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Empires at War 1911-1923, Edited by Robert Gerwarth and Erez Manela

July 16, 2014

Empires at War 1911-1923, edited by Robert Gerwarth and Erez Manela, "offers a new perspective on the history of the Great War, looking at the war beyond the generally-accepted 1914-1918 timeline, and as a global war between empires, rather than a...

Shane Bobrycki receives 2014 Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates

May 23, 2014

Please join us in congratulating Shane Bobrycki for receiving the Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates. This award is given each year to five teaching fellows who have been nominated by their departments. The...

Professors Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Andrew Gordon featured in Boston Globe article about Harvard’s embrace of online technologies for teaching and research

May 19, 2014

“Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Andrew Gordon, both preparing to teach a new breed of free online classes, met in the iconic Widener Library — bequeathed to Harvard University by the family of a Titanic victim — to discuss a topic in social history: the...

Marco Basile wins John R. Marquand Prize

May 08, 2014

Marco Basile, JD /PhD in our program and tutor in Lowell House and a History House adviser, was recognized for winning the John R. Marquand Prize for Exceptional Advising and Counseling of Harvard Undergraduates. The Award award has been granted annually...

Jill Lepore elected to the American Philosophical Society

May 01, 2014

Please join us in congratulating Jill Lepore on election to the American Philosophical Society in April of 2014 (in the Social Sciences division). For the full list members, see https://www.amphilsoc.org/members/electedApril2014

Jill Lepore, Andrew Gordon, and Helen Hardacre elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 01, 2014

Please join us in warmly congratulating Jill Lepore, Helen Hardacre and Andrew Gordon on their recently announced election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: See the story from the Harvard Gazette They are among 16 new members from Harvard...

Michael McCormick leads project to construct detailed european climate record

April 22, 2014

McCormick, the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History and chair of the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard, will lead a project aimed at constructing the most detailed historical record yet of European climate. Read the full...

What is the Future of the History PhD?

May 06, 2014

In April 2014, professor of history Daniel Smail of Harvard University’s Department of History organized a panel discussion with three experts in the humanities: Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian at Harvard...

Professors Ann Blair and Dan Smail 2014 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award Winners

April 16, 2014

The History Department would like to congratulate Professors Ann Blair and Dan Smail who were among six recipients of the 2014 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award. The Graduate Student Council which administers the award received 30...

Danny Orbach Named 2014 Horizon Scholar

April 09, 2014

Danny Orbach was one of eight students named as 2014 Horizon Scholars, selected to present their research at the second-annual Harvard Horizons Symposium in April. Read more Here .

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