Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History and a member of the Yale faculty for over 40 years, gave a farewell lecture on the eve of his retirement. The April 26 talk, which focused on the merits of a liberal arts education, was sponsored by...
Elizabeth Alexander knows better than most what it’s like to make art for an unusually public and historic event: The poet and Yale professor wrote the celebratory poem for President Obama’s first inauguration, delivering it before a vast audience at the...
As the nation hurtles toward November’s presidential election, Yale scholar Beverly Gage will put the contest in perspective on Tuesday, Oct. 16 — live and on the Web via @YaleLive.A professor of history and expert in U.S. political ideology and...