On April 23, 2022, scholars of Latin American history and politics from across the United States, Latin America, and Europe gathered at Yale to celebrate and debate the contributions of a giant in the field of modern Latin American history, Gilbert Joseph.
After the American Indian Sovereignty Project was established last summer, its leaders knew that they would be busy with scholarly engagements in contemporary issues in federal Indian law. But the group, a collaboration between Yale and New York University (NYU), had little idea how quickly they would become immersed in a series of immediate court challenges at the highest level.
Paul Sabin, a leader in the field of environmental history, has been appointed the Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History and Professor of American Studies, effective immediately.
He is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in the Department of History, with secondary appointments in American Studies and the Yale School of the Environment.