The UCLA History Department congratulates Barry Goldenberg, Class of 2011 alumnus and recipient of the Carey McWilliams Award for Top Honors Thesis, on the release of his new book, Strength through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism (Rutgers University Press, 2025). Barry went on to complete his Ph.D. at Columbia University and currently […]
Professor Elizabeth O’Brien’s book, Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940, received the 2023 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize, for a first book that deals substantially with the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality.
The Asia Pacific Center in the International Institute at UCLA has awarded Pin-Hua Chou, a graduate student in European history, a J. Yang Scholarship for 2025. This scholarship supports talented students from Taiwan pursuing graduate studies at UCLA. The $14,000 award can be used for tuition, NRST, and/or as a stipend in any combination. Congratulations to Pin-Hua […]
Gregory Sattler, a 5th-year Ph.D. candidate in the History Department, has published an article titled “Zhedong Sea Merchants and the China-Japan Trade, ca. 800–1000 CE” in the Journal of Song-Yuan Studies. The article explores the dynamic maritime trade between China and Japan during the late Tang and early Song periods, focusing on the significant role […]
Second-year doctoral student in European history, Pin-Hua Chou, has received several accolades this year. She was awarded the Peter Baldwin Fellowship at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles and the Maggie and Richard Tsai Endowed Fellowship, which supported her internship at Taiwan’s Fubon Art Museum this summer. Pin-Hua’s work and experiences are highlighted in a […]
Professors Robin Derby, Carla Pestana, and Teo Ruiz were recently featured in the UCLA Newsroom article, “What is Magic? Defining the Indefinable through a UCLA Glass, Darkly.” The piece highlights their unique perspectives and contributions to understanding magic and its cultural significance. The article is also included in the winter 2024 issue of the UCLA […]
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Lamontagne, who has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Music at UC Riverside. Dr. Lamontagne held a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UCLA Department of History for the past two years, after earning his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at UCLA. His dissertation “Deconstructing Hip Hop: Black […]
Join Edward A. Alpers, Research Professor (Emeritus) of History at UCLA, as he serves as a panelist in a live webcast discussion on Darshana M. Baruah’s new book, The Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order. The event explores the geopolitical significance of the Indian Ocean, which has reemerged […]
Doctoral Student in European History, Pin-Hua Chou, has been awarded the Peter Baldwin UCLA Fellowship at the Wende Museum for 2025. The Wende Museum is a museum and research center that preserves and showcases the art and culture of the Cold War era. Baldwin Fellows will combine historical methodologies and scholarship with on-the-job training in […]
Graduate student Rachel Kaufman published an article in the Colonial Latin American Review, “A mosaic of exchange: history, memory, and representation of women in the Borderlands captivity archive.”
