December 2019

Beverly Gage featured on PBS News Hour to discuss how this impeachment compares to its historical predecessors

Wednesday’s House proceedings represent only the third time in U.S. history that the body has debated impeaching a president. What has changed in the decades since previous impeachment processes – and what hasn’t? Yale University professor Beverly Gage joins John Yang to discuss the role of the modern media, varying reliance on the courts and whether impeachment has become a partisan tool.

Graduate Alumni News & Notes

The Western History Association honored Dr. Maria E. Montoya (BA, MA, ‘93 PhD) as its incoming President-Elect. She is the Dean of Arts and Sciences at NYU Shanghai and an Associate Professor of History at NYU New York. She will serve as WHA President- Elect until next October.
Williamson (Wick) Murray (‘75 PhD) received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History.

Joe Manning featured on "Secrets: Egypt's Apocalypse Volcano" on Smithsonian Channel

Joe Manning explores the relationship between volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding, and the fall of ancient Egypt on Secrets: Egypt’s Apocalypse Volcano, tonight on the Smithsonian Channel.

Washington Post: "What a new scramble could mean for Africans" by Robert Harms

Russia is reportedly sending soldiers and military aid to the Central African Republic in return for mining rights, and sending military advisers to neighboring Congo. Such initiatives challenge the influence of China, the European Union and the United States, all of which have invested billions of dollars in the expanding African economy.

Rohit De among faculty honored for interdisciplinary teaching

Yale College Dean Marvin Chun will host a dinner on Dec. 2 to honor the recipients of the annual Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation, created to recognize excellence in teaching. This year’s recipients are Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Rohit De, Adriane Steinacker, and Stefan Steinerberger.

Sir Michael Howard obituary

Michael Howard, who has died aged 97, was the most influential British military historian of his generation. He left a mark on public and professional debate in Britain and internationally.