Historical Studies

Rescuing the world’s most precious antiquities from destruction is a painstaking project—and a Benedictine monk may seem like an unlikely person to lead the charge. But Father Columba Stewart, Member in the School of Historical Studies, is...

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations that his close associates and campaign advisers have had close ties with Russia. He defended his ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, blaming the controversy on what he...

Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Venezuela and Zambia, will give a public lecture, “Latin America: Walls or Bridges,” on Wednesday, March 1, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus. This...

Robert E. Lerner, Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University and former Member in the School of Historical Studies, will give a public lecture, “Ernst Kantorowicz: Institute Events and Some Unpublished Writings of a Towering Twentieth...

Jonathan Israel, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2017 Comenius Prize by the Foundation of the Comenius Museum in the Netherlands.

The Institute for Advanced Study, since its founding in 1930, has aspired to provide an unbiased environment for international scholars to pursue vital and groundbreaking work in the sciences and humanities. Its mission is to recruit the world’s...

Those that did not foresee the likelihood or even the possibility of Donald Trump’s victory are going to find it hard to discipline themselves to a balanced projection of his forthcoming first term. To ardent liberals in the United States – not...

Last week, Columba Stewart, George William Cottrell, Jr. Member in the School of Historical Studies, Executive Director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, and Professor of Theology at Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville...

Sharon Gerstel, Member (2010-11) in the School of Historical Studies and Professor of the UCLA Department of Art History, has won the Runciman Book Prize for the book she was working on at IAS, Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium (Cambridge...

In Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life, the distinguished medieval historian Robert E. Lerner, Member in the School of Historical Studies (1988–1989), presents a richly illuminating study of the German-Jewish scholar and Professor in the School of Historical...