November 2012

Staff

The offices of the History Department are located at the Humanities Quadrangle. A listing of our staff members and faculty officers can be found below.

British Studies Colloquium

The British Studies Colloquium is an interdisciplinary forum for Yale graduate students and faculty working on any aspect of British literature, history, arts, and culture. With at least four meetings per semester, the colloquium offers an informal setting for graduate students to present work in progress, to get feedback from an interdisciplinary audience, and to cultivate a wider knowledge of British culture than could be provided by any one departmental colloquium.

American Religious History Workshop

The American Religious History Workshop has existed at Yale since the late 1980s and concentrates on discussions of religion’s role in American history and culture from the colonial period to the present. Most presentations are given by graduate students, but sometimes the group discusses an important new article or book. The Workshop is open to anyone in the Yale community who wishes to attend—faculty and students alike and meets once a month during term.

The Senior Essay

History is more than past events; it is also the discipline of historical inquiry. As a discipline, it uses many techniques, but its basic method is the collection and careful evaluation of evidence and the written presentation of reasonable conclusions derived from that evidence. To experience history as a discipline, a student must grapple at first hand with the problems and rigors involved in this kind of systematic investigation and exposition.