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July 2, 2025
This fall, three eminent scholars of U.S. history will explore the nature of American identity in a semester-long series of lectures open to the public.  
June 16, 2025
President Trump’s profound ignorance of American history and the nation’s constitutional traditions has placed us all in great peril. In the past five months, Trump has...
April 29, 2025
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2025 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows, made possible by the generous support of the...
April 25, 2025
Eight Yale faculty members are among the nearly 250 leaders elected as new members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced this week. The...
April 24, 2025
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April 10, 2025
Professors Beverly Gage, Joanne Freeman and David Blight will tackle the entirety of American history in the class dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the independence.
March 31, 2025
On Thursday President Trump issued an executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” In Mr. Trump’s customary bluster, the order bursts with accusations...