A new program dedicated to promoting cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration — the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities — will launch in November with a lecture and panel discussion on the topic of violence, a central issue for both fields....
The Fortunoff Archive at Yale, which has collected the personal stories of thousands of survivors and first-hand witnesses of the Holocaust, is marking its 30th year with an exhibition at Sterling Memorial Library on view through Nov. 6 and a conference...
Moshe Halbertal, the Gruss Professor of Law at New York University, will present the Franz Rosenzweig Lectures this fall.Moshe Halbertal, the Gruss Professor of Law at New York UniversitySponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies, the lecture series will...
María Rosa Menocal, a renowned scholar and historian of medieval culture and literature, passed away on Oct. 15 after a three-year battle with melanoma.
María Rosa Menocal
Menocal, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale and former director of the...
The Jewish “eruv” practice, which reconciles the Talmudic injunction against carrying objects from private to public space on the Sabbath with the biblical command to make the Sabbath a joyous occasion, is explored in three exhibitions taking place in...
As the nation hurtles toward November’s presidential election, Yale scholar Beverly Gage will put the contest in perspective on Tuesday, Oct. 16 — live and on the Web via @YaleLive.A professor of history and expert in U.S. political ideology and...
Critically acclaimed Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and award-winning poet and translator Dr. Fady Joudah will give a poetry reading on campus on Monday, Oct. 15.Ghassan ZaqtanThe reading of Zaqtan’s most recent collection, “Like a Straw Bird It Follows...