An international three-day conference on the chicken-from cultural icon to mass-produced commodity-is taking place this weekend, May 17-19, at Yale University. The ubiquitous chicken offers a unique view of the indigenous culture of which it is part....
Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale will exhibit works by award-winning artist Howard Fussiner, May 31 through September 30. An opening reception for the exhibit, “A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner,” will take place Friday, May 31, 3:...
On May 2 the Yale School of Architecture will hold an open discussion with famed architect Frank Gehry, international designer Zaha Hadid and Alexander Garvin-chief planner for the Lower Manhattan redevelopment effort - about students’ proposed projects...
The chicken in all its guises-from cultural icon to mass produced commodity-will be the subject of an international three-day conference at Yale University, May 17-19. From the jungle fowl in Southeast Asia 7,000 years ago, to a living presence in...
As part of a conference being held at Yale University on the Aegean Bronze Age, a concert of music with roots in ancient Greece and the Balkans mixed with New World jazz will be held Saturday, April 20, at 8:30 p.m. The concert, which is free and open...
Bryan Rigg will discuss his recently published book, “Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military,” at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall Street, on April 23 at 7:...
This Sunday, April 14, the “Democracy, Security and Justice” lecture and discussion series at Yale will sponsor a lecture, titled “Democracy, Legitimacy and Succession in the Middle East,” by renowned Islamicist Bernard Lewis. Lewis, a professor...
The annual symposium of the Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights will be held at Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, on April 12-13. This year’s symposium, “Fundamentalism and Modernity,” is free and open to the public. “Since...
The first annual Conference on Anthropological Approaches to Health Research will be held at Yale University on Saturday April 6. “Medical anthropology is the comparative study of medical systems, health beliefs and health practices,” says Yasmina...
In his new book, Yale political science professor Robert A. Dahl takes a provocative look at the U.S. Constitution and draws startling conclusions about its democratic foundations. “How Democratic Is the American Constitution?” explores the historic...