David Blight talks with fellow academics on how they must fight to preserve our history AND democracy. With David W. Blight, Yale University; Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University; Edward Ayers, University of Richmond; and Molly Worthen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition today has announced the finalists for the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...

In the wake of Kirk's death, GOP leaders have joined denizens of right-wing social media in using the language of “civil war." Today marks the 163rd anniversary of the largest-scale American mass killing. If we continue down this path, we could face an Antietam of our own making. trib.al/M8HqDYb

On this day in 1630, the Virginia Assembly sentenced Hugh Davis, a white man, to be whipped for having a relationship with a Black person.

GLC@Lunch with Hannah Sophia Hörl Revisiting June Jordan’s 'Skyrise for Harlem' (1965) and 'His Own Where' (1971) as Cultural Interventions in Poetic Form September 17 12:00 to 1:15pm Rosenkranz Hall, Rm 241, 115 Prospect Street, New Haven Join us online at yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2025 ASALH Annual Meeting & Conference! Celebrate African Americans & Labor with scholars, educators & leaders. ✨ Early Bird pricing ends July 22! 📍 In-person & virtual options available 📚 Author events, tours & more. Register now at asalh.org/conference/r...!

If not for Chicago, we might not have Labor Day. Keep your eyes peeled on Monday for a much longer video where I dive into the history of unionization, violent strike suppression, and workers’ victories in Chicago, and how they impacted workers across the country.

The Education of a Historian In @thenation.com, Eric Foner reflects on his family, his career, and doing history in perilous times

'A beautiful responsibility': Documentary film will encapsulate history of Black Liberation Theology' pcusa.org/news-storyte... #jamescone #godoftheoppressed #blackfaithmatters

Trump Vs. History: How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are Sponsored by The New Republic September 8, 2025 4:00 PM EDT David Blight talks with fellow academics on how we fight to preserve our history AND democracy. For more info and tickets visit www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-vs-h...

Attend our next GLC@Lunch 🍽️: “Bound to Feel: Personhood from Slavery to Abolition in Brazil and Cuba” with Isabela Fraga (GLC Visiting Scholar) 💻 Virtual | 🗓️ 5/07/25 | 🕐 12:00-1:15PM 🎟️ Free, but registration is required: tinyurl.com/52rmcmtm

Next up at GLC@Lunch 🍽️: “Unshackling the Past: Slavery, Marronage, and the Fight for Freedom in Morocco, 18th to 20th Centuries” w/ Chouki El Hamel 💻 Virtual | 🗓️ 4/28/25 | 🕐 2:00-3:15PM 🎟️ Free, but registration is required: tinyurl.com/4p2cv4zm #GLCAtLunch #SlaveryStudies #MoroccanHistory #Yale

Our next GLC@LUNCH 🍽️ online event with GLC Visiting Scholar, Aaron Hall! Join us to hear Aaron answer his central question: "How did the creation of the U.S. Constitution become enshrined as 'the Founding'?" Register on our website: macmillan.yale.edu/glc/events/2... #constitutionalism

Gabriel’s Odyssey by the Kukutana Ensemble (founded by Janie Cole) About the performance: A Musical Narrative of Slavery, Conversion, Persecution, and Resilience from a 16th-Century Indian Ocean World To register, please visit: macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/ev...

UPCOMING EVENT: Virtual International Conference on The Black Indian Ocean: Slavery, Religion, and Expressive Cultures (1400-1700) April 2nd-3rd, 2025 | Online | Free & open to the public REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED To register, please visit our website: macmillan.yale.edu/glc/events/2...

Join us for our next GLC@Lunch 🍽️ with GLC Visiting Scholar, Ben Davidson! For more information, and to register, please visit: macmillan.yale.edu/glc/events/2...

Register today to attend our Panel: "Eugenics and Its Afterlives," moderated by Dr. Daniel HoSang (Professor of American Studies at Yale University)! 📅 Friday, Feb. 28th, 11:30 am ℹ️ For more information, visit our website: macmillan.yale.edu/glc/2025-ann...

Attend our 26th Annual GLC Conference: Universities and the Histories of Race, Science, and Medicine Date: Thurs. 2/27-Sat. 3/1 Cost: FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information, please visit our website: macmillan.yale.edu/glc/2025-ann... We hope to see you there!