Graduate students enhanced their research this summer with history-related activities. Students were asked: What history-related activities did you do this summer? Did you discover anything particularly interesting (in the archives or the field), or gain any new insights into your work?
We checked in with some of our history majors to see what they were up to this summer; between work, internships and research projects our students used their history skills for a variety of exciting summer opportunities. Students were asked: What were you doing this summer? Did you draw on any history-related skills or learning?
We checked in with some of our history majors to see what they were up to this summer; between work, internships and research projects our students used their history skills for a variety of exciting summer opportunities. Students were asked: What were you doing this summer? Did you draw on any history-related skills or learning? Click through below to check out the details.
On August 11, 2017, two Yale Group for the Study of Native America (YGSNA) members, Holly Guise and Tiffany Hale, attended the inaugural Digital Knowledge Sharing Workshop hosted at the American Philosophical Society Library. Both presented and received feedback on their current research projects.
President Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was noted for its aggressiveness, bellicosity and emphasis on U.S. sovereignty over multilateralism. Whatever one thinks of that approach, that wasn’t the most notable aspect. The speech made an open and outright threat to commit genocide: “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”
Professor David Blight sat down with CBS Sunday Morning’s Mo Rocca to discuss the debate over tearing down Confederate monuments. Check out the video below or visit the CBS News website to read the full story.
Micol Seigel, Indiana University, Bloomington, on “Violence Work: Reflections on Transnational Method in Studying the State” (HGS 119)
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Laura Beers, American University, on “Ellen Wilkinson’s International Spiderweb” (HGS 119)
Joanna Lewis, London School of Economics, on “Death, Iconicity and Emotion: (the journey) to Livingston, Africa and an Empire of Sentiment” (HGS 119)
Faculty Roundtable (moderated by Peter Perdue) on ”Beyond Borders: New Directions in International History” (HGS 211)