Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
History
History Department’s İpek Yosmaoğlu elected as President of Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
Historian İpek Yosmaoğlu has been elected the next President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association – the field’s flagship professional association. The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association is a private, non-political organization of scholars, students, and other persons interested in...
History professor Geraldo Cadava examines Latino voting trends in new op-ed
Historian Geraldo Cadava recently published an op-ed about the different political leanings of Latino voters and their effects on the current landscape. In the article, Cadava discusses the power of narratives about Latino citizens — chief among them being that they...
Professor Kevin Boyle’s new book, “The Shattering,” provides a “rich, layered account of the 1960s”
In History Professor Kevin Boyle's new book, “The Shattering: America in the 1960s,” he lays out historical events that pierced the stability of the status quo, and set the stage for three key struggles the U.S. still grapples with today. "The...