Peter Roady, a PhD graduate from the department, has published his first book: The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics, which book explores how the meaning of national security in the United States changed over time, from Franklin Roosevelt’s broad concept that encompassed economic and physical security to the narrower, physical security-focused concept familiar to us today. See more about the book here.

Professor Roady’s new book was also the subject of an interview with Peter Bergen, CNN’s chief national security analyst, on his show “In the Room with Peter Bergen.” Listen to the episode here.

Professor Mae Ngai spoke on 60 Minutes Overtime and on MSNBC on Donald Trump’s plans to use President Eisenhower’s mass deportations in the 1950s as a model for deporting millions now. Watch the episode here.

Kim Phillips-Fein contributed to The New York Review of Books’ “The Return of Trump – IV,” exploring how Trump’s populist rhetoric fits into the broader history of New York City. Read the full article here.

Kate Reeve, a PhD student in the department, published her first article in the Law and History Review on the campaign for indigenous sovereignty that took place at the League of Nations in 1923. Read the full article here.

Manan Ahmed‘s newest book, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, was featured in the New Yorker‘s “Briefly Noted” section. Read more here.