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February 3, 2022
As a Yale undergraduate, Hussein Fancy ’97 majored in English, with aspirations to be a writer. Today, as he teaches and conducts research on medieval Iberia, Fancy thinks of...
January 28, 2022
On India’s 73rd Republic Day, we speak to professor Rohit De about the Constitution, its federal structure, secularism, the right to dissent and the significance of the...
January 10, 2022
Ned Blackhawk, an expert on the history of indigenous people in North America, has been appointed the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and of American Studies, effective...
January 3, 2022
Jonathan Spence ’65 Ph.D., Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, whose scholarship shaped the field of China studies for half a century, died Dec. 25 at home in West Haven...
December 8, 2021
Yale History invites applications for Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Associates in Public Humanities and history of sexuality in the U.S.
November 22, 2021
Four Yale seniors — three from the United States and one from Canada — have been selected as Rhodes Scholars, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious academic awards...
November 11, 2021
Jennifer Klein, whose groundbreaking work in history is focused on U.S. labor, care, social policy, and economic security, has been appointed the Bradford Durfee Professor of...