Matthew Joseph won the Urban History Association’s Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History.
Matthew Joseph won the Urban History Association’s Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History. Read the announcement here.
Anupama Rao explains Barnard’s new nondiscrimination caste policy seeks to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity by preventing bias based on an individual’s caste background.
Anupama Rao explains how Barnard’s new nondiscrimination caste policy seeks to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity by preventing bias based on an individual’s caste background. Read the article here.
The Journal of Austrian-American History has released a special issue celebrating the life and work of István Deák
The Journal of Austrian-American History has released a special issue celebrating the life and work of István Deák. Read it here.
Kim Phillips-Fein published an article in The New Republic on the failure of the War on Poverty to increase the standards of living of the impoverished.
Kim Phillips-Fein published an article in The New Republic that explores the failure of the War on Poverty to increase the standards of living of the impoverished.
Barrie Blatchford, as part of his fellowship at the American Philosophical Society, published a blog on the emergence of fish as pets in modern American culture.
Barrie Blatchford, as part of his fellowship at the American Philosophical Society, published a blog on the emergence of fish as pets in modern American culture.
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Eric Foner. The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. 2019: W.W. Norton.

Carol Gluck. Senso No Kioku (War Memory.) 2019. Amazon Link.

Martha Howell (co-editor with Peter Arnade and Anton van der Lem). Rereading Huizinga: Autumn of the Middle Ages, a Century Later. 2019: Amsterdam University Press.

Pamela Smith (ed.). Entangled Itineraries: Materials, Practices, and Knowledges across Eurasia. 2019: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Stephanie McCurry. Women’s War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War. 2019: Harvard University Press.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: How History is Used in Senate Politics Concerning Climate Change Denialism
U.S. Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse spoke to the Community University community on Monday, February 6, 2023 regarding Climate Change, U.S policy and his new book : “The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court, and the Damage the Court is Doing to the Fight Against Climate Change.” View a recorded video of this event by clicking here.
Columbia University and Slavery: A Research and Justice Initiative
The Columbia University and Slavery project is a research and justice initiative examining Columbia’s connections to the history and legacies of enslavement. The ongoing work aims to provide a fuller and more nuanced picture of Columbia’s past, while also helping to inform conversations about the university’s role in the present.
Confluence: A History of North American Rivers
Rivers have always been the lifeblood of the continent, yet their human histories have remained largely hidden from public view. Our goal is to create a publicly accessible digital platform for mapping and narrating lived history along North American rivers.