In honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel, Yale University will exhibit treasures from the Holy Land that are part of the University’s collections, now through April 30. The exhibition will include books about...
A $1.3 million grant has been given to Yale by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to strengthen the teaching of foreign languages throughout the University. Yale President Richard C. Levin, in thanking the Foundation, commented: “The command of foreign...
Yale Law School and the Whitney Humanities Center will host a conference, “Postmodernism/Postmodernity: Politics, Law, Culture, Aesthetics,” Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28. All sessions will take place at the center, 53 Wall St., and are free and...
Brett Beemyn, an assistant professor of African American Studies at Western Illinois University, will present a talk on “A Queer Capital: Black and White Lesbigay Life in Washington, D.C., 1920-1960” on Monday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. in the Romance...
John. J. Collins, a leading scholar on the history of Judaism and Jewish thought on the apocalypse, will present a lecture, “Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls,” on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m. in Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. His talk is part of the...
Lawyers get a lot of mean-spirited teasing these days, but they don’t all deserve the bad rap. A group of attorneys, advocates, law students and community organizers from around the nation will gather this week at Yale Law School to discuss how to use...
“Arab Women Make Movies” is the title of a film festival being held at Yale University Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21. It is just one of several cinematic celebrations of foreign cultures taking place on campus in upcoming weeks. Japanese “Outsiders”...
Half a century after Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated, the foundation for a new endowment has been created at Yale University to ensure that the Mahatma’s legacy of non-violence and tolerance will continue to inspire research and discussion for many...
Writer and AIDS activist Edmund White will read from his work on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. in Room 208 of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. The event is free and the public is welcome. White’s new novel, “The Farewell Symphony,”...
Henry Louis (Skip) Gates, Jr., the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, will visit Yale University as the next Chubb Fellow. He will give a public...