Arts & Humanities

The Week Ender appears every Thursday in YaleNews and offers highlights of the many activities taking place at the university.

John Witt spoke as part of the university’s week-long series of events commemorating Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the World War I armistice.

Featuring more than 80 works spanning three millennia, “Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual” is on display at the Yale University Art Gallery through March 3.

Through the Shared Course Initiative, students at Yale, Columbia, and Cornell can take “live” for-credit language courses from all three campuses.

David W. Blight, the Class of 1954 Professor of History (Simon & Schuster)

In addition to ongoing research in quantum computing, the Yale Quantum Institute is committed to exploring the intricate connections between science and art.

David C. Engerman and Ebonya Washington were appointed to endowed professorships.

Engerman, newly named to the Leitner International Interdisciplinary Professorship, is a scholar of 20th-century international history.

Brook, whose "The Prisoner" is currently playing at the Yale Repertory Theatre, is the director of more than 70 productions worldwide.

Gessen’s lecture, “Imagining a Book about Imagining Democracy,” will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the Whitney Humanities Center.