Faculty Honors


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Sebouh Aslanian Receives SHARP Book History Prize

Sebouh Aslanian's book, Early Modernity and Mobility: Port Cities…
November 1, 2024/by Edward Trujillo

Elizabeth O’Brien Wins American Academy of Religion’s Best First Book Award

Elizabeth O'Brien's book, Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of…
November 1, 2024/by Edward Trujillo
Amir Alexander

Amir Alexander Tops Wall Street Journal’s Summer Reading List

Amir Alexander’s recent book, Liberty's Grid: A Founding…
May 31, 2024/by Edward Trujillo

Carla Pestana Elected President of the Association of Caribbean Historians

Congratulations to Carla Pestana, who was elected President of…
May 30, 2024/by History WebTechs

Professor Teofilo Ruiz Honored with 2023-24 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award at UCLA

Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Teofilo Ruiz,…
May 7, 2024/by History WebTechs

Brian Copenhaver Receives Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2023–24

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Brian Copenhaver, who won…
May 6, 2024/by Edward Trujillo

Elizabeth O’Brien’s Book Wins Several Awards

Congratulations to Elizabeth O’Brien, whose book Surgery…
April 30, 2024/by History WebTechs

Stella Ghervas wins Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies

Congratulations to Stella Ghervas, the Eugen Weber Professor…
November 30, 2023/by Edward Trujillo

Kevin Terraciano Awarded J. Franklin Jameson Award

 



Congratulations to Kevin Terraciano, who has been…
October 24, 2023/by Edward Trujillo

Choon Hwee Koh Receives Faculty Career Development Award

Congratulations to Choon Hwee Koh, the recipient of a Faculty…
July 25, 2023/by History WebTechs

Ted Porter Awarded History of Science Society Sarton Medal

Congratulations to Ted Porter, who has been awarded the prestigious…
July 7, 2023/by History WebTechs

Toby Higbie Awarded Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholars

Congratulations to Toby Higbie, one of four UCLA professors awarded…
July 6, 2023/by History WebTechs

Wartime North Africa, Edited by Sarah Stein and Aomar Boum, Wins Reference Award by AJL

Wartime North Africa: A Documentary History 1934-1950, edited…
June 8, 2023/by History WebTechs

Nile Green Wins Bentley Book Prize for His New Book

Nile Green won the Bentley Book Prize from the World History…
June 1, 2023/by History WebTechs
Robin Derby

Robin Derby Awarded Inaugural Translation Prize

Robin Derby was awarded the Inaugural Translation Prize for “Terreurs…
April 20, 2023/by History WebTechs

Three History Faculty Win Best Historical Materials Prize

Three of the twelve books winning the Best Historical Materials prize…
March 22, 2023/by History WebTechs
Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’ Book Wins 2023 Bancroft Prize

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’ latest book, Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire,…
March 8, 2023/by History WebTechs

David Myers’ Book Awarded the National Jewish Book Award

David Myers’ book, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas…
January 25, 2023/by History WebTechs

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded the CISH International Prize for History

Sanjay Subrahmanyam was awarded the Comite International des…
August 25, 2022/by History WebTechs

Kevin Kim Selected as W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo Campbell National Fellow

Kevin Kim, assistant professor of history, has been selected…
August 11, 2022/by History WebTechs

Peter Loewenberg Awarded JAPA Prize for Best Article

Peter Loewenberg was awarded the JAPA Prize for the best article…
June 13, 2022/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández One of Six UCLA Professors to Receive UCLA Public Impact Research Award

Kelly Lytle Hernández is one of six UCLA Professors to receive…
May 23, 2022/by webteam

Professor Emeritus Giorgio Buccellati Receives 2021 Balzan Prize

Professor Emeritus Giorgio Buccellati, along with Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati,…
March 8, 2022/by webteam

Amir Alexander’s Proof! Is One of the Books Recommended by Vox for the Holidays

Amir Alexander’s book, Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical,…
December 16, 2021/by webteam

Historian Robin D. G. Kelley 2021 Freedom Scholar Award Recipient

Robin D.G. Kelley is one of six recipients of the 2021 Freedom…
December 6, 2021/by webteam

Teo Ruiz Named A Winner of The American Historical Association’s Award for Scholarly Distinction

Teo Ruiz has been named a winner of the American Historical…
October 18, 2021/by webteam

Emeritus Professor Saul Friedlander Awarded Prestigious Balzan Prize

Our emeritus colleague Saul Friedlander was awarded the Balzan…
September 14, 2021/by webteam

Soraya de Chadarevian Receives Life Sciences Excellence in Research Award

Soraya de Chadarevian has been awarded the Life Sciences…
June 4, 2021/by webteam

Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson Receive Latin American Studies Association Prize

Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson receive the Latin American…
June 3, 2021/by webteam
James Gelvin

James Gelvin Elected to Pacific Council on International Policy and Inducted into Renaissance Weekend

James Gelvin was elected to the Pacific Council on International…
May 17, 2021/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernandez Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez, who was one of eight…
April 22, 2021/by webteam

Ben Madley Awarded 2021-2022 Huntington Dana and David Dornsife Fellowship

Ben Madley has been awarded a 2021-2022 Huntington Dana and David…
April 22, 2021/by webteam

Stephen Aron to Become President and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West

Stephen Aron will become President and CEO of the Autry Museum…
April 6, 2021/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson Appointed Inaugural Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women’s History at St John’s College, Oxford University

Brenda Stevenson has been appointed the inaugural Hillary Rodham…
April 6, 2021/by webteam

Hollian Wint Awarded American Council of Learned Societies Faculty Fellowship

Hollian Wint was awarded an American Council of Learned Societies…
March 23, 2021/by webteam
Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Kelly Lytle Hernandez Receives Women of The Year Award

Kelly Lytle Hernandez was one of eight women awarded a Women…
March 22, 2021/by webteam

Katherine Marino Awarded Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship

Katherine Marino has been awarded a Mellon Foundation New Directions…
March 15, 2021/by webteam

Muriel McClendon to Receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty

Muriel McClendon was named one of six faculty members from across…
March 12, 2021/by webteam

Geoffrey Robinson Awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize

Geoffrey Robinson was awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize of…
February 16, 2021/by webteam
Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Kelly Lytle Hernandez Named to the Pulitzer Prize Board

Kelly Lytle Hernandez has been named to the Pulitzer Prize Board,…
December 3, 2020/by webteam

Robin Derby to Present Distinguished Professor Lecture at the Institute for the Study of the Americas

Robin Derby will present the Distinguished Professor Lecture…
November 19, 2020/by webteam

Tawny Paul Awarded the Ben Snow Prize

Tawny Paul was awarded the Ben Snow Prize by the North American…
November 16, 2020/by webteam

David Sabean Receives Scholarly Distinction Award by the American Historical Association

David Sabean has been awarded the Award for Scholarly Distinction…
October 19, 2020/by webteam
Tawny Paul

Professor Tawny Paul Awarded the Morris D. Forkosch Prize

Professor Tawny Paul has been awarded the Morris D. Forkosch…
October 19, 2020/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s Book Selected by the National Book Foundation

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s City of Inmates has been selected…
September 30, 2020/by webteam

Ted Porter Awarded Pfizer Prize by the History of Science Society

Ted Porter has been awarded the Pfizer Prize by the History…
September 28, 2020/by webteam

Katherine Marino’s Book Co-Winner of Ida Blom-Karen Offen Prize

Katherine Marino’s book Feminism for the Americas: The Making…
September 21, 2020/by webteam

Ben Madley Wins the Inaugural Robert W. Cherny Award

Ben Madley’s article for the Pacific Historical Review, "California's…
May 28, 2020/by webteam
Andrew Apter

Andrew Apter Awarded 2020-21 Heinz Heinen Senior Scholar Fellowship

Andrew Apter has been awarded a 2020-21 Heinz Heinen Senior Scholar…
May 21, 2020/by webteam

Katherine Marino Receives WAWH Award and Honorable Mention

Professor Katherine Marino receives two awards from the Western…
May 18, 2020/by webteam

Andrea Goldman Receives 2020 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award

Andrea Goldman is one of 13 recipients (out of 126 nominations)…
May 14, 2020/by webteam

Katherine Marino Awarded Honorable Mention for the Mary Nickliss Prize

Katherine M. Marino’s book Feminism for the Americas: the…
April 3, 2020/by webteam
Katherine Marino

Katherine Marino Awarded 2020 International Studies Association’s Diplomatic Studies Section Bertha Lutz Prize

Katherine Marino won the 2020 International Studies Association…
March 11, 2020/by webteam

Geoffrey Robinson Receives Society for Military History 2020 Distinguished Book Award

Geoffrey Robinson’s The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian…
February 27, 2020/by webteam

Katherine Marino Awarded 2020 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award

Katherine Marino’s book, Feminism for the Americas: The Making…
February 3, 2020/by webteam

Sarah Stein’s “Family Papers” Named Finalist for 2019 National Jewish Book Award

Sarah Stein's book "Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through…
January 15, 2020/by webteam

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded the International Prize of History

Sanjay Subrahmanyam has been awarded the International Prize…
January 9, 2020/by webteam

Craig Yirush Wins Choice Magazine Award for Outstanding Academic Title

A three volume set of colonial political writings Craig Yirush…
January 9, 2020/by webteam

Sarah Stein’s “Family Papers” Chosen as Best of 2019 by The Economist, Mosaic Magazine

Congratulations to Sarah Stein, whose book, Family Papers: A…
December 6, 2019/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson to Receive 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal

Brenda Stevenson has been selected to receive the 2020 Wilbur…
December 3, 2019/by webteam

Margaret Jacob Named 2019 Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob, who is among six UCLA faculty members…
November 27, 2019/by webteam

Katsuya Hirano Honored at Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching Award Ceremony

Katsuya Hirano, who received the 2019 Distinguished Teaching…
October 17, 2019/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández Awarded 2019 MacArthur Fellowship

Kelly Lytle Hernández has been selected as one of the 26 MacArthur…
September 25, 2019/by webteam

Theodore M. Porter Awarded 2019 Cheiron Book Prize

Theodore M. Porter was awarded the 2019 Cheiron Book Prize by…
August 12, 2019/by webteam

Geoffrey Robinson Awarded the 2019 Raphael Lemkin Book Award by the Institute for the Study of Genocide

Congratulations to Geoffrey Robinson who has won the 2019 Raphael…
August 5, 2019/by webteam
Robin Derby

Robin Derby Receives Research Excellence Award from the Center for the Study of Women

Congratulations to Robin Derby, who received the Research Excellence…
June 17, 2019/by webteam

M. Norton Wise Receives Sarton Medal from History of Science Society

Congratulations to Norton who received the highest honor from…
May 24, 2019/by webteam

Lynn Hunt Delivers 2019 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture

Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor, recently delivered…
April 29, 2019/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson Named University’s 127th Faculty Research Lecturer

Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who has been named the…
April 26, 2019/by webteam

Andrea Goldman Wins Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Fellowship in Chinese History

Andrea Goldman has won an Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Fellowship…
April 17, 2019/by webteam

Lynn Hunt Named 2019 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award

Lynn Hunt has been named the 2019 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished…
April 12, 2019/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson Receives 2019 Germany Residency

Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson for receiving the inaugural…
April 9, 2019/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernandez Elected to Society of American Historians

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez, who has been elected…
March 25, 2019/by webteam

Katsuya Hirano Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

Congratulations to Professor Katsuya Hirano who has been named…
March 19, 2019/by webteam

Ivan Berend Receives 2018-2019 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Congratulations to Ivan Berend, who has been awarded the prestigious…
March 5, 2019/by webteam
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam – “35 Thinkers Who Influence the World”

Sanjay Subrahmanyam was named one of the "35 Thinkers who Influence…
March 1, 2019/by webteam

Teo Ruiz Selected as Fellow

Professor Teo Ruiz has been invited as a Fellow of the American…
March 1, 2019/by webteam

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded 2019 Dan David Prize in History

SSanjay Subrahmanyam is one of the winners of this year’s Dan…
February 6, 2019/by webteam
Robin D. G. Kelley

Robin D. G. Kelley Receives Nicolás Guillén Lifetime Achievement Award

The Caribbean Philosophical Association has chosen Robin D.G.…
January 9, 2019/by webteam

Book Co-edited by Sarah Stein and Aomar Boum Named National Jewish Book Award Finalist

The Holocaust and North Africa (Stanford University Press, 2019),…
January 9, 2019/by webteam

Andrea Goldman’s and Richard von Glahn’s Books Among 10 Best 2018 Books Published by the Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

Andrea Goldman's Chinese translation of Opera and the City and…
January 8, 2019/by webteam
Geoffrey Robinson

Geoffrey Robinson’s “Killing Season” Selected as One of the Best Books of 2018 by Foreign Affairs

Congratulations to Professor Geoffrey Robinson for his book,…
December 19, 2018/by webteam

Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández Honored by Southern California Media

Kelly Lytle Hernández, professor of History and African-American…
December 4, 2018/by webteam
Geoffrey Robinson

Geoffrey Robinson’s Book Named One of the “Best Books of 2018: History” by Financial Times (UK)

Geoffrey Robinson’s book, The Killing Season: A History of…
December 3, 2018/by webteam
Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Sarah Stein’s “The Holocaust and North Africa” Named Must Read Book

Congratulations to Sarah Stein, whose co-edited book, The Holocaust…
November 14, 2018/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández Wins 2018 John Hope Franklin Prize

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernández for winning the 2018…
November 1, 2018/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández’ Wins 2018 Robert G. Athearn Prize

Kelly Lytle Hernández’ City of Inmates has won the 2018 Robert…
October 18, 2018/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson Awarded 2018 Carter G. Woodson Scholars Medallion

Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who was awarded the 2018…
October 8, 2018/by webteam
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded 2018 Martine Aublet Prize

The Martine Aublet Prize for 2018 was awarded to Sanjay for his…
September 14, 2018/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s City of Inmates Selected for American Book Award

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle-Hernández, whose book City of…
August 13, 2018/by webteam

Sarah Stein

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Stein who has been awarded…
May 18, 2018/by webteam
Robin Derby

Robin Derby

Congratulations to Robin Derby, who has been awarded the 2018-2019…
May 10, 2018/by webteam

Peter Loewenberg

Congratulations to Peter Loewenberg, who has been given the honor…
April 27, 2018/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernández

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernández, who has received the…
April 16, 2018/by webteam

Ellen Dubois

Congratulations to Ellen Dubois, Distinguished Professor in the…
April 9, 2018/by webteam

Stefania Tutino, Nile Green

Congratulations to Stefania Tutino and Nile Green, who have…
April 5, 2018/by webteam

Peter Loewenberg

The members of the Committee on Psychoanalysis Across the Disciplines…
March 6, 2018/by webteam

Ben Madley

Congratulations to Ben Madley, whose book An American Genocide…
January 16, 2018/by webteam

Norris Hundley Jr.

Congratulations to Norris Hundley Jr., who the Society for the…
November 9, 2017/by webteam

Ben Madley

Congratulations to Ben Madley whose book, An American Genocide,…
October 30, 2017/by webteam

Valerie Matsumoto

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Department, and the…
August 17, 2017/by webteam

Ben Madley

The Institute for the Study of Genocide has awarded Ben Madley's…
July 3, 2017/by webteam

Mary Corey

Congratulations to Mary Corey who has been selected by the Academic…
May 30, 2017/by webteam

Ben Madley

Congratulations to Ben Madley for his latest award for his book…
May 8, 2017/by webteam

Ben Madley

Congratulations to Ben Madley who was just awarded the 2016 L.A.…
April 24, 2017/by webteam

Teo Ruiz

Congratulations to Teo Ruiz who is being awarded a doctorate…
April 7, 2017/by webteam

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Congratulations to Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam who is being…
February 6, 2017/by webteam

Debora Silverman

Congratulations to Debora Silverman who has received the American…
January 12, 2017/by webteam

Sarah Stein

Congratulations to Sarah Stein for receiving the National Jewish…
January 12, 2017/by webteam
Robin Derby

Robin Derby

Congratulations to Robin Derby who has received an National Endowment…
December 19, 2016/by webteam

Edward Alpers

Congratulations to Edward Alpers for being honored with four…
October 26, 2016/by webteam
Benjamin Madley

Ben Madley

Congratulations to Ben Madley for receiving the inaugural Heyday…
October 12, 2016/by webteam

Mary Terrall

Congratulations to Mary Terrall, whose recent book, Catching…
July 18, 2016/by webteam

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Congratulations to Sanjay Subrahmanyam for his election as a…
July 14, 2016/by webteam

Debora Silverman

Congratulations to Debora Silverman, whose article “Diasporas…
May 24, 2016/by webteam

Robin Kelley

Congratulations to Robin Kelley, who was elected to the American…
April 20, 2016/by webteam

Carla Pestana

Congratulations to Carla Pestana, who was recently honored with…
April 19, 2016/by webteam

James Gelvin

Congratulations to James Gelvin who has been awarded the 2015…
January 12, 2016/by webteam

Brenda Stevenson

Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who has been awarded the…
January 12, 2016/by webteam

Peter Loewenberg

Congratulations to Peter Loewenberg who has been elected to…
January 11, 2016/by webteam
Robin D. G. Kelley

Robin Kelley

Congratulations to Robin Kelley, who has been awarded the 2015…
January 2, 2016/by webteam

Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez who has won the Louis…
January 1, 2016/by webteam

Debora Silverman

Congratulations to Debora Silverman who has been awarded the…
January 1, 2016/by webteam

Juan Gómez-Quiñones

Congratulations to Juan Gómez-Quiñones, whose new book, Teorizando…
January 1, 2016/by webteam

Soraya de Chadarevian

Congratulations to Soraya de Chadarevian who has been awarded…
November 18, 2015/by webteam
Amir Alexander

Amir Alexander

Congratulations to Amir Alexander whose recent book, Infinitesimal:…
October 28, 2015/by webteam