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Dirk Bonker

Associate Professor of History

dirk.bonker@duke.edu
James Gregory Chappel

Gilhuly Family Assoc Professor

james.chappel@duke.edu
Anna Krylova

Associate Professor of History

anna.krylova@duke.edu
Jehangir Malegam

Associate Professor of History

jehangir.malegam@duke.edu
John Jeffries Martin

Professor of History

john.j.martin@duke.edu
Martin A. Miller

Professor of History

mmiller@duke.edu
Thomas Robisheaux

Professor of History

trobish@duke.edu
Philip J. Stern

Professor of History

philip.stern@duke.edu

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History Major Receives 2024 Chester P. Middlesworth Award

September 10, 2024

Veronica Sanjurjo has been named the undergraduate student winner of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Chester P. Middlesworth Award for her paper, “A Diary’s Purpose: Sarah J. Ewing’s Portrait of Domestic Abuse in Victorian London.” The award comes with a prize of $1,000.The Middlesworth Awards were established to encourage and recognize excellence of analysis, research and writing by Duke University students in the use of primary sources and rare materials held by the Rubenstein Rare Book… read more about History Major Receives 2024 Chester P. Middlesworth Award »

"We All Fall Down" with Simon Miles

November 14, 2023

Our November 8th colloquium discussion featured a presentation by Dr. Simon Miles on his article “We All Fall Down: The Dismantling of the Warsaw Pact and the End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe.” After explaining aspects of his research into the decisions of Eastern European anticommunist activists and politicians at the end of the Cold War, Dr. Miles answered questions on a variety of topics, including how to assess the agency of these decision makers given their marginal status within the Cold War geopolitics, whether… read more about "We All Fall Down" with Simon Miles »

James Chappel Awarded 2020 Chester Penn Higby Prize

February 24, 2021

Malachi Hacohen's book awarded the 2020 Biennial Book Prize by the Center for Austrian Studies

September 22, 2020

Malachi Hacohen’s book, Jacob & Esau: Jewish European History Between Nation & Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2019) has been awarded the 2020 Biennial Book Prize by the Center for Austrian Studies. Hooray. The citation for the award reads, While demonstrating the ways in which Jewish history was inextricably linked with the history of Europe as a whole, Hacohen’s narrative also underscores the enduring significance of rabbinic culture and Jewish religious… read more about Malachi Hacohen's book awarded the 2020 Biennial Book Prize by the Center for Austrian Studies »

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