The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $789,000 to Yale and Stanford universities and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to facilitate the cataloging of historical 78-rpm sound recordings at all three institutions. During the 40...
Two prominent writers and social critics, Nathan Glazer and Jim Sleeper, will hold a public discussion at Yale on the subject of race on April 10 at 7:15 p.m., in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 61 High Street, Room 102.Glazer, professor emeritus of sociology and...
Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, led by professors Jack Balkin and Yochai Benkler, is sponsoring a conference on the future of access to knowledge, “A2K,” April 21–23, at Yale Law School, 127 Wall St. American and international policy makers...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. will present the 27th Annual Yale University Seton Elm and Ivy Awards on Wednesday, April 12, noon to 2 p.m., at a luncheon in the Presidents Room of Woolsey Hall.The...
The Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University will mark the 30th anniversary of New Haven’s Holocaust Memorial with a program on April 26 at 4 p.m. at 80 Wall St. Organized by the New Haven Oral History Project in conjunction with the Greater New...
The music and dance of Bali may call you to the Yale campus on April 17–18, when five professional Balinese performers present lecture demonstrations, a workshop on Balinese rhythm and movement and two live performances. The event, titled “Power and...
Irshad Manji, the best-selling author of “The Trouble with Islam Today,” will give a talk at Yale’s Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., today, April 11, at 4:30 p.m. Titled “From Jihad to Itjihad,” the talk is sponsored by the Yale International Securities...
W. S. Merwinphoto credit: Mark Hanauer Renowned poet W. S. Merwin will make two separate public appearances, on April 19 and 20, at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.On April 19, Merwin will read from his work at 7 p.m. The...
David M. Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, will present a lecture titled “Can Newspaper Journalism Survive Blogs, Fox News and Karl Rove?” at the Yale School of Management on April 18, at 11:45 a.m. in the...
Frances Beinecke, president of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will discuss her career of public service and social activism at noon on April 17 in the Dwight Hall chapel, 67 High St.Beinecke is visiting Yale as a Dwight Hall Distinguished...