Light & Verity

America in 26 lectures

A one-time-only history survey for the nation's 250th anniversary.

The hottest ticket on campus this fall is America at 250, a one-time-only survey of American history taught by Yale historians Beverly Gage ’94 (left), David Blight (center), and Joanne Freeman (right) to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, each lecturing on the period in which they specialize. The course was capped at 486 students, but since it’s being presented as this year’s public DeVane Lectures, an even bigger crowd flows into the 844-seat Battell Chapel twice a week. If you can’t make it in person, never fear: Each lecture, and an accompanying weekly podcast discussion, is later posted online. Find them at tinyurl.com/2025devane.

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