James Hankins receives Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award
James Hankins, professor of history and general editor for I Tatti Renaissance Library at Harvard, has been awarded the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of...
View ArticleMichael McCormick and Lizabeth Cohen elected to the American Academy of Arts...
Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History, Michael McCormick as well as Dean of Radcliffe Institute and Howard Mumford Jones Professor American Studies, Lizabeth Cohen, have been elected to the...
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Peter Gordon awarded Jacques Barzun Prize from the American Philosophical...
The American Philosophical Society awarded the Jacques Barzun Prize for the best book in cultural history published in 2010 to Professor Peter E. Gordon in recognition of his book Continental Divide:...
View ArticleAfsaneh Najmabadi to present at the White House
Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Afsaneh Najmabadi will present her digital archive project, Women’s World in Qajar Iran, at the White House on...
View ArticleEmma Rothschild wins Phi Beta Kappa teaching award
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History and Director of the Center for History and Economics, Emma Rothschild, was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa teaching award at the 222nd Phi Beta Kappa Literary...
View ArticleMaya Jasanoff wins Washington Book Prize
Professor Maya Jasanoff has won the Washington Book Prize for her recent book “Liberty’s Exiles.” This award honors the previous year’s best book about America’s founding era. “Liberty’s Exiles” is the...
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Robert Darnton and the Digital Public Library of America
Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, continues to break new ground with his work on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Professor Darnton desires to see a universal...
View ArticleUnited Nations History Project Launched
On behalf of the Harvard Asia Center and the Joint Center for History and Economics at Harvard and Cambridge, it is our great pleasure to announce the launch of the United Nations History Project...
View ArticleRhae Lynn Barnes makes waves in digital history
PhD candidate Rhae Lynn Barnes recently discussed her website project US History Scene with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Since its founding almost a year ago, the project has received...
View ArticleTwo history concentrators named Rhodes Scholars
On Saturday, the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2013 was elected. The history department is happy to announce that two concentrators, Julian Gewirtz and Ben Wilcox, were among the winners! All 32...
View ArticleHistory concentrator named Marshall Scholar
Aditya Balasubramanian, a Harvard College senior concentrating in history, has won a Marshall Scholarship. Aditya will be studying at the London School of Economics for the academic year 2012-2013....
View ArticleOlga González-Silén awarded the 2012 Tibesar Prize
Olga González-Silén, PhD candidate in history, was awarded the 2012 Tibesar Prize, given by the Conference of Latin American History. This award recognizes the best article of the year published in the...
View ArticleHarvard Oxford Summer Internship in Medieval Archaeology now accepting...
Harvard Oxford Summer Internship in Medieval Archaeology One or two research internships will be awarded to Harvard undergraduates to accomplish an important scholarly mission in Europe this summer....
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Annette Gordon-Reed in Radcliffe Magazine
Annette Gordon-Reed, one of the foremost scholars of Jefferson, recently discussed her latest book project with Pat Harrison of the Radcliffe Magazine. Gordon-Reed is Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor...
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