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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."
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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.
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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.
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Rankin, Associate Professor of History, recently published "Radical Cartography," which explores how mapmaking shapes our view of the world.
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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.
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The panel for the British Academy Book Prize called Amith's work a "magisterial account of the interconnections between human history and environmental transformation."
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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.
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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.
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Jacobson, Sterling Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Black Studies, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize.
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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.