News

June 4, 2025
Professor Laura Wexler’s new book, Magnum America, was recently featured in an article by the Yale News. Dr. Wexler shares insightful commentary on the book and many of the...
Holmes Pearson and McClintock Prize Winner Grace Ellis '25
May 29, 2025
Congratulations to Grace Ellis ‘25, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize and the Walter McClintock Prize for her essay, “Revising the Nation: Tribal Sovereignty and the...
Holmes Pearson Prize Winner Natalie Keating '25
May 29, 2025
Congratulations to Natalie Keating ‘25, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for her essay, “Kara Walker and Sally Mann’s Transgressive Memorials to the Civil War...
Clement Prize Winner Molly Weiner '25
May 29, 2025
Congratulations to Molly Weiner, winner of the Percival W. Clement Prize. The Clement Prize is an American Studies prize awarded for the best senior thesis in support of the...
May 19, 2025
Graduating AMST senior Grace R. Ellis (Class of 2025) has won honorable mention for the 2025 Yale University Library Map Prize, in recognition of her skillful and...
May 2, 2025
American Studies senior Kavya Jain has won the Diane Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for her essay, CONFESSIONS OF A FAILED REVOLUTIONARY SUBJECT: TOI DERRICOTTE AND THE BLACK...