History on March 2nd, 2025.
Hilary Hallett will serve as panelist and moderator at the New York Historical’s Diane and Adam E. Max Conference on Women’s History on March 2nd, 2025. See the full program and purchase tickets here.
