News

February 4, 2015
“Amid national discussion decrying the decline of the humanities, Yale’s History Department is on the rise. According to the director of undergraduate studies for the...
January 21, 2015
Anders Winroth, has been elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy in recognition of his “distinguished contributions to medieval studies.”  This is a prestigious honor as...
January 13, 2015
New freshman seminar, HIST 072, The History of World History will be taught by Prof. Valerie Hansen and is now open.  The course was inadvertently left out of the pre-...
January 9, 2015
Please join the Yale History Department for our first bi-annual Undergraduate Shopping Party!    The festivities will take place on Sunday, January 11 (the night before...
December 9, 2014
The Hans Sigrist Foundation at the University of Bern in Switzerland, has awarded the prestigious 2014 Hans Sigrist Prize to Yale Professor Jennifer Klein, for her...
November 27, 2014
Read Prof. Ned Blackhawk’s piece “Remember the Sand Creek Massacre” at NYTimes.com.
November 25, 2014
This year, 10 Yale students were named as Rhodes or Marshall Scholars, two of the most coveted academic awards for study in Great Britain, including senior history and global...