Yale President Richard C. Levin announced today that the University will give its acclaimed African American Studies Program the status of an interdisciplinary department, starting July 1, 2000. The Yale Corporation approved the change in status for...
The sixth annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, February 25 through 27. This year’s conference explores “Innovative Advocacy for a New Millennium.” Practitioners, law students, community activists and...
Yale University will host an international conference, “Sholem Asch Reconsidered,” analyzing the life and work of controversial Yiddish author Sholem Asch (1880-1957), from May 13 through 15. The conference is free and open to the public; no prior...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
John Blassingame, a distinguished member of the Yale History faculty since 1970 and former Chair of Yale’s African American Studies Program, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2000. Professor Blassingame rose rapidly at Yale from a lecturer in 1970 to...
New Haven and Yale University will be hosting educators from all over the northeast when the 31st annual Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies convenes here March 8 through 10. An estimated 2500 teachers and school administrators are...