When students in the “Introduction to Public Humanities” course were deciding what they were going to create for a final project, they knew one thing: They weren’t going to find the answer in the classroom. So, they took to the streets of New Haven.The...
For Andrés Bustamante, Yale’s network of undergraduate fellowships has enabled him to tell the stories of his past while he pursues his future goals.(Photo by Ruoxi Yu ’15)The Yale senior, who is pursuing a major in history, has studied archival research...
In a talk before a full house in Yale’s University Theatre — the same theater where his play “Arcadia” will open on Oct. 3 — Tom Stoppard spoke about his creative process, the “phenomenon” of live theater, and how playwriting requires a certain amount of...
YaleNews recently met with Kathryn Dudley, professor of anthropology and American studies, to talk about her recent book, “Guitar Makers: The Endurance of Artisanal Values in North America,” as well as how her upbringing in a working-class community...
In recognition of the centennial of the beginning of World War I, YaleNews recently met with David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, to talk about some of the most noted poets of that period and to examine some of their most powerful works. The...
Margaret Powell, who retired in May as the W.S. Lewis Librarian and executive director of the Lewis Walpole Library (LWL), met with YaleNews recently to discuss the retrospective exhibition that is currently on view there, some of the biggest initiatives...