Women in Ancient Studies: Emily Wilson, book signing and reception
March 2018
Denise Y. Ho speaks to The China File about her new book
Denise Y. Ho, assistant professor of twentieth-century Chinese history, speaks to The China File’s Jonathan Landreth about her new book, Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao’s China, recently out with Cambridge University Press.
To view the video, click here or watch below: http://www.chinafile.com/library/books/curating-revolution
“Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World” a Conversation with Samuel Moyn, Yale Law and History
“Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World” a Conversation with Samuel Moyn, Yale Law and History and the following faculty
Rohit De, History & Law, Yale
Jennifer Klein, History, Yale
Karuna Mantena, Political Science, Yale
Joanne Meyerowitz, History and American Studies, Yale
Samuel Moyn, Law and History, Yale; and author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World (Harvard, 2018)
Moderated by Carolyn J. Dean, History and French, Yale
Thursday, March 29, 2018
History PhD student Justin Randolph examines mass incarceration in rural South during 1960s civil rights movement
When Justin Randolph transferred from an Alabama community college to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he thought he knew exactly what he would do with his life and his education.
“I was going to become a physician,” he said with a chuckle. “Because that’s what you do when you’re a first-generation college student!”
The Nation: "Human Rights Are Not Enough" by Samuel Moyn
In 1981, the playwright Zdena Tominová, on an extended visit to the West from her home in communist Czechoslovakia, traveled to Dublin to give a lecture. A critic of her country’s political regime, she was the spokesperson for Charter 77, one of the first dissident organizations to turn human rights into an international rallying cry.
Project Syndicate: "The Double Helix of Chinese History" by Denise Y. Ho
Now that China’s National People’s Congress has voted – 2,958 to two – to abolish presidential term limits, Xi Jinping could rule China indefinitely, rather than completing a tenure of two five-year terms in 2023. To what degree is Xi set to become the all-powerful ruler many observers predict?
Sara Silverstein wins World History Association Dissertation Prize
Sara Silverstein (PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs) has been awarded the World History Association Prize for her dissertation, Doctors as Diplomats: The Origins of Universal Healthcare in International Society.