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July 17, 2026
On July 4, the White House Domestic Policy Council issued a long-awaited and lengthy report, “Saving America’s Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution’s...
July 9, 2026
The award, which is given by the Carnegie Corporation, honors naturalized citizens of the United States who have made important contributions to American society, democracy,...
July 9, 2026
In a new book, Yale law professor Samuel Moyn argues that a “gerontocracy” holds sway in America, hoarding jobs and political power.
July 7, 2026
In a new book, Yale historian Mark Peterson warns of a widening disconnect between modern American society and its Constitution. 
June 10, 2026
Yale medical historian Joanna Radin’s career was partly inspired by Michael Crichton, author of “Jurassic Park” and other sci-fi blockbusters. In a Q&A, she discusses her...
June 10, 2026
Nana Osei Quarshie, Assistant Professor of History, has been named the winner of the 2026 Cheiron Book Prize for his book African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery...
May 22, 2026
Daniel Graves PhD ’26 (Classics and History) received the university’s John Addison Porter Prize for his dissertation on Thomas Jefferson and the intellectual life of the...