George Todd was one of five alumni of the Yale Divinity School, YDS, given Awards for Distinction at the Fall Convocation on October 9. Honored this year were Talitha Arnold ‘80, Earl Harrison ‘59, Stanley Hauerwas ‘65, G. Scott Morris ‘80, and Mr....
Should Congress pass legislation making English the nation’s official language? How does language impact on a person’s sense of identity or a community’s coherence? The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale will host a conference to consider these and...
The Yale Corporation recently elected two faculty members to endowed posts. Giuseppe F. Mazzotta was designated the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Italian Language and Literature. David L. Quint was appointed the George M. Bodman...
“…Oh, say, can you see my eyes – if you can, then my hair’s too short!” Those lyrics and others from “Hair” will ring through the University Theatre this month when the Yale Dramatic Association presents the once-controversial musical as its fall...
Five alumni of the Yale Divinity School YDS were given Awards for Distinction at the Fall Convocation in October. Honored this year were Talitha Arnold ‘80, Earl Harrison ‘59, Stanley Hauerwas ‘65, G. Scott Morris ‘80, and George Todd ‘51. Kenneth...
Charles Musser, associate professor of film studies and American Studies at Yale, is this year’s recipient of the Jean Mitry Award, presented in October at the fifteenth Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Italy. The award, established in 1986, is...
With ceremony, song, and prayer, Yale University will officially install alumnus Richard J. Wood as dean of the Divinity School on Wednesday, November 13, at 4 p.m. The installation will take place in the Marquand Chapel of the Sterling Divinity...
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year grant of $250,000 to the Cambodian Genocide Program, CGP, at Yale University to help fund the program’s continuing research. The goal of the program is to document mass killings that took place during...
“The Yale Review” will sponsor a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht on Tuesday, December 3, at 8 p.m. in the Jonathan Edwards Common Room at 68 High Street, New Haven. The event is free and open to the public. Mr. Hecht’s first book...
Kai Erikson, Yale University professor of Sociology and American Studies, was guest of honor at the Erikson Institute’s dedication and first public display of two original manuscripts by his father, Erik Erikson 1902-1994 . The manuscripts, “Identity...
