“Overfamiliar yet always unknown, the enigma of Hamlet is emblematic of the greater enigma of Shakespeare himself: a vision that is everything and nothing, a person who was…everyone and no one, an art so infinite that it contains us, and will go on...
In West African art and culture, the image of a long-necked bird with its head turned backwards to take an egg off its back is the symbol of a well-known proverb in the Akan language of Ghana, which teaches that in order to move forward, one must first...
Hamlet:Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it toyou, trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it,as many of your players do, I had as lief thetown-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the airtoo much with your hand, thus, but use all gently;...
Wendell Bell, professor emeritus of sociology, received a 2011 Laurel Award from the Foresight Network for his outstanding services to futures thinking. He is now a member of the organization’s Hall of Fame, which recognizes the “all-time-best futurists.”...
Lisa Jardine, the Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, will deliver the 2012 Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC), 53 Wall St., April 11–12.Jointly titled “The Two Cultures:...
Two members of the Yale faculty —Paul Bracken and Karen von Kunes — are included in the Princeton Review’s new book “300 Best Professors.”The book’s selections are based on reviews from RateMyProfessors.com. The book is designed to highlight “professors...
The ninth annual Bouchet Leadership Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education took place at Yale March 30-31. The focus of this year’s conference was “Determining the Future of Diversity Discussions.” U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal ’73 J.D. (D-CT),...