History

Faculty Distinction 2021/22


Amy Chazkel

Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies

Best article in any field of history other than the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians


Amy Chazkel

Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies

Best article in any field of history other than the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians


Amy Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies

Best article in any field of history other than the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians


Victoria de Grazia

Moore Collegiate Professor of History

The Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian history or Italian-American relations, the American Historical Association

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies, Modern Language Association of America


Victoria de Grazia

Moore Collegiate Professor of History

The Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian history or Italian-American relations, the American Historical Association

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies, Modern Language Association of America


Victoria de Grazia
Moore Collegiate Professor of History

The Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian history or Italian-American relations, the American Historical Association

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies, Modern Language Association of America


Frank Guridy

Associate Professor of History and of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Provost’s Office’s Fall 2021 Addressing Racism Seed Grant


Frank Guridy

Associate Professor of History and of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Provost’s Office’s Fall 2021 Addressing Racism Seed Grant


Frank Guridy
Associate Professor of History and of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Provost’s Office’s Fall 2021 Addressing Racism Seed Grant


Sarah Haley

Associate Professor of History

Inaugural Leith Mullings Lecture, CUNY Graduate Center, Anthropology Department


Sarah Haley

Associate Professor of History

Inaugural Leith Mullings Lecture, CUNY Graduate Center, Anthropology Department


Sarah Haley
Associate Professor of History

Inaugural Leith Mullings Lecture, CUNY Graduate Center, Anthropology Department


Karl Jacoby

Allan Nevins Professor of American History; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

Public Scholars Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities


Karl Jacoby

Allan Nevins Professor of American History; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

Public Scholars Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities


Karl Jacoby
Allan Nevins Professor of American History; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

Public Scholars Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities


Rashid Khalidi

Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Literature and Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Heyman Center-Trinity College Dublin Exchange Fellowship


Rashid Khalidi

Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Literature and Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Heyman Center-Trinity College Dublin Exchange Fellowship


Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Literature and Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Heyman Center-Trinity College Dublin Exchange Fellowship


Rebecca Kobrin

Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Arlene Lazarowitz Annual Lecture, California State University at Long Beach

Freimann Annual Memorial Lecture, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt


Rebecca Kobrin

Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Arlene Lazarowitz Annual Lecture, California State University at Long Beach

Freimann Annual Memorial Lecture, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt


Rebecca Kobrin
Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Arlene Lazarowitz Annual Lecture, California State University at Long Beach

Freimann Annual Memorial Lecture, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt


Mark Mazower

Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies; Director, Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination

2021 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

Honorary Greek Citizenship


Mark Mazower

Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies; Director, Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination

2021 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

Honorary Greek Citizenship


Mark Mazower
Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies; Director, Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination

2021 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

Honorary Greek Citizenship


Mae Ngai

Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History; Co-Director Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Fellow, Russell Sage Foundation

Neil Gotanda Lecture, University of California-Berkeley Law School

Wolf Humanities Lecture, University of Pennsylvania

Elected to the American Antiquarian Society

Bancroft Prize

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences


Mae Ngai

Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History; Co-Director Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Fellow, Russell Sage Foundation

Neil Gotanda Lecture, University of California-Berkeley Law School

Wolf Humanities Lecture, University of Pennsylvania

Elected to the American Antiquarian Society

Bancroft Prize

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences


Mae Ngai
Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History; Co-Director Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant

Fellow, Russell Sage Foundation

Neil Gotanda Lecture, University of California-Berkeley Law School

Wolf Humanities Lecture, University of Pennsylvania

Elected to the American Antiquarian Society

Bancroft Prize

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences


Lien-Hang Nguyen

Dorothy Borg Associate Professor of the History of American-East Asian Relations

Keith L. Nelson Lecture in U.S. International History, University of California Irvine


Lien-Hang Nguyen

Dorothy Borg Associate Professor of the History of American-East Asian Relations

Keith L. Nelson Lecture in U.S. International History, University of California Irvine


Lien-Hang Nguyen
Dorothy Borg Associate Professor of the History of American-East Asian Relations

Keith L. Nelson Lecture in U.S. International History, University of California Irvine


Susan Pedersen

Gouverneur Morris Professor of History

Leverhulme Foundation Distinguished Professor at Cambridge, UK


Susan Pedersen

Gouverneur Morris Professor of History

Leverhulme Foundation Distinguished Professor at Cambridge, UK


Susan Pedersen
Gouverneur Morris Professor of History

Leverhulme Foundation Distinguished Professor at Cambridge, UK


Pamela Smith

Seth Low Professor of History

Digital Innovation Award, Renaissance Society of America

Elizabeth B. McNab Lecture, McGill University


Pamela Smith

Seth Low Professor of History

Digital Innovation Award, Renaissance Society of America

Elizabeth B. McNab Lecture, McGill University


Pamela Smith
Seth Low Professor of History

Digital Innovation Award, Renaissance Society of America

Elizabeth B. McNab Lecture, McGill University


Rhiannon Stephens

Associate Professor of History

Provost’s Leadership Fellow


Rhiannon Stephens

Associate Professor of History

Provost’s Leadership Fellow


Rhiannon Stephens
Associate Professor of History

Provost’s Leadership Fellow

The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.

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