Michael Willrich

{{short description|American historian}}

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| education = Yale University
University of Chicago

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Michael Willrich is an American historian. He is the Leff Families Professor of History at Brandeis University, and the author of three books.{{cite web |title=Michael Willrich |url=http://www.brandeis.edu/facultyguide/person.html?emplid=cc84b70a5162bebdce92f6c74462793e2470f99c |website=Brandeis University |accessdate=November 14, 2018}} He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2015.{{cite web |title=Michael Willrich |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/michael-willrich/ |website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |accessdate=November 14, 2018}} His book, American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century was a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for History.{{cite web|url=https://www.brandeis.edu/stories/2024/may/of-note/willrich-pulitzer-finalist.html|title=History professor Michael Willrich named Pulitzer finalist|website=brandeis.edu|date=May 9, 2024|access-date=May 14, 2024}}