The Yale University Library houses the papers, books, and ephemera of hundreds of people who have left an indelible mark on our culture and society. These include beloved writers and artists, visionary scholars, and history-shaping politicians and...
Normally, Erika Valdivieso’s scholarly work takes her to far-flung corners of the globe, where she’s able to meet new people and delve into archival material. This is something the pandemic has deprived her of, and she looks forward to a time when she can...
On a rainy fall afternoon, nearly a dozen first-year undergraduates gathered in the Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson Gallery of Ancient Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, unfolding stools in front of a table cushioned by a thickly padded blue blanket...
The concept of “travel” contains multitudes: adventurous voyages, forced migrations, documentary explorations, meditative immersions. Nancy Kuhl, curator of poetry in the Yale Collection of American Literature, and organizer of the Beinecke Library’s...
What can music teach us about the past and about ourselves? Music historian Anna Zayaruznaya challenges students to “attend carefully” to things that sound strange.
Zayaruznaya is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, home to over 1,200 faculty...