The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is acquiring the papers of author and illustrator Mo Willems, the award-winning creator of some of the most beloved characters in contemporary children’s literature, including Elephant and Piggie, Knuffle...
José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission of the European Union, will visit the campus to give a lecture on Monday, Sept. 22.Barroso’s talk, titled “Europe in the New World Order,” will be held at 3 p.m. in the Beinecke Terrace Room,...
Internationally-renowned scholar Edwin Williamson, the King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies at Oxford University, will visit the campus to deliver a lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 14.Titled “Borges and the Muse (with Some Thoughts on Literary...
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...