News

December 6, 2013
History professor, Cynthia Russett, passed away yesterday at the age of 76.  Read the remembrance in the Yale Daily News and at Yale News.  A memorial service is planned for...
November 18, 2013
For students in Ned Blackhawk’s seminar, the study of contemporary tribal communities came to life in a recent fall-break trip to Montréal, Canada. The field trip was an...
November 14, 2013
“This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Professor John Demos, author of the books The Unredeemed Captive; Entertaining Satan; and A Little Commonwealth: Family...
October 30, 2013
Presented by the Frank K. Bosworth, Jr. ‘45 Memorial Lecture Fund & the Department of History, Maya Jasanoff, Professor of History at Harvard University, will present, “...
October 25, 2013
“We love being the country that freed the slaves,” says historian David Blight. But “we’re not so fond of being the country that had the biggest slave system on the...
October 16, 2013
The Annual Andrews Society Book Sale will be held Wednesday and Thursday in HGS 204 (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street).  Stop by to pick up a bargain and build your...
October 9, 2013
Professor Winroth recently sat down for an interview with The MacMillan Report to talk about his new book, The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries...