Description
Alan Mikhail is a professor of history at Yale University. Specializing in Middle Eastern and environmental history, he has been involved in various capacities with the Agrarian Studies Program since arriving at Yale in 2010. In this interview, Mikhail discusses the influence of James C. Scott's scholarship and meeting Scott for the first time; his involvement with the Agrarian Studies Program; the unique aspects of the program and its impressive longevity; and the legacy both Scott and the program have left at Yale.