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Natasha Wheatley is an Associate Professor of History at Princeton University, specializing in modern European and international history with a focus on legal and intellectual history. She holds affiliations with the Humanities Council and Behrman Faculty Fellows program. Her research explores the intersections of sovereignty, legal pluralism, and temporal frameworks in Central Europe and the Habsburg Empire's legacy. She has held fellowships at institutions in Berlin, Vienna, and Cambridge, supported by grants from the Humboldt Foundation and others.
Wheatley earned her Ph.D. (2016) from Columbia University with distinction and previously served as an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney. Her major works include The Life and Death of States (2023), which received the 2025 Felicia Krishna Hensel IDSS Book Award, and co-edited volumes on temporalities in history and Central Europe’s interwar international order.
Her research interests span constitutional history, global and imperial frameworks, and the philosophy of history. Current projects include Laws of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire: Sovereignty Among the Elements, exploring sovereignty through elemental frameworks. Awards include the 2018 Surrency Prize (Law and History Review) and the 2021 ASIL Scholarship Prize.
Wheatley’s work bridges legal theory, historical methodology, and interdisciplinary approaches to statehood, with notable contributions to understanding the League of Nations’ mandates system and minority protection regimes.
