Robert Pinsky, poet laureate of the United States; Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet; and John Hollander, poet and the Sterling Professor of English at Yale University, will join together for a public symposium, “Poetic Responsibilities,” Monday, Oct. 6, at...
The office of Deborah Berke Architect has been selected to design a building for Yale University’s School of Art, to be located at 1156 Chapel St. The site, formerly occupied by the Jewish Community Center, was purchased by the University in December...
Heinrich von Staden, a long-time member of the Yale University faculty whose specialties include classical philosophy and literature, mythology, and ancient medicine and science, has been named the William Lampson Professor of Classics and Comparative...
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies’ Council on African Studies will host a lecture series on “What Happened to African Socialism?” All sessions are free and open to the public. The lectures will be held in Room 203 of Luce Hall, 34...
When the Council of Europe defined human rights for research subjects, medical patients and organ donors for the first time this past April, Ludger Honnefelder was on the committee that drafted the “Convention on Biomedical Ethics.” Mr. Honnefelder,...
Secretary of Defense William Cohen will speak at Yale University on Friday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m. His talk,part of the Yale Law School Alumni Reunion dinner, is not open to the public. Members of the media are invited to cover the event. The...
Yale Law School will host a lecture and panel discussion as part of the annual Alumni Weekend, Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. Both events, free and open to the public, will take place at the Law School, Sterling Law Buildings, 127 Wall St....
Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center – WHC – will hold a conference on the work of philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin on Friday, Sept. 26, and Saturday, Sept. 27. The program, titled “Angelus Novus: Perspectives on Walter Benjamin...
The nephew and friends of author Thornton Wilder, Yale Class of 1920, as well as drama students and playwrights influenced by his work, will gather on campus with scholars from the United States and Russia to participate in a free public symposium on...
Yale Divinity School Dean Richard J. Wood announced this week that six New Haven residents have been elected Coffin-Forsberg Fellows for the 1997-98 academic year. The non-monetary Fellowships honor the recipients’ service to the community and engage...