Arts & Humanities

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Stewart draws on days in Parliament, and Afghan villages, in new Yale role

March 18, 2024

Rory Stewart, a former British diplomat who recently returned to Yale, discusses his approach to teaching grand strategy — and offering hope in a bleak time.

The dust is never settled: Biblical scholarship and contemporary religion

March 18, 2024

Laura Nasrallah discusses how a fluid sense of past and present—antiquity and modernity turbulently intertwined influences her teaching and research.

Building on Yale’s strength: adding new depth and breadth to the humanities

March 18, 2024

During Peter Salovey’s presidency, the university’s commitment to the humanities has brought faculty expansion and new spaces and resources. Second in a series.

Yale IPCH fellowship supports preservation of cultural heritage in Africa

March 15, 2024

The Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage is helping cultural institutions protect and share stories of the continent’s diverse civilizations.

PODCAST: The importance of the sacred, with Martin Jean

March 13, 2024

In the new episode of the YDS Quadcast, Martin Jean, director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, discusses the ISM’s past, present, and future.

Visiting editor offers publishing guidance for first-time authors

March 13, 2024

Sharmila Sen of Harvard University Press recently visited campus as the Whitney Publishing Project’s editor-in-residence.

Yale Journal of Music and Religion celebrates 100,000 downloads

March 12, 2024

A forum for the study of sacred music in all its ritual, artistic, and cultural contexts, the YJMR is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.

Korean artist visits library to open new Hanke Gallery exhibit

March 12, 2024

To celebrate the opening of “Copying Sacred Texts: A Spiritual Practice,” Kyeongho Kim, master calligrapher and artist, traveled to Yale to share his practice.

Exploring the ecological impact of Himalayan prayer flags

March 12, 2024

Yale ISM recently hosted a group of scholars and practitioners whose work focuses on the ecological impact of Buddhist prayer flags in the Himalayan region.

Defending Enlightenment reasoning in an age of ‘alternative facts’

March 11, 2024

In his new book, Ian Shapiro defends the Enlightenment principles of science and reasoned thinking against philosophical assaults from the right and left.