To Nichole Nelson Ph.D. ’20, policy is ‘history in action’
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has named Nichole Nelson, who earned her Ph.D. in history from Yale in May, one of 22 new Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows for 2020.
June 2020
Joseph Manning featured on "Historically Thinking" podcast
For generations historians have talked about “the ancient economy”. When they want to be more specific, they have written of “the ancient Mediterranean economy.” Given the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean world, that’s not much more specific. Indeed, sometimes the search for unity has obscured the beauty of specificity, and even how economies and cultures changed over time.
Congratulations to our 2019-2020 prize-winning undergraduates
Congratulations to our graduating History majors on their senior essay prizes!
Veronica Boratyn
“The Public and Private Life of the New Haven Oyster: How property rights and legislation shaped the rise and fall of the oyster industry in New Haven, Connecticut, 1638-1900”
Advisor: Paul Sabin
Hegel Prize for the Best Essay on New Haven
Sophie Cappello
Congratulations to our 2019-2020 prize-winning graduate students
Many of our outstanding, graduating History graduate students were awarded Yale and department prizes this academic year. See below for a list of prizes, awards, and acknowledgments. Congratulations to all of our exceptional students!
Camille Cole
Empire on Edge: Land, Law, and Capital in Gilded Age Basra
Directed by Alan Mikhail
Arthur and Mary Wright Prize
Kevin Feeney
A Statement from the Yale Department of History
The recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd illustrate the severe threat that systemic, anti-black racism poses to African Americans, indeed, people of African descent around the world. Such killings are part of a tragic pattern in the United States that has a deep and painful history stretching back in time more than four hundred years. The racism of the past endures in the present, continuing to threaten our students, our faculty, staff colleagues, and all those who make our work possible and give it meaning.
NYT Opinion: "George Floyd’s Death Is a Failure of Generations of Leadership" by Elizabeth Hinton
The circumstances that led to the police killings of George Floyd — and thousands of other citizens over the years — could have been avoided if our elected officials in the 1960s had responded to protesters’ demands for socioeconomic inclusion. Instead, policymakers blamed black people for the instability, ignoring the buildup of centuries of racial oppression. They pursued a misguided policy path that has failed to keep communities of color safe for more than 50 years.