August 2014

History student Isaiah Wilner wins prize from Canadian Historical Association

The Aboriginal History Study Group (AHSG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association has announced that Isaiah Lorado Wilner is the winner of the 2014 AHSG Article Prize for his work, “A Global Potlatch: Identifying the Indigenous Influence on Western Thought,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 37, no. 2 (2013): 87–114.

History Major Informational Meeting

Attention History Majors: Message from the DUS, August 11th

Dear History Majors—

Welcome back to Yale for Fall 2014! We have an exciting year ahead, filled with new courses and developments within the major.

Yale Remembers World War I: Historian Jay Winter on the conflict's centennial

During the month of August, YaleNews will highlight aspects of “The Great War” through conversations with Yale faculty and a look at rare materials in Yale collections and archives.

First up is a conversation with Jay Winter, the Charles J. Stille Professor of History and editor of the recently published three-volume “Cambridge History of the First World War.”

Click to view the full article on Yale News.