Two Yale faculty members have been recognized by the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) for their work.
The MLA has awarded its 25th annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies to Maurice Samuels, the Betty Jane...
One of the goals — and challenges — of “Internet Cultures,” a new teaching and learning initiative on campus, is to explore the unknown and unknowable. In fact, the term “internet cultures” often ends up in quotation marks because it is so malleable,...
For Kathryn Lofton, professor of religious studies, American studies, and history, many moments in her most recent book, “Consuming Religion,” were informed and inspired by her interactions with Yale College and graduate school students and by inviting...
In early December, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case about a bake shop owner’s refusal to create a cake for a same-sex couple because making it was against his religious convictions as a conservative Christian.
The Masterpiece...
It takes about 17 days, 10 pounds of salt, 20 pounds of baking soda, linen, and incense to mummify a small object.
It also requires natron, one of the ingredients that Salima Ikram brought with her when she arrived on Yale’s campus this fall from Cairo,...
Adding a new intellectual flavor to a revered program is but one part of the vision that Beverly Gage has for the 17-year-old Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, for which she became the director in July.
In her new role, Gage, the Brady-Johnson...
In this boot camp, students learn to take risks and get “messy” — by studying grammar, that is.
Claire Bowern, professor of linguistics, conceived of the Grammar Boot Camp several ago as a way of contributing new linguistic knowledge about endangered...