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Paul Erdkamp, Joseph G. Manning, Koenraad Verboven, eds., “Climate Change and Ancient Societies in Europe and the Near East: Diversity in Collapse and Resilience,” (Palgrave MacMillan)

November 9, 2021
Book Abstract: Climate change over the past thousands of years is undeniable, but debate has arisen about its impact on past human societies.  This book explores the link...
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Paul Sabin, "Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" (W.W. Norton)

August 10, 2021
In the 1960s and 1970s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America. It was built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and the public interest....

Teona Williams publishes “For ‘Peace, Quiet, and Respect’: Race, Policing, and Land Grabbing on Chicago’s South Side” (Antipode 2021)

April 5, 2021

Andy Horowitz's "Katrina" receives 2021 Bancroft Prize.

March 23, 2021

Taylor Rose receives NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History

August 27, 2020
Taylor Rose has been awarded the Fellowship in Aerospace History, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Fellowship includes a stipend of $21...

Joseph R. McConnell, et al., "Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom," PNAS

July 7, 2020
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/117/27/15443.full.pdf Joseph R. McConnell, Michael Sigl, Gill Plunkett, Andrea Burke, Woon Mi Kim, Christoph C. Raible, Andrew I. Wilson,...
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POSTPONED: "New Perspectives in Environmental History" Conference (Yale Environmental History)

April 18, 2020
Yale Environmental History has postponed its planned conference, “New Perspectives in Environmental History,” which was scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 2020. For details on...