News

May 24, 2016
Micah Jones, a joint African American Studies and History major, has won the 2016 Wrexham Prize in the Humanities.  The Department of African American Studies nominated Jones...
May 24, 2016
William Tanner Allread graduates with Distinction in the History major and as an Education Studies Scholar, with a record that reflects his forthright commitment to public...
May 17, 2016
Daniel Magaziner was recognized for his contributions to students with the Sarai Ribicoff ’75 Award for Teaching Excellence in Yale College.  Read the full interview at Yale...
May 17, 2016
Glenda Gilmore was awarded the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss ’75 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities.  Read the full interview at Yale News.
May 13, 2016
During a televised hearing on April 21, 1955, U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver held up a comic book to the cameras. Its cover depicted an ax-wielding man holding a woman’s severed...
April 29, 2016
Op-Ed by Glenda Gilmore: “At Yale, a Right That Doesn’t Outweigh a Wrong.”  Read the full article at NYTimes.com.
April 21, 2016
Prof. Rosemarie Zagarri of George Mason University will present the 2016 Bosworth Memorial Lecture.  This year’s talk is titled: “Liberty or Oppression: The Problem of Empire...