In April 2020, Yale’s History and HSHM Departments cancelled senior essay prizes due to the constraints posed by COVID-19. To respond to this crisis, The Yale Historical Review partnered with faculty from the two Departments to celebrate exceptional theses from graduating students. The pieces included in this special issue would have received high marks and accolades in another year. By publishing these essays and abstracts, we hope to celebrate the process and evaluation of original research.
Written by Maya Levin, BR' 20 Advised by Professor Paola Bertucci Edited by Frank Lukens, ES 22', Katie Painter, TD 23' Table of Contents Introduction Relevant Literature The British Slave Trade On Board In England Surgeons’ Journals: Primary Source Analysis Discussion A Quantitative Lens: On the Journal...
Written by John Borja, GH 20' Advised by Professor John Merriman Edited by Aaron Jenkins, SY 22', Maya Ingram, MC 23' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Few objects associated with the culture and history of France have retained such a mysterious, even mythological status as the glass of absinthe. Its reflective...
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Written by Adrian J. Rivera, JE 20' Advised by Professor Jay Gitlin Edited by Lica Porcile, BF 21', Grace Blaxill, PC 22' Table of Contents Introduction Section 1: Beginnings, 1889 - 1939 Biographical Sketch: 1889 – 1926 London Years: 1926 – 1939 Section 2: Fringe, 1939 – 1951 Tyler Kent,...
By Marina Albanese, PC 20' Advised by Professor Stuart Semmel Edited by Frank Lukens, ES 22' Julianna Gross, DC 23' Historians have differed in their treatment of Josephine Butler (1828-1906), the Victorian feminist who led campaigns against regulated sex work in Britain, across Europe, and in Britain’...
"This 'Order' Must Be Annihilated: How Benjamin Austin's Call to Abolish Lawyers Shaped Early Understandings of Access to Justice, 1786-1819 [//www.slideshare.net/YHRUploads/this-order-must-be-annihilated-how-benjamin-austins-call-to-abolish-lawyers-shaped-early-understandings-of-access-to-justice-17861819] from YHRUploads [https://www.slideshare.net/YHRUploads]...
