Faculty Honors
Elizabeth O’Brien Wins William H. Welch Medal for Surgery and Salvation
Elizabeth O'Brien was awarded the American Association for The…
Sarah Stein Receives Senior Scholar Award for Research on the Jewish Experience
Sarah Stein has been awarded the Salo W. and Jeanette M. Senior…
Professor Elizabeth O’Brien Receives 2023 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize
Professor Elizabeth O’Brien’s book, Surgery and Salvation:…
Sebouh Aslanian Receives SHARP Book History Prize
Sebouh Aslanian's book, Early Modernity and Mobility: Port Cities…
Elizabeth O’Brien Wins American Academy of Religion’s Best First Book Award
Elizabeth O'Brien's book, Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of…
Amir Alexander Tops Wall Street Journal’s Summer Reading List
Amir Alexander’s recent book, Liberty's Grid: A Founding…
Carla Pestana Elected President of the Association of Caribbean Historians
Congratulations to Carla Pestana, who was elected President of…
Professor Teofilo Ruiz Honored with 2023-24 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award at UCLA
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Teofilo Ruiz,…
Brian Copenhaver Receives Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2023–24
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Brian Copenhaver, who won…
Elizabeth O’Brien’s Book Wins Several Awards
Congratulations to Elizabeth O’Brien, whose book Surgery…
Stella Ghervas wins Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies
Congratulations to Stella Ghervas, the Eugen Weber Professor…
Kevin Terraciano Awarded J. Franklin Jameson Award
Congratulations to Kevin Terraciano, who has been…
Choon Hwee Koh Receives Faculty Career Development Award
Congratulations to Choon Hwee Koh, the recipient of a Faculty…
Ted Porter Awarded History of Science Society Sarton Medal
Congratulations to Ted Porter, who has been awarded the prestigious…
Toby Higbie Awarded Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholars
Congratulations to Toby Higbie, one of four UCLA professors awarded…
Wartime North Africa, Edited by Sarah Stein and Aomar Boum, Wins Reference Award by AJL
Wartime North Africa: A Documentary History 1934-1950, edited…
Nile Green Wins Bentley Book Prize for His New Book
Nile Green won the Bentley Book Prize from the World History…
Robin Derby Awarded Inaugural Translation Prize
Robin Derby was awarded the Inaugural Translation Prize for “Terreurs…
Three History Faculty Win Best Historical Materials Prize
Three of the twelve books winning the Best Historical Materials prize…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’ Book Wins 2023 Bancroft Prize
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’ latest book, Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire,…
David Myers’ Book Awarded the National Jewish Book Award
David Myers’ book, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded the CISH International Prize for History
Sanjay Subrahmanyam was awarded the Comite International des…
Kevin Kim Selected as W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo Campbell National Fellow
Kevin Kim, assistant professor of history, has been selected…
Peter Loewenberg Awarded JAPA Prize for Best Article
Peter Loewenberg was awarded the JAPA Prize for the best article…
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…
Professor Emeritus Giorgio Buccellati Receives 2021 Balzan Prize
Professor Emeritus Giorgio Buccellati, along with Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati,…
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,…
Historian Robin D. G. Kelley 2021 Freedom Scholar Award Recipient
Robin D.G. Kelley is one of six recipients of the 2021 Freedom…
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…
Emeritus Professor Saul Friedlander Awarded Prestigious Balzan Prize
Our emeritus colleague Saul Friedlander was awarded the Balzan…
Soraya de Chadarevian Receives Life Sciences Excellence in Research Award
Soraya de Chadarevian has been awarded the Life Sciences…
Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson Receive Latin American Studies Association Prize
Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson receive the Latin American…
James Gelvin Elected to Pacific Council on International Policy and Inducted into Renaissance Weekend
James Gelvin was elected to the Pacific Council on International…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez, who was one of eight…
Ben Madley Awarded 2021-2022 Huntington Dana and David Dornsife Fellowship
Ben Madley has been awarded a 2021-2022 Huntington Dana and David…
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…
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…
Hollian Wint Awarded American Council of Learned Societies Faculty Fellowship
Hollian Wint was awarded an American Council of Learned Societies…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez Receives Women of The Year Award
Kelly Lytle Hernandez was one of eight women awarded a Women…
Katherine Marino Awarded Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship
Katherine Marino has been awarded a Mellon Foundation New Directions…
Muriel McClendon to Receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty
Muriel McClendon was named one of six faculty members from across…
Geoffrey Robinson Awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize
Geoffrey Robinson was awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize of…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez Named to the Pulitzer Prize Board
Kelly Lytle Hernandez has been named to the Pulitzer Prize Board,…
Robin Derby to Present Distinguished Professor Lecture at the Institute for the Study of the Americas
Robin Derby will present the Distinguished Professor Lecture…
Tawny Paul Awarded the Ben Snow Prize
Tawny Paul was awarded the Ben Snow Prize by the North American…
David Sabean Receives Scholarly Distinction Award by the American Historical Association
David Sabean has been awarded the Award for Scholarly Distinction…
Professor Tawny Paul Awarded the Morris D. Forkosch Prize
Professor Tawny Paul has been awarded the Morris D. Forkosch…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s Book Selected by the National Book Foundation
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s City of Inmates has been selected…
Ted Porter Awarded Pfizer Prize by the History of Science Society
Ted Porter has been awarded the Pfizer Prize by the History…
Katherine Marino’s Book Co-Winner of Ida Blom-Karen Offen Prize
Katherine Marino’s book Feminism for the Americas: The Making…
Ben Madley Wins the Inaugural Robert W. Cherny Award
Ben Madley’s article for the Pacific Historical Review, "California's…
Andrew Apter Awarded 2020-21 Heinz Heinen Senior Scholar Fellowship
Andrew Apter has been awarded a 2020-21 Heinz Heinen Senior Scholar…
Katherine Marino Receives WAWH Award and Honorable Mention
Professor Katherine Marino receives two awards from the Western…
Andrea Goldman Receives 2020 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award
Andrea Goldman is one of 13 recipients (out of 126 nominations)…
Katherine Marino Awarded Honorable Mention for the Mary Nickliss Prize
Katherine M. Marino’s book Feminism for the Americas: the…
Katherine Marino Awarded 2020 International Studies Association’s Diplomatic Studies Section Bertha Lutz Prize
Katherine Marino won the 2020 International Studies Association…
Geoffrey Robinson Receives Society for Military History 2020 Distinguished Book Award
Geoffrey Robinson’s The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian…
Katherine Marino Awarded 2020 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award
Katherine Marino’s book, Feminism for the Americas: The Making…
Sarah Stein’s “Family Papers” Named Finalist for 2019 National Jewish Book Award
Sarah Stein's book "Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded the International Prize of History
Sanjay Subrahmanyam has been awarded the International Prize…
Craig Yirush Wins Choice Magazine Award for Outstanding Academic Title
A three volume set of colonial political writings Craig Yirush…
Sarah Stein’s “Family Papers” Chosen as Best of 2019 by The Economist, Mosaic Magazine
Congratulations to Sarah Stein, whose book, Family Papers: A…
Brenda Stevenson to Receive 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal
Brenda Stevenson has been selected to receive the 2020 Wilbur…
Margaret Jacob Named 2019 Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob, who is among six UCLA faculty members…
Katsuya Hirano Honored at Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching Award Ceremony
Katsuya Hirano, who received the 2019 Distinguished Teaching…
Kelly Lytle Hernández Awarded 2019 MacArthur Fellowship
Kelly Lytle Hernández has been selected as one of the 26 MacArthur…
Theodore M. Porter Awarded 2019 Cheiron Book Prize
Theodore M. Porter was awarded the 2019 Cheiron Book Prize by…
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…
Robin Derby Receives Research Excellence Award from the Center for the Study of Women
Congratulations to Robin Derby, who received the Research Excellence…
M. Norton Wise Receives Sarton Medal from History of Science Society
Congratulations to Norton who received the highest honor from…
Lynn Hunt Delivers 2019 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture
Lynn Hunt, Distinguished Research Professor, recently delivered…
Brenda Stevenson Named University’s 127th Faculty Research Lecturer
Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who has been named the…
Andrea Goldman Wins Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Fellowship in Chinese History
Andrea Goldman has won an Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Fellowship…
Lynn Hunt Named 2019 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award
Lynn Hunt has been named the 2019 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished…
Brenda Stevenson Receives 2019 Germany Residency
Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson for receiving the inaugural…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez Elected to Society of American Historians
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez, who has been elected…
Katsuya Hirano Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Congratulations to Professor Katsuya Hirano who has been named…
Ivan Berend Receives 2018-2019 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
Congratulations to Ivan Berend, who has been awarded the prestigious…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam – “35 Thinkers Who Influence the World”
Sanjay Subrahmanyam was named one of the "35 Thinkers who Influence…
Teo Ruiz Selected as Fellow
Professor Teo Ruiz has been invited as a Fellow of the American…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded 2019 Dan David Prize in History
SSanjay Subrahmanyam is one of the winners of this year’s Dan…
Robin D. G. Kelley Receives Nicolás Guillén Lifetime Achievement Award
The Caribbean Philosophical Association has chosen Robin D.G.…
Book Co-edited by Sarah Stein and Aomar Boum Named National Jewish Book Award Finalist
The Holocaust and North Africa (Stanford University Press, 2019),…
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…
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,…
Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández Honored by Southern California Media
Kelly Lytle Hernández, professor of History and African-American…
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…
Sarah Stein’s “The Holocaust and North Africa” Named Must Read Book
Congratulations to Sarah Stein, whose co-edited book, The Holocaust…
Kelly Lytle Hernández Wins 2018 John Hope Franklin Prize
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernández for winning the 2018…
Kelly Lytle Hernández’ Wins 2018 Robert G. Athearn Prize
Kelly Lytle Hernández’ City of Inmates has won the 2018 Robert…
Brenda Stevenson Awarded 2018 Carter G. Woodson Scholars Medallion
Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who was awarded the 2018…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded 2018 Martine Aublet Prize
The Martine Aublet Prize for 2018 was awarded to Sanjay for his…
Kelly Lytle Hernández’s City of Inmates Selected for American Book Award
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle-Hernández, whose book City of…
Sarah Stein
Congratulations to Professor Sarah Stein who has been awarded…
Robin Derby
Congratulations to Robin Derby, who has been awarded the 2018-2019…
Peter Loewenberg
Congratulations to Peter Loewenberg, who has been given the honor…
Kelly Lytle Hernández
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernández, who has received the…
Ellen Dubois
Congratulations to Ellen Dubois, Distinguished Professor in the…
Stefania Tutino, Nile Green
Congratulations to Stefania Tutino and Nile Green, who have…
Peter Loewenberg
The members of the Committee on Psychoanalysis Across the Disciplines…
Ben Madley
Congratulations to Ben Madley, whose book An American Genocide…
Norris Hundley Jr.
Congratulations to Norris Hundley Jr., who the Society for the…
Ben Madley
Congratulations to Ben Madley whose book, An American Genocide,…
Valerie Matsumoto
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Department, and the…
Ben Madley
The Institute for the Study of Genocide has awarded Ben Madley's…
Mary Corey
Congratulations to Mary Corey who has been selected by the Academic…
Ben Madley
Congratulations to Ben Madley for his latest award for his book…
Ben Madley
Congratulations to Ben Madley who was just awarded the 2016 L.A.…
Teo Ruiz
Congratulations to Teo Ruiz who is being awarded a doctorate…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Congratulations to Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam who is being…
Debora Silverman
Congratulations to Debora Silverman who has received the American…
Sarah Stein
Congratulations to Sarah Stein for receiving the National Jewish…
Robin Derby
Congratulations to Robin Derby who has received an National Endowment…
Edward Alpers
Congratulations to Edward Alpers for being honored with four…
Ben Madley
Congratulations to Ben Madley for receiving the inaugural Heyday…
Mary Terrall
Congratulations to Mary Terrall, whose recent book, Catching…
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Congratulations to Sanjay Subrahmanyam for his election as a…
Debora Silverman
Congratulations to Debora Silverman, whose article “Diasporas…
Robin Kelley
Congratulations to Robin Kelley, who was elected to the American…
Carla Pestana
Congratulations to Carla Pestana, who was recently honored with…
James Gelvin
Congratulations to James Gelvin who has been awarded the 2015…
Brenda Stevenson
Congratulations to Brenda Stevenson, who has been awarded the…
Peter Loewenberg
Congratulations to Peter Loewenberg who has been elected to…
Robin Kelley
Congratulations to Robin Kelley, who has been awarded the 2015…
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Congratulations to Kelly Lytle Hernandez who has won the Louis…
Debora Silverman
Congratulations to Debora Silverman who has been awarded the…
Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Congratulations to Juan Gómez-Quiñones, whose new book, Teorizando…
Soraya de Chadarevian
Congratulations to Soraya de Chadarevian who has been awarded…
Amir Alexander
Congratulations to Amir Alexander whose recent book, Infinitesimal:…
