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Official feed for @Columbia University's History Department, highlighting news from faculty and students. #ColumbiaUniversity
New York, USA
Joined August 2017
Professor Pamela Smith has recieved the 2025 Sarton Medal from @hssonline for her contributions to the history of science and her work on the Making and Knowing Project, "one of the largest collaborative humanities projects in recent memory." See more:
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Professor Paul Thomas Chamberlin was interviewed by Columbia News on his newest book, 'Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II,' where he discusses his motivations for writing an empire-focused analysis of the second World War:
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Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
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Professor Manan Ahmed's book "Disrupted City" is featured on the 2025 Cundill History Prize longlist - see the enclosed link for more!.
Throughout August we'll be spotlighting each title on the 2025 #CundillHistoryPrize longlist 📚. Our first entry is ‘Disrupted City’ by Manan Ahmed Asif, published by @thenewpress. Discover the full 2025 longlist:.
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RT @thenewpress: Congratulations to @CUHistoryDept prof. Manan Ahmed Asif, whose book DISRUPTED CITY was selected for the 2025 Cundill Hist….
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Read Professor Kim Phillips-Fein's latest in @JewishCurrents on the historical lessons we can learn from Fiorello La Guardia's tenure as mayor.
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has plenty of enemies in major centers of city power, from real estate to the police. But the history of mayor Fiorello La Guardia may offer lessons on creating a transformative city regime. Read Kim Phillips-Fein's essay:
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Professor Lori Flores' recent article for The Guardian explores how recent ICE raids will negatively impact America's food labor system, exploring the profound harm caused to both immigrant workers and the food supply:
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In the US, hardly a food is untouched by immigrant labor – and Ice raids will profoundly affect the food labor system
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RT @CU_SakipSabanci: Our former Deputy Director and current Executive Committee member Ahmet Tunç Şen’s first book is out! Congratulations!.
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Julia Burke, a doctoral candidate in the History Department, has been named a 2025 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow.
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RT @ColumbiaSocSci: Professor of History Lien-Hang T. Nguyen was interviewed for a piece in @gzeromedia on her family's experience fleeing….
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RT @gzeromedia: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, a @CUHistoryDept professor, was just five months old when her family set out to flee Saigon on April 2….
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April 30 marks 50 years since North Vietnamese troops overran the capital of US-aligned South Vietnam, ending what is known locally as the Resistance War against America.
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RT @LaGuardiaWagner: Today's the day! We look forward to seeing you all in Long Island City at 1 PM, and at 6 PM at @QPLNYC Jackson Heights!.
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RT @stephen_petrus: This Thursday at 1pm @LaGuardiaWagner @LaGuardiaCC will award the Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize to Columbia University….
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RT @CU_SakipSabanci: 🎬 Film Screening & Discussion – May 2.Join us for Antoine the Fortunate: One Man at the Crossroads of Empires with dir….
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Don't miss Professor Kim Phillips-Fein on April 24th at @LaGuardiaCC, where she will present on her book "Fear City: New York's Financial Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics," for which she was awarded the 2025 Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize.
Save the date! On April 24th at 1 PM in room E242, we will be awarding the 2025 Fiorello LaGuardia Book Prize to Kim Phillips-Fein for her seminal work "Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and The Rise of Austerity Politics." Sign up here:
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Professor Kim Phillips-Fein has been awarded the 2025 LaGuardia Book Prize for her book "Fear City: New York's Financial Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics." See more about the award here:
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La Guardia and Wagner Archives is the New York City history archive in charge of La Guardia, Wagner, New York City Housing Authority, Steinway & Sons pianos, Queens, Koch, Beame, City Council, in...
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Professor Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed by Charter to discuss the parallels between the Trump Administration's actions against federal workers and those of the Reagan Administration. Read the full interview in @TIME here:
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Columbia University's Kim Phillips-Fein on what history tells us about the outlook for workers and labor regulations.
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RT @history_lab_org: Applications for Archives as Data are open until the end of March! 📅 Decisions will be announced shortly after. Don’t….
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Read Professor Kim Phillips-Fein in @newrepublic on the legacy of the Reagan Administration and its similarities and differences to the Trump Administration.
The Dark Legacy of Reaganism
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RT @MakingKnowing: Why create a Research and Teaching Companion? To answer that, we flashback to 2014, when Professor Pamela Smith founded….
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RT @CU_SakipSabanci: 📢 Mark your calendars!. On March 7, #SakipSabanciCenter at Columbia University is hosting an exciting symposium on Ott….
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