Long before there was a play that made Founding Father Alexander Hamilton a household name and an American hero of sorts, a 14-year-old girl took an interest in Hamilton as a hobby. That hobby led to a scholarly interest that has spanned the better part of 40 years now for Yale’s Joanne Freeman.
Students enrolled in a seminar with Yale historian John Merriman gain much more than knowledge, according to Yale senior Kevin Bendesky. They also gain a “family.”
For his commitment to his students, among other traits, Merriman was recently named a winner of a 2019 William Clyde DeVane Medal — the oldest award for faculty teaching at Yale.
The official requirements for the graduate program in History are detailed in the Graduate School of Arts and Science Programs and Policy Handbook. Important elements of the history program are summarized here, but students should refer to the Programs and Policy guide to check any technical requirements.
NEW YORK — Yale University historian David W. Blight, author of a celebrated biography of Frederick Douglass, can hardly keep up with all the honors.
Yale environmental historian Joseph Manning goes to great lengths to emphasize the lessons that he teaches his students — even as far as taking them to Nevada.