News & Announcements Archive

What is Beijing Planning for Hong Kong?

Professor Tobie Meyer-Fong’s book, What Remains: Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China, featured in the ‘What We’re Reading’ section, of the Foreign Policy article, “What is Beijing Planning […]

Professor Jones wins the 2019 AHA Littleton-Griswold Prize

Congratulations to Professor Martha S. Jones on winning the 2019 American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize in U.S. law and society for her book, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and […]

Trumps ‘Go Back’ Tweets as Seen Through the Lens of History

Two of our department’s historians, N.D.B. Connolly and Martha S. Jones, weigh in on how racism has historically shaped conversations about citizenship in the United States in recent The Boston […]

Professor Kim receives the 2019 Berkshire Conference Article Prize

Congratulations to Professor H. Yumi Kim on being awarded the 2019 Berkshire Conference of Women Historian’s Article Prize for her article, “Seeing Cages: Photographs of home Confinement in Early Twentieth-Century […]

Jessica Levy wins Dissertation Prize

Jessica Levy wins Dissertation Prize

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate, Jessica Levy, on winning the 2019 Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)! She is currently a […]

Gabrielle Spiegel earns Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring

Gabrielle Spiegel earns Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring

Congratulations to Professors Gabrielle Spiegel and David Thomas on winning the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring! The award is given to faculty members who are recognized for their […]

Prof. Burgin receives Faculty Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Professor Angus Burgin, the History Department’s Director of Graduate Studies, on winning this year’s KSAS Faculty Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award! This award is given to a faculty […]

Congratulations, Gregory Smaldone!

Congratulations, Gregory Smaldone!

Congratulations to History PhD candidate, Gregory Smaldone, who won the Spring 2019 Research Paper Prize from The Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe for his paper entitled, […]

Prof. Lester interviews on the Religious Artifacts at Notre Dame Cathedral

Professor Anne Lester was interviewed recently regarding the religious artifacts that were saved from the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France after it suffered a devastating fire on April 15, […]

Fulbright recipients abroad enjoy diverse learning, teaching, and cultural experiences

Mallika Iyer, a recent graduate (’18) of JHU, in the history and public health departments, was highlighted in a recent Hub article where she discusses her current work through a […]