The work of 19th-century artist and writer James Gilchrist Swan, who chronicled the culture of Native Americans of the Northwest in paintings and drawings, will be on display at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St., from April...
In celebration of the 91st birthday, on April 21, of pioneering photojournalist Eve Arnold, the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale announces the acquisition of the first of two parts of the photographer’s archive. An American of Russian...
Franz Rosenthal, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Arabic at Yale University, died on April 8 in Branford, CT., after a long illness. “Franz Rosenthal was a man of total intellectual integrity, a renowned interpreter of Islamic religion and Arabic...
As part of an ongoing series sponsored by the Yale English department, celebrated author Stephen King will give a public reading from his forthcoming work “Wolves of the Calla” on April 21, at 8 p.m., in Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School, 127 Wall St...
A debate sponsored by two student organizations, panel discussions about America’s foreign policy and the prospects for nation building, and a student dialogue will round out the series of Yale Teach-ins related to the war in Iraq initiated by Yale...
Robin W. Winks, the Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History at Yale University, died on April 7 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. A beloved husband, father, teacher, colleague and historian, Professor Winks was also an enthusiastic supporter of and...
Fulfilling a principal mission of a great teaching institution and reflecting the highest values of a free and open society, Yale University President Richard C. Levin initiated a series of faculty-led discussions on the many ramifications of the Iraq...
Today, April 3 at 4 p.m., award-winning Pacifica Radio reporter and former Yale Daily News managing editor Larry Bensky will deliver a lecture at Yale on covering the war in Iraq for the news media. A winner of the coveted George Polk award for live...
On Friday, April 4, 2-4 p.m. Yale’s Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics is presenting an open forum on the Iraq war with Yale faculty members from diverse academic disciplines. The panel includes the following Yale professors and their respective...
In a forum titled “Iraq Beyond the Headlines,” five Yale faculty members will meet tonight to discuss the historical and religious context of the Iraq conflict. Panelists and the topics of their respective presentations are Eckart Frahm, “Bombs over...