J. P. Daughton

J. P. Daughton, Professor of History at Stanford University, is an award-winning historian of Europe, imperialism and colonialism, and global history. His teaching and publications explore political, cultural, social, and environmental history, as well as the modern history of religion, technology, and humanitarianism. His affiliations at Stanford include the Europe Center, the Center for African Studies, and the Center for Human Rights and International Justice. His most recent book is In The Forest of No Joy (Norton 2021), and he is also the author of An Empire Divided: Religion, Republicanism, and the Making of French Colonialism, 1880-1914 (Oxford University Press, 2006), winner of the George Louis Beer Prize for the best book in international history from the American Historical Association. He has provided media commentary for the Atlantic, Newsweek, Time, and CNN, and lives in San Francisco, California.