Paul Kramer writes and teaches U. S. history from transnational, imperial and global perspectives as an associate professor at Vanderbilt University.
He is the author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines, and co-editor of Cornell University Press’ series The United States in the World. He is currently writing books on the practice of transnational history, and on connections between American foreign relations and U. S. immigration policy across the 20th century.
Prizes and Fellowships
Fellowship, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 2016-17
Best Article Prize, Society for the History of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 2016
Imperial Openings
Grant, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, 2015
Desert, Storm
Notable Essay, The Best American Essays, 2012
The Importance of Being Turbaned
Fellowship, Harvard University, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, 2009-2010
Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2008
James A. Rawley Prize, Organization of American Historians, 2007
The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines
Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2007
The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines
Finalist, National Book Award, Social Science Category
The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines, Manila Critics Circle, Philippines, 2007
Top Young Historian, History News Network, 2007
Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 2007-08
Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2000
Making Concessions: Race and Empire Revisited at the St. Louis World’s Fair, 1901-1905
Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, 1995-96
Fulbright Fellowships, 1991-1992, 2000
International Service Award, Princeton University International Center, 1998
Professional Service
Co-founder & Co-editor, The United States in the World Series, Cornell University Press
Editorial Board, Diplomatic History
Editorial Board, Philippine Studies
Editorial Board, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
Program Committee, Organization of American Historians, 2010
Chair, Program Committee, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2009
Delegate, American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies, 2006