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Mrinalinia S. Wadhwa, a History and Mathematics major, was selected as a 2024 Rhodes Scholar and will pursue an M.Phil. in Modern European History at Oxford University.
Mrinalinia S. Wadhwa, a History and Mathematics major, was selected as a 2024 Rhodes Scholar and will pursue an M.Phil. in Modern European History at Oxford University. While at Columbia, Mrinalinia co-founded and co-edited the Columbia Journal of Asia and acted as 2023 co-Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, and currently acts as the chair of the Columbia History Association. Her research interests focus on the interactions of legal history, international and comparative law, and gender justice, and while studying at Columbia, Mrinalini helped to create a program to provide three years of English education to low-income students in New Delhi.
Christopher Brown was awarded the Yale University’s George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award for his contributions to education.
Christopher Brown was awarded the Yale University’s George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award for his contributions to education, particularly in the fields of American History, British History, Atlantic History and the history of Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance.
Kim Phillips-Fein reviewed Jennifer Burn’s biography of Milton Friedman, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, in The Atlantic.
Kim Phillips-Fein reviewed Jennifer Burn’s biography of Milton Friedman, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, in The Atlantic.
Greg Mann authored an op-ed in the Columbia Daily Spectator on the campus discourse surrounding the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Greg Mann authored an op-ed in the Columbia Daily Spectator on the campus discourse surrounding the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Yumi Kim (Ph.D. 2015) won the John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History from the American Historical Association, the most prestigious prize in the field.
Scot McFarlane was featured in the latest issue of AHA Perspectives as new researcher for the American Historical Association.
Scot McFarlane was featured in the latest issue of AHA Perspectives as new researcher for the American Historical Association.
Ana Laura Zúñiga Loreto, a doctoral student in the Department, won the Francisco Javier Clavijero Prize for the best masters thesis in Mexico for her 2022 thesis, “Un ‘microuniverso’ en la palma de la mano. La exactitud del tiempo y el espacio en la medición del mundo desde la Nueva España” [A ‘microuniverse’ in the palm of the hand: Accuracy in time in space in world measurement from New Spain].
Ana Laura Zúñiga Loreto, a doctoral student in the Department, won the Francisco Javier Clavijero Prize for the best masters thesis in Mexico for her 2022 thesis, “Un ‘microuniverso’ en la palma de la mano. La exactitud del tiempo y el espacio en la medición del mundo desde la Nueva España” [A ‘microuniverse’ in the palm of the hand: Accuracy in time in space in world measurement from New Spain].
Rashid Khalidi was interviewed in The Drift on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, media coverage of these events, and the broader historical context of these issues.
Rashid Khalidi was interviewed in The Drift on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, media coverage of these events, and the broader historical context of these issues.
Rhiannon Stephens’ book, Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History, is a finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot book prize in East African Studies of the African Studies Association.
Rhiannon Stephens’ book, Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History, is a finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot book prize in East African Studies of the African Studies Association.
AHA announcement – The George L. Mosse Prize in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since 1500
Pamela H. Smith was announced as the winner of the George L. Mosse Prize in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since 1500 for From Lived Experience to the Written Word: Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2022). Details here
