Join Columbia University Libraries for a program and reception to honor the 2026 recipients of the Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy.
As reported by The New York Times, the 2026 prizes will be awarded to:
Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States
by Emilie Connolly
published by Princeton University Press (2025)
John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law
by Beth Lew-Williams
published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2025)
The program will be hosted by The Forum and Columbia University Libraries, in partnership with the Columbia University Department of History. Please register to attend in advance.
Join us to hear from our Bancroft Prize–winning authors as they discuss the research behind their acclaimed books on Native American treaty relations and anti-Chinese discrimination in the United States. In conversation with members of the Bancroft Prize jury, they will share insights from their work and reflect on the new questions these histories raise for understanding America’s past and present. Read more about the Bancroft Prizes here.
