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Matthew J. Karp is an Associate Professor of History at Princeton University, specializing in the U.S. Civil War era, slavery, and global history. He joined Princeton’s faculty in 2013 after earning his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. His research explores the intersection of slavery, foreign policy, and political movements, particularly in the 19th-century United States and Atlantic world.
He authored This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy (Harvard, 2016), which won multiple prestigious awards, including the John H. Dunning Prize. Karp is currently working on two books: Millions of Abolitionists, examining the rise of the Republican Party, and a project on the politics of U.S. historical narratives. His writing appears in journals like Journal of the Civil War Era, Catalyst, and Harper’s, as well as public platforms like Jacobin and The Nation.
His teaching focuses on the Civil War era, slavery, and global political conflicts. Awards include recognition for his scholarship on antebellum politics and historical memory. Advising students include Griffin Jones and Bryan LaPointe. Karp’s work bridges academic rigor with public engagement, addressing themes of racial justice and historical accountability.
