Paola Bertucci elected President of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Paola Bertucci elected President of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.
September 2024
Gilbert Joseph Recognized with Career Achievement Award
Gilbert Joseph, Farnam Professor Emeritus of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Service Award by the Conference on Latin American History.
The CLAH unanimously selected Joseph to receive the award thanks to his role as “scholar, professor, institution builder, and mentor.”
At a crossroads: Alden Young on the links between Africa and the Arab world
Alden Young is an expert on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, a region of Africa with a rich history, a complex present-day landscape, and a critical future. Much of the region’s identity is tied to its position as a “crossroads” along the Red Sea, making it almost as much an extension of the Middle East and the Arab world as it is part of Africa. In his research, Young explores the inextricable connections between Africa and the Middle East, from religion to migration to economic development.
A sense of place: Laura Robson on refugees, displacement, and statelessness
Laura Robson is a scholar of international and Middle Eastern history, with a special interest in issues of refugeedom, forced migration, and statelessness. Over the past century, the Middle East has become a geopolitical nexus, bringing together matters of war, security, energy, inequality and far more, shaping the world in which we live. In her research and teaching, Robson uses a historical approach to provide context for the critical issues within the region — and the impacts felt across the world — today.
In new book, Ivan Marcus explores medieval roots of Western antisemitism
In a Q&A, Yale historian Ivan G. Marcus explains the rise of a confrontation in medieval Europe that set the stage for modern antisemitism.
Daniel Botsman named Sumitomo Professor of History
Daniel Botsman, an historian of Japan, whose interests span the period from the 17th century to the present, was recently appointed the Sumitomo Professor of History, which is intended to support research in Japanese studies.