The Graduate Program


Annual Newsletter

July 2026   

We welcome our incoming Ph.D. candidates for Fall 2026!

 

Atlantic History 

Sarah Deonarain (BA, Harvard College) 

 

Early Modern European History 

Dongjin Kim (BEc, Korea University; MA, Seoul National University) 

 

East Asia History 

Dai Tran (BA/BE, Fullbright University Vietnam) 

 

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Abigail Wong (LLB, National University of Singapore; BA, University of Cambridge; MA, University of Oxford)

 

Latin America 

Alonso Perez Rangel (BA, Concordia University; MA, Concordia University) 

 

Medieval European History

Wendy Wang (BA, University of Southern California) 

 

Middle East History 

Sundus Al-Ameen (BA, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; MA, Columbia University GSAS) 

 

Modern Europe

Lucy Langan (BA, Colgate University)

Iain Pless (BA, University of Vermont; MA, University of Oxford)

 

United States History

Jonathan Balderas (BA, Yale University) 

Sarah Claypoole (BA, University of Chicago; JD, Duke University) 

Zachary Gomez (BA, University of California Los Angeles) 

 

 

Ph.Ds.’ Conferred in 2024-2025

Almukhtar, Amnah. Nahdawi Themes in Writing from Iraq in al-Irafan, al-ilm, and al-Yaqin, 1909-1925
Sponsor: Marwa Elshakry

Blatchford R. BarrieAmerica’s Acclimatization Exchange: Animal Acclimatization, Settler Colonialism, and the Transformation of American Nature, 1840-1975. 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby

Cohen, Jessica. A Better Life for Us All?: Local Perspectives on the History of Family Planning in Accra, Ghana.
Sponsor: Abosede George

Colpa, Luz. Looking for Love: Marriage and ‘Out-Marriage’ between France and West Africa: 1939-1985
Sponsor: Emmanuelle Saada

Coon, Ella. Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1996
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Corban, Robert. Bitter Harvest: The Militarization of Agriculture in Mussolini’s Italy, 1915-1945
Sponsor: Victoria de Grazia 

DeVinney, Joslyn. Mysore Science: A Connected History of Eighteenth-Century Natural Knowledge
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed 

Dubler, RoslynNon-Discrimination: Family Care and the Welfare State in the European Community, 1957-1992
Sponsor: Susan Pedersen

Faulkner, Amanda. ” A Place of Beginning Along the Land”: Migration and Community in the Dutch Atlantic World, 1609-1715
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Goetz, Jennifer. Developing Soviet Photography: From Military Mobilization to Family Photo-Albums, 1934-1956
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Guadarrama Dominguez, Andrei Luis. Circuits of Power: Private Interests and the Politics of Development in Mexico City, 1870-1950
Sponsor: Pablo Piccato

Hawk, Emily. Movements of Black Modern Dance: Choreography, Education , and Community Engagement, 1960-1976.
Sponsor: Casey Blake 

Houwink ten Cate, Lotte. Histories, Tech, and a New Central Planning.
Sponsor: Mark Mazower

Kamil, Seth. New York and Barbados 1650-1775: Colonial Interdependence and Contemporary Links
Sponsor: Christopher Brown 

Khalifa, Nada. After the Fact: Social Investigation and Constitutionalism in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, 1908-1923.
Sponsor: Rashid Khalidi & Marwa Elshakry 

Kleiser, Randal Grant. Exchanging Empires: Free Ports, Reform, and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1750-1784.
Sponsor: Christopher Brown

Le, Adrienne. The Untold Revolution: Buddhist Nation Building in Vietnam’s Decolonial Century 
Sponsor: Lein- Hang Nguyen 

Lebovich, Andrew. The Search for the Straight Path: Islamic Reform and Regional Change in Algeria, Senegal, and Mali in the Twentieth Century.
Sponsor: Gregory Mann

Lerer, DavidVisions of Popular Financial Internationalism in Europe and the United States During the Interwar Years.
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Plowright, Isobel. The International Workingmen’s Association in the United States, 1865-1876
Sponsor: Stephanie McCurry 

Rivadeneira, Stephanie. The Confraternity of Our Lady of Los Remedios: Piety, Politics, and Captial in Mexico City 
Sponsor: Caterina Pizzigoni

Ryuk, SoheeUnraveling the Soviet Carpet: Handicraft Carpets as Commodity, Craft, and Heritage, 1890-1982.
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Shah, Rohan. Reluctant Globalists: The Political-Economy of “Interdependence” from Nixon’s New Economic Policy to Reagan’s Hidden Industrial Policy 
Sponsor: Kimberly Phillips-Fein & Anders Stephanson 

Solis, Gabriel. Entangled Assembly: A History of the Global Factory in Taiwan and the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1960-1993 
Sponsor: Frank Guridy 

Ullman, Reut. “Between Craft and Science: the Disciplining of Chymistry in Early Modern Russia (1500-1765)” 
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Villegas, Jordan. Pochitas: Mexican American Girlhood in Depression-era Texas 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby 

Yan, LauraMaking a Country out of a Harbor: The Transnational Everyday life of Migrant Workers
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed

 

Congratulations to all those who successfully defended their dissertations in 2024-2025!

 

Almukhtar, Amnah. Nahdawi Themes in Writing from Iraq in al-Irafan, al-ilm, and al-Yaqin, 1909-1925
Sponsor: Marwa Elshakry

Blatchford R. BarrieAmerica’s Acclimatization Exchange: Animal Acclimatization, Settler Colonialism, and the Transformation of American Nature, 1840-1975. 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby

Cohen, Jessica. A Better Life for Us All?: Local Perspectives on the History of Family Planning in Accra, Ghana.
Sponsor: Abosede George

Colpa, Luz. Looking for Love: Marriage and ‘Out-Marriage’ between France and West Africa: 1939-1985
Sponsor: Emmanuelle Saada

Coon, Ella. Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1996
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Corban, Robert. Bitter Harvest: The Militarization of Agriculture in Mussolini’s Italy, 1915-1945
Sponsor: Victoria de Grazia 

DeVinney, Joslyn. Mysore Science: A Connected History of Eighteenth-Century Natural Knowledge
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed 

Dubler, RoslynNon-Discrimination: Family Care and the Welfare State in the European Community, 1957-1992
Sponsor: Susan Pedersen

Faulkner, Amanda. ” A Place of Beginning Along the Land”: Migration and Community in the Dutch Atlantic World, 1609-1715
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Goetz, Jennifer. Developing Soviet Photography: From Military Mobilization to Family Photo-Albums, 1934-1956
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Guadarrama Dominguez, Andrei Luis. Circuits of Power: Private Interests and the Politics of Development in Mexico City, 1870-1950
Sponsor: Pablo Piccato

Hawk, Emily. Movements of Black Modern Dance: Choreography, Education , and Community Engagement, 1960-1976.
Sponsor: Casey Blake 

Houwink ten Cate, Lotte. Histories, Tech, and a New Central Planning.
Sponsor: Mark Mazower

Kamil, Seth. New York and Barbados 1650-1775: Colonial Interdependence and Contemporary Links
Sponsor: Christopher Brown 

Khalifa, Nada. After the Fact: Social Investigation and Constitutionalism in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham, 1908-1923.
Sponsor: Rashid Khalidi & Marwa Elshakry 

Kleiser, Randal Grant. Exchanging Empires: Free Ports, Reform, and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1750-1784.
Sponsor: Christopher Brown

Le, Adrienne. The Untold Revolution: Buddhist Nation Building in Vietnam’s Decolonial Century 
Sponsor: Lein- Hang Nguyen 

Lebovich, Andrew. The Search for the Straight Path: Islamic Reform and Regional Change in Algeria, Senegal, and Mali in the Twentieth Century.
Sponsor: Gregory Mann

Lerer, DavidVisions of Popular Financial Internationalism in Europe and the United States During the Interwar Years.
Sponsor: Adam Tooze

Plowright, Isobel. The International Workingmen’s Association in the United States, 1865-1876
Sponsor: Stephanie McCurry 

Rivadeneira, Stephanie. The Confraternity of Our Lady of Los Remedios: Piety, Politics, and Captial in Mexico City 
Sponsor: Caterina Pizzigoni

Ryuk, SoheeUnraveling the Soviet Carpet: Handicraft Carpets as Commodity, Craft, and Heritage, 1890-1982.
Sponsor: Catherine Evtuhov 

Shah, Rohan. Reluctant Globalists: The Political-Economy of “Interdependence” from Nixon’s New Economic Policy to Reagan’s Hidden Industrial Policy 
Sponsor: Kimberly Phillips-Fein & Anders Stephanson 

Solis, Gabriel. Entangled Assembly: A History of the Global Factory in Taiwan and the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1960-1993 
Sponsor: Frank Guridy 

Ullman, Reut. “Between Craft and Science: the Disciplining of Chymistry in Early Modern Russia (1500-1765)” 
Sponsor: Pamela Smith

Villegas, Jordan. Pochitas: Mexican American Girlhood in Depression-era Texas 
Sponsor: Karl Jacoby 

Yan, LauraMaking a Country out of a Harbor: The Transnational Everyday life of Migrant Workers
Sponsor: Manan Ahmed

 

 

Dissertation Write-up Fellowships Awarded for the 2025-2026 Academic Year 

 

Doris G. Quinn Fellowship

Rochelle Malcolm

Samuel Niu

Charles Steinman

 

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Harriet Zuckerman Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Zinaida Osipova

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

 CES/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship

 

Lowenheim History Fellowship

 

Fellowships, Awards, Grants, & Babies (Update in progress)

 

Baby Historians

 

 

 


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