A look back at Yale arts and humanities news in 2011

From providing open access to Yale’s vast collection of digital images to establishing a new literary prize, from the earliest discovery of rock art in Egypt to the creation of a center for preserving cultural heritage, here are 10 stories that made headlines in the arts and humanities this year.

Yale University Press launches Stalin Digital Archive

Yale fêtes Shakespeare throughout spring term

Oldest rock art in Egypt discovered

Yale’s Beinecke Library acquires Eugene O’Neill’s “lost” play

Yale School of Music composers win Emmy, Gaudeamus Prize

Yale gets NEH grant to create website for historic photos

Yale establishes literature prizes to implement legacy of Donald Windham

Yale to receive Kissinger papers and establish the Johnson Center

Landmark gift establishes Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Digital images of Yale’s vast cultural collections now available for free