Yale historian Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2022 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History in recognition of his examination of the historical origins of inequality within and between countries and the impact of climate change on global socioeconomic...
The response that now world-renowned author Karl Ove Knausgård received to his written work when he was in his 20s — at the start of his career — was far out of alignment with his intense yearning to be a writer.
He shared a manuscript with a friend he...
Citizens of the world must be as fierce in their passion to protect and preserve culture and cultural heritage as extremists are in their desire to destroy it, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told a packed audience at Yale on April 12.“Art, literature...
Of all the accolades she has received as the director-general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is especially proud of being awarded honorary citizenship of Timbuktu in Mali last summer in recognition of UNESCO’s support in rebuilding mausoleums there that had been...
The newest class of Yale World Fellows will congregate for an informal discussion with members of the wider campus community on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. at the Greenberg Conference Center, 391 Prospect St.Yale World Fellows Night offers an opportunity...