April 2015

Yale senior ready for life beyond campus as a foreign correspondent

During his time at Yale, senior Alexander Saeedy became enthralled with the study of modern European political and economic history, and believes that those scholarly interests will come in handy for him after he graduates in May.

In June, Saeedy will work as a foreign correspondent for the Reuters bureau in Brussels, Belgium, on an Overseas Press Club Foundation (OPC) Fellowship. He will cover financial and political topics for the news organization.

Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter Onuf present this year's annual Bosworth memorial talk

Prof. Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard and Prof. Peter S. Onuf of the University of Virginia will present the 2015 Bosworth Memorial Lecture. This year’s talk is titled: “Most Blessed of Patriots: The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson” and will take place on Wednesday, April 15th at 4:00pm in the Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211.

The talk is generously supported by the Frank K. Bosworth, Jr. ‘45 fund, which sponsors a talk in the field of American history each year.

Mediterranean Crossings Conference

The European Studies Council will host a conference on

Mediterranean Crossings

April 17-18, 2015 at Luce Hall, The MacMillan Center

34 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT, Room 202

The program is below.

For complete details and registration, please visit the conference website here:

The Atlantic: The Civil War Isn't Over by David Blight

Read Prof. David Blight’s piece “The Civil War Isn’t Over” at TheAtlantic.com.

Fabian Drixler awarded the John Whitney Hall Book Prize

Fabian Drixler has been awarded the John Whitney Hall Book Prize for Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950, published by the University of California Press in 2013.