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...
Richard Blanco, who gained national renown when he read his poem “One Today” at President Obama’s second inauguration, will be at Yale on Tuesday, Feb. 5, for a tea hosted by Stephen Pitti, master of Ezra Stiles College.The event, which is Blanco’s first...