History News Network’s Top Young Historians: Complete List
Edited by Bonnie Goodman
Ms. Goodman is the Editor / Features Editor at HNN. She has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Her blog is History Musings
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.)
- 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
- 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
- 3: Lillian Guerra, 11-21-05
- 2: Daniel Lord Smail, 11-14-05
- 1: Timothy Snyder, 11-7-05
Complete List: Top Young Historians the Next 100
By Bonnie K. Goodman
Ms. Goodman is the Editor / Features Editor at HNN. She has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Her blog is History Musings
Top Young Historians: Main Index
Having completed profiling the first 100 historians in our series in 2009, we are now relaunching the series to profile another 100 fascinating and dynamic Top Young Historians making their mark on the profession.
All profiled 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 to 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.)
- 115: Malinda Maynor Lowery, 8-9-10
- 114: Christina Snyder, 8-2-10
- 113: Jennifer Burns, 7-26-10
- 112: Andrew Preston, 7-19-10
- 111: Thomas G. Andrews, 7-12-10
- 110: Daniel J. Sargent, 7-5-10
- 109: Bethany Moreton, 6-28-10
- 108: François Furstenberg, 6-21-10
- 107: Pekka Hämäläinen, 6-14-10
- 106: Jeffrey A. Engel, 6-7-10
- 105: Charlotte Brooks, 5-31-10
- 104: Moshik Temkin, 5-24-10
- 103: Jeremy Kuzmarov, 5-17-10
- 102: Kathryn Lofton, 5-10-10
- 101: Holly Case, 3-9-09
