An opening reception for a new exhibition on Malay cultural heritage forms will be held on Thursday, Feb. 2, 5-7 p.m. at the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC), 53 Wall St.The event will feature Kathy Foley and Patricia Ann Hardwick, curators of the...
On June 18, 1917, Benjamin Edward Shove submitted an application to be an orderly with the Yale Mobile Hospital Unit 39, which would accompany American forces to the battlefront in France.
Shove, a 25-year-old Yale graduate, noted on the enrollment form...
Harold Augenbraum, former executive director of the National Book Foundation, which presents the National Book Awards, has been named the 2017 Franke Visiting Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC).Harold Augenbraum, former executive director of...
“Posthuman, All Too Human” is the theme of the 2017 Tanner Lectures on Human Values that will be delivered this spring by philosopher Rosi Braidotti of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Rosi Braidotti of Utrecht University in the Netherlands will...
Discovered in 1861, the small feathered dinosaur Archaeopteryx has been called the most famous fossil in history — serving as a “missing link” between extinct dinosaurs and living birds. “Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx,” opening on...
Reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality are two of the shared sustainability goals Yale University and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) will focus on during CTrides Telework Week. The initiative will be launched with a “...
A look inside “Other Minds” is the theme of the 2017 Shulman Lecture in Science and Humanities presented by the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC).The opening lecture — titled “What Is It Like To Be A Dog?” — will be given by Alexandra Horowitz, New York...