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  1. The Chronicle noted that Quarshie, Assistant Professor of History and of Anthropology and in the History of Medicine, "takes no shortcuts" to understanding the history of psychiatry in Ghana in his 2025 book "African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return."

    A headshot of Nana Osei Quarshie alongside the cover of his 2025 book, African Pharmakon.
  2. John Fabian Witt, Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and Professor of History, speaks to Yale News about his new book about how a little-known foundation funded by a wealthy banking heir sought to bring about a more just society in the first half of the 20th century.

    John Fabian Witt alongside the cover of his book, The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America.
  3. In this podcast episode, Freeman, the Alan Boles, Class of 1929 Professor of History, speaks with Jon Stewart about the term ‘heritage American’ and explores how American identity has been defined and contested throughout the nation's history.

    Joanne Freeman (center) appears on Jon Stewart's (left) podcast alongside University of Florida Professor Allen C. Guelzo.
  4. Rankin, Associate Professor of History, recently published "Radical Cartography," which explores how mapmaking shapes our view of the world.

    William Rankin
  5. The British Academy Book Prize honors outstanding non-fiction that combines rigorous research with engaging storytelling to deepen readers’ understanding of people, societies, and cultures worldwide.

    The UK cover of "The Burning Earth: A Story of Africa, America, and the Planet in Crisis," by Yale historian Sunil Amrith, sits alongside a clear, book-shaped award labeled "The British Academy Book Prize."
  6. The panel for the British Academy Book Prize called Amith's work a "magisterial account of the interconnections between human history and environmental transformation."

    Sunil Amrith and his book The Burning Earth: A History
  7. In his new book, Associate Professor of History 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 experience.

    William Rankin
  8. Ned Blackhawk, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultures and histories of the indigenous peoples of North America.

    Ned Blackhawk
  9. Jacobson, Sterling Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Black Studies, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize.

    Matthew Frye Jacobson
  10. In this edition of Humanitas: FAS music lecturer directs gamelan performances; a new book from Jonathan Howard, Assistant Professor of English and Black studies; Ned Blackhawk contributes to a new PBS documentary; and FAS faculty win numerous prizes.

    Yale gamelan ensemble rehearsal (Photo by Allie Barton)