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A fresh impression of Freud’s ‘mystic writing-pad’

February 9, 2024

They’ve been used as toys, for military planning, and cited as a metaphor for the unconscious mind. A Yale scholar explores the history of erasable wax tablets.

As an editor of eminent anthology, Lewis carries on a Yale tradition

February 8, 2024

Yale’s Pericles Lewis is helping to edit the latest edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature, an acclaimed series with deep ties to the university.

Facts and fabrications: FAS professor explores worlds created by print

February 8, 2024

In her new book, Yale historian Paola Bertucci explains how fictionalized scientific facts can become reality for readers — in the eighteenth century and today.

Courtney Martin, director of YCBA, will lead Rauschenberg Foundation

February 8, 2024

Martin, who has led the Yale Center for British Art since 2019, has accepted a new appointment as executive director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Camerata and Glee Club to perform Nunes Garcia’s ‘Te Deum,’ and more

February 7, 2024

On Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, the two Yale choirs will join forces with orchestra in works by José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Marianne Martínez, and others.

Saul Steinberg, Langston Hughes materials added to Yale digital collections

February 7, 2024

Artworks by Steinberg and personal correspondence from writer and poet Hughes are among 5,800 new images added to the library’s digital collections in January.

Turning the page

February 7, 2024

At almost 600 years old, Yale’s copy of the Gutenberg Bible remains in remarkable condition thanks to the dedicated work of library conservators.

Understanding civics, from the classroom to the city

February 7, 2024

Yale’s Citizens Thinkers Writers summer program introduces New Haven high school students to foundational texts — and connects their ideas to the present.

Freedom to be ‘beautiful and Black’: Yale Black Seminarians at 55

February 6, 2024

Current YBS president The Rev. Andre Cortez Gilford Jr. ’24 M.Div. reflects on the organization’s past and future, lessons from Black churches, and more.

A collaborative chorus: The Yale Camerata, 1985–2024

February 6, 2024

For nearly forty years, the Yale Camerata has forged musical connections between the New Haven and Yale communities.