Kenneth Pomeranz

Kenneth Pomeranz, FBA (born November 4, 1958) is University Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1980, where he was a Telluride Scholar, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1988, where he was a student of Jonathan Spence. He then taught at the University of California, Irvine, for more than 20 years. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2006. In 2013–2014 he was the president of the American Historical Association. Pomeranz has been described as a major figure in the California School of economic history.

Awards and honors

• 1994 - John K. Fairbank Prize for best book in East Asian history
• 2001 - World History Association Book Prize
• 2001 - John K. Fairbank Prize for best book in East Asian history
• 2017 - Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
• 2019 - Dan David Prize
• 2021 - Toynbee Prize