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Source: Huffington Post

9-23-16

When Kellie Jones Wanted To Study Black Art History, The Field Didn’t Exist. So She Created It Herself.

Meet the historian who just won a MacArthur genius award.

Source: The MacArthur Foundation

9-28-15

Historian Marina Rustow wins MacArthur Genius Award

Rustow is a professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies and Department of History at Princeton University.

10-5-14

An Interview with MacArthur Genius Award Winner Pamela O. Long

by Ethan Feinstein

"I am especially interested in pre-modern history because you are studying a culture that in some fundamental ways is different from your own."