Daut, Professor of French and of Black Studies, was recognized for her latest book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.

During her fellowship, Daut, Professor of French and of Black Studies, will work on a new project: a biography of Jean-Pierre Boyer, a Haitian revolutionary turned president.

Nana Osei Quarshie, Assistant Professor of History, has been named the winner of the 2026 Cheiron Book Prize for his book African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return.

A new anthology edited by Yale’s Daphne Brooks (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Black Studies and Professor of American Studies) reflects on the pop icons’ lasting legacies 10 years after their deaths.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences recognized Alessandro Giammei, Cormac O’Dea, and Chiara Mingarelli for scholarly achievements in their respective fields.

The New Haven Digital Atlas, an interactive map created by Yale’s New Haven Environmental History Project overseen by Paul Sabin (Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History), invites users to explore how the city’s historical landscape has changed over time.

This edition of Humanitas notes an award for The Yale Review, student achievements — curating an exhibit, pitching a film at Cannes, and winning a reporting trip with The New York Times — and a Yale expert on the history of opera curtains.

David Blight, Sterling Professor of History and Professor of Black Studies and of American Studies, spoke with the Associated Press about the origins of Memorial Day in the United States.

Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning welcomed Watertown High School seniors for a panel discussion about an online video collection, "Yale en primera persona: Narrativas hispanas," created by Lourdes Sabé, Senior Lector I of Spanish.

"Unfolding History,” a new exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum curated by Egyptologist Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, was recently featured in the New Haven Independent.