Anders Winroth, newly named as the inaugural Forst Family Professor of History, specializes in the history of medieval Europe.
His research is focused specifically on the cultural, intellectual, and legal history of the European High Middle Ages and on the economic and social history of early medieval Scandinavia.
Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History and a member of the Yale faculty for over 40 years, gave a farewell lecture on the eve of his retirement. The April 26 talk, which focused on the merits of a liberal arts education, was sponsored by the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale.
Kagan, who joined the Yale faculty in 1969, is a renowned social and political critic. He is the author of “On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace” and “The Peloponnesian War,” among many other works. In 2002, he was honored with the National Humanities Medal.
Paul Bushkovitch, the newly appointed Reuben Post Halleck Professor of History, specializes in Russian history through the 18th century. His teaching covers Russian history in those centuries, with an emphasis on the formation of the state, religion, and empire.
Bushkovitch received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He joined the Yale faculty in 1975 and served as chair of the Department of History 1992-1996.
Congratulations to all of our senior History majors graduating today!
We are announcing the opportunity for History faculty to apply for Instructional Innovation Grants (IIG) formerly known as the Hawkinson award. The IIG is available to full-time faculty members on continuing appointment to develop and design new undergraduate courses or substantially redesign existing courses. The grants can be used to acquire materials to be used in teaching (e.g., images, primary documents, books), to conduct archival or other forms of research that will help with course preparation, support field trips or to bring speakers to meet with their classes.