Former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar will deliver a talk at Yale on the future of his country and other southern European nations on Tuesday, Feb. 11.Titled “The Future of Southern Europe,” his lecture will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the...
Before an audience of roughly 100 Yale students, faculty, and staff on Feb. 4 in Battell Chapel, Nina Davuluri — Miss America 2014 — shared her goal of spreading cross-cultural understanding and combating ignorance. Last September, 24-year old Nina...
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Fareed Zakaria ’86 B.A. will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Feb. 26.Fareed ZakariaHis talk — titled “Is the American Dream Dead?” — will take place 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127...
When he graduated from Yale College in 1966, John Kerry delivered the class oration. This May, Kerry — now U.S. secretary of state — will again take the podium before a crowd of graduating seniors, only this time as the keynote speaker on Class Day, part...
Iam Buruma, an award-winning journalist who has covered political and human rights issues, will speak at Yale on Thursday, Feb. 20 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism. Buruma’s talk is co-sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies.Iam BurumaBuruma will...
Thomas Kent, an editor and journalist at the Associated Press (AP), will speak at Yale on Friday, Feb. 28 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism. Kent’s talk is co-sponsored by the Yale Globalist, an undergraduate, international affairs publication (...
“Governments should be separate from ideologies, and elected representatives of the people should determine the laws that govern them,” said Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a recent talk at Yale.Shirin EbadiMore than...