Professor Mae Ngai‘s The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America will be adapted into a historical drama as both a limited series and a feature film. The book, which explores the multigenerational story of the Tape family, who...

Three Columbia History majors – Charlotte Andreano, CC’25 (History), Madeleine Cesaretti, CC’25 (History and Urban Studies), and Matthew Oey, GS’24 (History) – have been named 2025-2026 Fulbright Scholars. See more about the awardees’ scholarship and...

Pamela Smith has been awarded the 2025 Sarton Medal from the History of Science Society for her contributions to the history of science, with the Society noting that her work on the Making and Knowing Project “has pioneered perhaps one of the largest...

Manan Ahmed‘s book, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, has been longlisted for the 2025 Cundill History Prize. See the full announcement...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin‘s newest book, Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II, is featured in Columbia News, where he discusses his motivation in writing an international analysis of World War II, as well as what makes his perspective distinct from...