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Matthew Karp is an Associate Professor of History at Princeton University, specializing in 19th-century U.S. history with a focus on slavery, political movements, and global imperial contexts. He joined Princeton’s faculty in 2013 after earning his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania (2011). His research bridges national and transnational frameworks, examining how slavery shaped U.S. foreign policy and antislavery mobilization.
Key works include *This Vast Southern Empire* (2016), which explores slaveholders’ influence on American diplomacy, and *Millions of Abolitionists* (forthcoming), analyzing the rise of the Republican Party. His writing also engages with contemporary debates over historical memory and racial justice, such as his 2021 essay on the 1619 Project’s historiographical implications. Karp’s awards include the John H. Dunning Prize and Stuart L. Bernath Prize for scholarly excellence.
Teaching interests span the Civil War era, slavery, and global political conflicts. He advises graduate students Griffin Jones and Bryan LaPointe. Recent publications address topics like Lincoln’s judicial strategies, antebellum global interconnectedness, and the transnational dimensions of U.S. history.
