An international conference of scholars will discuss the significance of this rare example of an obscure genre, the “schoolboys’ play,” on September 30 at the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street. The conference, which is free and open to the public...
Early in 1842 , on the eve of his 30th birthday, Charles Dickens made his first trip to America. The author at that time of “Pickwick Papers,” “Oliver Twist,” “Nicholas Nickleby,” and “The Old Curiosity Shop, ” the young novelist was celebrated on both...
A grant of $650,000 to Yale from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow scholars to apply the newest digital technology to advance their knowledge of the hand-scribed legacy of the Middle Ages.Students and scholars at work, in this manuscript from...
Yale will pay tribute to alumnus composer and lyricist Cole Porter (B.A. 1913) on the centennial of his graduation from the University by presenting his popular musical “Kiss Me, Kate” in a concert version with an all-Yale cast and crew.Porter’s riff on...