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In its first meeting of the 2026-27 academic year, the Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 7 members of the Class of 2027.

Thomas Wilson, professor of history and Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, gave an invited talk on his new book, Confucian Gods: An Archaeology of Devotional Practice (Oxford University Press, 2026), at the East Asia Center of the University of Virginia.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History and author of Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering, is featured prominently in Pete Takeda’s Alpinist article “Stepping into the Syllabus: A Veteran Alpinist Sees the Himalaya Through the Eyes of College Students” (Issue 94, Summer 2026), about Isserman’s course History and Literature of Himalayan Mountaineering, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.

Hamilton welcomes 40 new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year, including six tenure-track professors in Economics, French and Francophone Studies, Government, German/Russian/Italian/Arabic, History, and Mathematics and Statistics.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. News topics included coverage of art, tennis, federal workers, housing issues, among others.

For Olivia Piersall ’27, history is not simply confined to textbooks. This summer, she’s helping to preserve one of the nation’s most significant historical archives at the world’s largest library. Piersall is serving as a junior fellow in the Serial and Government Publications Division at the Library of Congress, where she is processing the library’s 9/11 newspaper collection.

All students at Hamilton complete a senior project, a capstone experience in which they integrate, extend, critique, and apply knowledge gained during their four years on College Hill. The topics vary as much as the students who pursue them — and so do the lessons learned. See the list of senior projects for 2026.

The Loyalty Trap: Conflicting Loyalties of Civil Servants Under Increasing Autocracy, by Associate Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas, was recently named this year’s winner of the Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Best Book Award.

Emily Pogozelski ’26, Analisa Lona ’26, and Elijah “Eli” King-Bond ’26 will be taking what they’ve learned at Hamilton to Teach for America and AmeriCorps, respectively.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. April’s news topics included coverage of a new Hamilton partnership with several prestigious graduate schools to a faculty member’s debut novel, among others.