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Two Former History Undergraduates Named 2025 Fulbright Finalists

Tuesday, July 8

Congratulations to Gowri Rao (Linguistics major; History minor, 2022), who was awarded a Fulbright HAEF English Teaching Assistant Award in Greece and...

Boston Globe - Alumni Must Defend Universities From Trump's Assault: In op-ed, Prof. Emeritus and Fmr Uni. President Hanna Holborn Gray argues for the importance of alumni support for higher-ed's value and independence in the wake of federal pressure

Monday, June 2

4 Myths of the Renaissance: Ada Palmer on her new book, Inventing the Renaissance

Thursday, May 29

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3 SSD Faculty Awarded for Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching

Thursday, May 22

Tara Zahra reappointed as Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium

Thursday, May 22

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Eleonory Gilburd, Associate Professor of History, Received a 2025 Quantrell Award for Undergraduate Teaching

Thursday, May 22

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Nicholas O'Neill (PhD '22) has been shortlisted for the International Economic History Association’s triennial dissertation prize at the 2025 World Economic History Conference

Friday, May 9

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Nicholas O'Neill's 2022 dissertation, "The Political Economy of Taste: The State and the Porcelain Industry in France, 1682-1815," has been shortliste...

NYT Article Features Ada Palmer's course, "The Italian Renaissance: Dante, Machiavelli and the Wars of Popes and Kings"

Tuesday, May 6

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NYT - ‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’; Article highlights Assoc. Prof. Ada Palmer's "The Italian Renaissance: Dante, Machiavelli, and the Wars of Popes and Kings" class

Tuesday, May 6

History PhD Candidate, Daniel Fernandez, Awarded a 2025 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

Thursday, May 1

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