Music has been a part of Daphne Brooks’ life since she can remember. Her childhood home was filled with the sounds of all kinds of records, including Duke Ellington and Aretha Franklin. She even played a little bit of piano herself. But she says she never...
In the latest edition of Humanitas, a column focused on the arts and humanities at Yale, we introduce you to an alum, and now critic, at Yale School of Architecture whose Brooklyn firm was recently recognized as one of the world’s most innovative emerging...
Sarah Victoria Turner, an art historian and curator who specializes in the cultural relationships between Britain and India, has been appointed director of Yale’s Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, a London-based educational charity and...
In just a few years since graduating from Yale College, Ayanna Woods ’15 has become one of the most sought-after young composers in the United States.
A Grammy-nominated performer, composer, and bandleader, her music has been featured in films, theater...
A delegation from the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (FMIT), including members of its acclaimed Fort Mojave Tribal Band and Rez Life Bird Singers, visited the Yale campus over the weekend for a series of events celebrating Indigenous history and culture....
Rose Prentice, formerly enslaved, was in her mid-sixties when Sarah Goodridge, a noted miniaturist, painted her portrait.
Born in 1771, Prentice retained the surname of her second enslaver, John Prentice, who likely manumitted her, before or upon his...
Julian Posada spent the COVID lockdown researching the working conditions of Latin Americans who do much of the data work needed for the growing artificial intelligence industry. And he became increasingly frustrated that discussions about the ethics of...