In conjunction with the return of the Harimaze folding screens to Yale (see related story), here is a look at the long history of Japanese studies and Japanese collections at Yale.This image of a Kyogen actor is one of the stained glass windows adorning...
Columbia, Cornell, and Yale universities have joined forces on an innovative education initiative to increase access to less-commonly taught languages.(Illustration by Michael Helfenbein)What started as a pilot project has attracted a two-year $1.2...
Peter Ammon, German ambassador to the United States since August 2011, will give a talk on “Strategies in Times of Crisis: New Opportunities for German-American Cooperation” on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Sponsored...
North Korea, which just conducted its third nuclear test, is using its weapons program to deter the United States by holding its allies “hostage,” according to Paul Bracken, who teaches management and political science at Yale.The spread of the atom bomb...
As a lead-up to the forthcoming History Channel series “Vikings,” Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s “On Point,” talked with a foremost authority on the subject — Yale’s Anders Winroth — to de-mystify the legendary raiders of the North.
Winroth is professor and...
Horned helmets, furs, high-seas adventure, violence— this popular portrayal of the Vikings has endured for centuries and persists today. But how much is fact and how much fiction?Yale historian, Viking expert, and MacArthur Fellow Anders Winroth unmasks...
