TOP YOUNG HISTORIANS
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Top Young Historians: Complete List
Edited by Bonnie K. Goodman
Ms. Goodman was the Editor / Features Editor at HNN, where she worked from 2004 to 2010. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies, both from McGill University, and has done graduate work in Jewish history at Concordia University as part of the MA in Judaic Studies program. She is now the editor of History Musings: History, News & Politics.
About Top Young Historians
Note from the Editor:
The Top Young Historians feature was inaugurated in November 2005 on the History News Network (HNN) and ran on the website through 2010 and included more than 110 profiles. It was meant as a series to introduce up and coming and influential historians in the profession under the age of 45 in all fields of history.
Initially chairs of history departments at the most prominent universities in the United States were contacted to recommend and nominate historians for the list. Additionally, many doyens in the profession were contacted as well to make recommendations. After the series was launched, nominations were solicited and received, and those were considered for inclusion.
There were certain requirements necessary in choosing historians for the list; publications, teaching/professional experience, awards, presence in the media, and being in general buzz worthy. Each historian was reviewed to see if they possessed the criteria necessary for inclusion on the list. The same way the College Admission Officer decides the fate of each application and can push through a candidate per their discretion, as the editor of the Top Young Historians series, I had the ultimate authority in the decision making process for final list inclusion.
Bonnie K. Goodman
Original Description:
This page features profiles of interesting historians who are making their mark on the profession. All historians are nominated and undergo a review process before they are chosen. Each historian on this list has made outstanding contributions to the discipline in their area of research through their commitment and achievement in scholarship and teaching. They are also highly regarded outside academia for their expertise, and many are consulted by the popular media.
We are trying to represent all fields within history. We are currently looking for new nominations, and appreciate any suggestions; they can be submitted to Bonnie Goodman for consideration. Click here to send your nominations. (All nominations and suggestions will be given serious consideration.)
Top Young Historians: The First 100
- Top Young Historians: First 100
- 001: Timothy Snyder, 36
- 002: Daniel Lord Smail, 44
- 003: Lillian Guerra, 34
- 004: Gil Troy, 44 (Removed)
- 005: Julian Zelizer, 36
- 006: Joanne Freeman, 43
- 007: Jonathan Earle, 37
- 008: Thomas J. Brown, 45
- 009: Brian Cowan, 36
- 010: W. Fitzhugh Brundage, 45
- 011: Dylan Penningroth, 34
- 012: Michael Willrich, 40
- 013: Henry Yu, 38
- 014: Jill Lepore, 39
- 015: Bruce J. Schulman, 46
- 016: Yanek Mieczkowski, 40
- 017: Thomas J. Sugrue, 43
- 018: Heather Cox Richardson, 43
- 019: Kevin Boyle, 45
- 020: David Greenberg, 37
- 021: Tiya Alicia Miles, 36
- 022: Marci Lynn Shore, 34
- 023: Greg Grandin, 43
- 024: Jonathan Sheehan, 36
- 025: Andrew Stuart Bergerson, 39
- 026: Lisa A. Lindsay, 39
- 027: Kevin M. Kruse, 34
- 028: Paul Friedland, 43
- 029: Jeremi Suri, 34
- 030: Jeffrey Veidlinger, 35
- 031: Matthew D. Lassiter, 36
- 032: James McDougall, 32
- 033: Caroline Elkins, 37
- 034: Mark Phillip Bradley, 45
- 035: Peniel E. Joseph, 34
- 036: Samuel Moyn, 34
- 037: Saul A. Cornell, 45
- 038: David M. Wrobel, 42
- 039: Maya Jasanoff, 32
- 040: Jane Dailey, 43
- 041: Mark Atwood Lawrence, 41
- 042: Eric Rauchway, 36
- 043: Jason Sokol, 29
- 044: Sarah E. Igo, 36
- 045: Fredrik Logevall, 43
- 046: Aaron Sachs, 37
- 047: Laurent Dubois, 36
- 048: Ari Kelman, 37
- 049: Jocelyn H. Olcott, 36
- 050: Alan L. McPherson, 36
- 051: David J. Silverman, 36
- 052: Deborah A. Cohen, 38
- 053: Robert MacDougall, 35
- 054: Edward J. Blum, 29
- 055: Lawrence Culver, 35
- 056: David R. Stone, 38
- 057: Robert O. Self, 39
- 058: Edward G. Gray, 42
- 059: Judith Surkis, 37
- 060: Thomas S. Kidd, 35
- 061: Edward P. Kohn, 38
- 062: Daniel J. Cohen, 38
- 063: Leslie Butler, 38
- 064: Scott A. Sandage, 43
- 065: Tevi D. Troy, 40 (Removed)
- 066: Beverly Gage, 34
- 067: Kenneth A. Osgood, 35
- 068: Jonathan Zimmerman, 45
- 069: John C. McManus, 42
- 070: Madeline Y. Hsu, 40
- 071: Jeffrey H. Jackson, 36
- 072: Mark I. Greenberg, 43
- 073: Todd Shepard, 38
- 074: John Wood Sweet, 41
- 075: Cemil Aydin, 38
- 076: Amy S. Greenberg, 39
- 077: Timothy J. Naftali, 45
- 078: Paul A. Kramer, 39
- 079: Ted Widmer, 44
- 080: Stephanie M. H. Camp, 39
- 081: Eric Jennings, 37
- 082: Matthew Connelly, 39
- 083: Rhonda Y. Williams, 40
- 084: Joseph Crespino, 35
- 085: Jeffrey Sklansky, 41
- 086: Lisa Forman Cody, 43
- 087: Doug Rossinow, 41
- 088: Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, 38
- 089: Samuel Truett, 42
- 090: Michael S. Neiberg, 38
- 091: Micki McElya, 36
- 092: Kevin Mattson, 41
- 093: Randall J. Stephens, 35
- 094: Eugenia Y. Lean, 40
- 095: Matthew Avery Sutton, 33
- 096: J.P. Daughton, 38
- 097: Shane Hamilton, 32
- 098: Natasha Zaretsky, 38
- 099: Christopher E. Forth, 41
- 100: Jason M. Opal, 32
Top Young Historians: Next 100
- Top Young Historians: Next 100
- 101: Holly Case, 34
- 102: Kathryn Lofton, 32
- 103: Jeremy Kuzmarov, 30
- 104: Moshik Temkin, 39
- 105: Charlotte Brooks, 38
- 106: Jeffrey A. Engel, 37
- 106: Pekka Hämäläinen, 42
- 107: François Furstenberg, 37
- 108: Bethany Moreton, 39
- 109: Daniel J. Sargent, 30
- 110: Thomas G. Andrews, 38
- 111: Andrew Preston, 36
- 112: Jennifer Burns, 34
- 113: Christina Snyder, 31
- 114: Malinda Maynor Lowery, 38
- 115: Brian DeLay, 38
- 116: David Engerman, 44
- 117: Premilla Nadasen, 43
- 118: Thomas A. Guglielmo, 41
- 119: Katherine Carté Engel
Top Young Historians: The First 100
(Original Postings on HNN)
- 100: Jason M. Opal, 2-16-09
- 99: Christopher E. Forth, 2-9-09
- 98: Natasha Zaretsky, 1-19-09
- 97: Shane Hamilton, 1-5-09
- 96: J.P. Daughton, 12-15-09
- 95: Matthew Avery Sutton, 11-17-08
- 94: Eugenia Y. Lean, 10-20-08
- 93: Randall J. Stephens, 9-15-08
- 92: Kevin Mattson, 5-27-08
- 91: Micki McElya, 5-13-08
- 90: Michael S. Neiberg, 4-25-08
- 89: Samuel Truett, 4-7-08
- 88: Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, 3-17-08
- 87: Doug Rossinow, 3-10-08
- 86: Lisa Forman Cody, 2-26-08
- 85: Jeffrey Sklansky, 2-18-08
- 84: Joseph Crespino, 2-11-08
- 83: Rhonda Y. Williams, 2-4-08
- 82: Matthew Connelly, 1-28-08
- 81: Eric Jennings, 1-21-08
- 80: Stephanie M. H. Camp, 1-14-08
- 79: Ted Widmer, 1-7-08
- 78: Paul A. Kramer, 12-31-07
- 77: Timothy J. Naftali, 12-17-07
- 76: Amy S. Greenberg, 12-10-07
- 75: Cemil Aydin, 12-2-07
- 74: John Wood Sweet, 11-19-07
- 73: Todd Shepard, 11-12-07
- 72: Mark I. Greenberg, 10-29-07
- 71: Jeffrey H. Jackson, 10-22-07
- 70: Madeline Y. Hsu, 10-8-07
- 69: John C. McManus, 10-1-07
- 68: Jonathan Zimmerman, 9-24-07
- 67: Kenneth A. Osgood, 9-17-07
- 66: Beverly Gage, 9-10-07
- 65: Tevi D. Troy, 8-27-07 (Removed)
- 64: Scott A. Sandage, 8-20-07
- 63: Leslie Butler, 8-13-07
- 62: Daniel J. Cohen, 8-6-07
- 61: Edward P. Kohn, 7-23-07
- 60: Thomas S. Kidd, 7-16-07
- 59: Judith Surkis, 7-9-07
- 58: Edward G. Gray, 7-2-07
- 57: Robert O. Self, 6-25-07
- 56: David R. Stone, 6-11-07
- 55: Lawrence Culver , 6-4-07
- 54: Edward J. Blum, 5-21-07
- 53: Robert MacDougall, 5-14-07
- 52: Deborah A. Cohen, 5-7-07
- 51: David J. Silverman, 4-30-07
- 50: Alan L. McPherson, 4-17-07
- 49: Jocelyn H. Olcott, 4-9-07
- 48: Ari Kelman, 3-26-07
- 47: Laurent Dubois, 3-19-07
- 46: Aaron Sachs, 3-12-07
- 45: Fredrik Logevall, 2-26-07
- 44: Sarah E. Igo, 2-19-07
- 43: Jason Sokol, 2-12-07
- 42: Eric Rauchway, 1-29-07
- 41: Mark Atwood Lawrence, 1-22-07
- 40: Jane Dailey, 1-15-07
- 39: Maya Jasanoff, 1-8-07
- 38: David M. Wrobel, 12-18-06
- 37: Saul A. Cornell, 12-11-06
- 36: Samuel Moyn, 12-4-06
- 35: Peniel E. Joseph, 11-20-06
- 34: Mark Phillip Bradley, 10-30-06
- 33: Caroline Elkins, 10-23-06
- 32: James McDougall, 10-17-06
- 31: Matthew D. Lassiter, 10-2-06
- 30: Jeffrey Veidlinger, 9-25-06
- 29: Jeremi Suri, 9-11-06
- 28: Paul Friedland, 8-20-06
- 27: Kevin M. Kruse, 8-7-06
- 26: Lisa A. Lindsay, 7-24-06
- 25: Andrew Stuart Bergerson, 7-10-06
- 24: Jonathan Sheehan, 6-26-06
- 23: Greg Grandin, 6-19-06
- 22: Marci Lynn Shore, 6-12-06
- 21: Tiya Alicia Miles, 6-5-06
- 20: David Greenberg, 5-22-06
- 19: Kevin Boyle, 5-8-06
- 18: Heather Cox Richardson, 4-24-06
- 17: Thomas J. Sugrue, 4-9-06
- 16: Yanek Mieczkowski, 3-27-06
- 15: Bruce J. Schulman, 3-12-06
- 14: Jill Lepore, 2-27-06
- 13: Henry Yu, 2-14-06
- 12: Michael Willrich, 1-30-06
- 11: Dylan Penningroth, 1-15-06
- 10: W. Fitzhugh Brundage, 1-9-06
- 9: Brian Cowan, 1-2-06
- 8: Thomas J. Brown, 12-26-05
- 7: Jonathan Earle, 12-19-05
- 6: Joanne Freeman, 12-12-05
- 5: Julian Zelizer, 12-5-05
- 4: Gil Troy, 11-28-05 (Removed)
- 3: Lillian Guerra, 11-21-05
- 2: Daniel Lord Smail, 11-14-05
- 1: Timothy Snyder, 11-7-05
