Making History Public

Professor Masten wins 2025 book award from the Victorian Society of New York

Professor April Masten has been awarded a 2025 book award by the Board of Directors of the Victorian Society of New York, for Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing.

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Debjani Chakrabarty wins an American Historical Association 2026 Research Grant

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Debjani Chakrabarty on receiving the AHA's Bernadotte Schmitt Grant, to support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Jediael Peterson and Nico Allen named 2026 ACLS Fellows

Congratulations to PhD Candidates Jediael Peterson and Nico Allen who received the prestigious and competitive fellowships to support their dissertation research.

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Professor Zolov named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Eric Zolov was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to work on his new project "The Bossa Nova Moment: Harmonizing Pan-Americanism in the Era of the Cuba Revolution." He also recently received a Wayne Shirley Fellowship from the Society of American Music to research the personal papers of Brazilian-American jazz and bossa music artist, Laurindo Almeida, as part of the project.

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Professor Chambers awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant

Professor Mark Chambers along with Professor Chris Sellers and their research team were awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to complete their final National Science Foundation research outputs in investigating cumulative exposures in environmental justice research and environmental health science.

Professor Kabdylkhak featured in the Russian‑language Forbes‑KZ April issue

Professor Nurlan Kabdylkhak is featured in the article: "Why a Historian from Kazakhstan Introduces American Students to the History of the USSR and Central Asia." The article delves into his personal history and decision to become a Historian, as well as his forthcoming book on Muslim religious institutions in Kazakhstan.

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Professor Lipton elected to a Visiting Fellowship at Cambridge University

Professor Sara Lipton was elected to a Visiting Fellowship at King’s College, Cambridge, for the 2027 Lent and Easter Terms.

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