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In this time of profound environmental transformation, humanities perspectives are urgently needed to help interpret and give meaning to the rapidly changing world around us. Humanities scholars have an opportunity to reshape how we think about environmental problems and “the environment” itself.  

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News

April 18, 2024
History major AJ Laird ’24 —this year’s Yale Library Senior Exhibit Fellow—has created and curated a 2024 exhibition titled “Whaling Logbooks:...
April 1, 2024
In a world that favors data, what value do the arts and humanities hold?     This question animates Rob Nixon’s approach to environmental justice in...
March 7, 2024
The Yale Environmental History group hosted its “New Perspectives in Energy History” Conference on March 2nd, inviting energy scholars from...