Francine Hirsch is an American historian, specializing in modern Europe with a focus on Russia and the Soviet Union. She is a recipient of the

Herbert Baxter Adams Prize The Herbert Baxter Adams Prize is an annual book prize of the American Historical Association. It is awarded for "a distinguished first book by a young scholar in the field of European history", and is named in honor of Herbert Baxter Adams, who wa ...

for her book, ''Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union'', as well as honors from the American Society of International Law, the Council of European Studies, and the

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) is a scholarly society dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about the former Soviet Union (including Eurasia) and Eastern and Central Europe. The ASEEES supports teachi ...

for her work.

Education and career

Hirsch has a B.A. from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. She is currently a professor of history at

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

Research and publications

Hirsch's first book, ''Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union'' (Cornell University Press, 2005) won the

, awarded by the

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...

, in 2007. ''Empire of Nations'' also won the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize, sponsored by the

(ASEEES) and

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, in 2006, and the

Council for European Studies The Council for European Studies (CES), based at Columbia University, is an academic organization for the study of Europe. It offers scholarships and research grants, publications, and an annual conference. History The Council for European Studi ...

Book Award, in 2006. *Russian translation (2022): Империя наций. Этнографическое знание и формирование Советского Союза Her second book, ''Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020) is a history of the

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies of World War II, Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945 ...

, and in 2021 won a Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law for "a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship".

References

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