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January 12, 2026
Filmmakers Ken Burns and David Schmidt, co-directors of the acclaimed PBS series The American Revolution, will join NYU Professor of Law Maggie Blackhawk for a keynote...
January 12, 2026
In his new book, Yale’s John Fabian Witt details how a little-known foundation funded by a wealthy banking heir sought to bring about a more just society in the first half of...
December 10, 2025
In his new book, Yale’s William Rankin explores how mapmaking shapes our view of the world — and proposes a set of values that can recognize a more robust story of human ...
November 17, 2025
Three Yale College seniors who have both excelled academically and demonstrated a commitment to social impact have received 2026 Rhodes scholarships, one of the world’s...
October 20, 2025
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
October 13, 2025
Matthew Frye Jacobson has been awarded the 2025 Bode-Pearson Prize from the American Studies Association. The most prestigious prize awarded by the American Studies...
October 10, 2025
Sunil Amrith, Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, has been awarded the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize...