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Kathryn Olivarius receives 2024 Dan David Prize

Kathryn Olivarius, an assistant professor of history in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, recently received the Dan David Prize in recognition of her work on disease, citizenship, and economics in the 19th-century United States. Olivarius and eight other scholars received the prize at a recent gathering in Italy. 

The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, recognizes breakthrough research on the past, the award citation states. Awarded by the Dan David Foundation, the prize recognizes early- and mid-career historians, art historians, archaeologists, digital humanists, and others who deepen the public’s knowledge and understanding of the past in creative ways. First awarded in 2001, the prize narrowed its focus to historical research in 2021. Each recipient is awarded $300,000 to support their work.

Learn more about Olivarius and the Dan David Prize in the Stanford Report.