Matthew J. Connelly

Matthew Connelly is the History Lab's principal investigator and a professor of international and global history at Columbia.

He received his B.A. from Columbia and his Ph.D. from Yale. His publications include A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era, which won five prizes, and Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population, an Economist and Financial Times book of the year, and most recently The Declassification Engine. He has provided commentary on international affairs for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Le Monde, and has hosted radio documentaries for BBC Radio.