Lisa Jardine, the Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, will deliver the 2012 Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the Whitney Humanities Center (WHC), 53 Wall St., April 11–12.Jointly titled “The Two Cultures:...
In West African art and culture, the image of a long-necked bird with its head turned backwards to take an egg off its back is the symbol of a well-known proverb in the Akan language of Ghana, which teaches that in order to move forward, one must first...
Three Yale faculty members were among 181 individuals awarded fellowships by The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowships are awarded annually to mid-career individuals who have already demonstrated excellence in scholarship, research...
THESEUSLovers and madmen have such seething brains,Such shaping fantasies, that apprehendMore than cool reason ever comprehends.The lunatic, the lover and the poetAre of imagination all compact:One sees more devils than vast hell can hold,That is, the...