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Hex files: ‘Curse’ tablet recalls an ancient mode of score-settling

November 1, 2024

An ancient object that Jessica Lamont uses in her Yale classes may not appear menacing, but in Greek antiquity it was used for malevolent purposes.

After humanity: Innovative opera at the Peabody ponders an Earth without us

October 31, 2024

On Nov. 4, Yale Peabody Museum, in partnership with Yale Schwarzman Center, will host an experimental opera that imagines Earth after human extinction.

Blood lust: Explaining our obsession with the living dead

October 30, 2024

Why do we find stories about vampires, from “Dracula” to ”Twilight,” so compelling?

Ghosts of Andersonville: A haunting Civil War photograph revisited

October 28, 2024

An 1866 photograph of objects kept by soldiers at an infamous prison offered a glimpse of wartime horrors. A new book reexamines the haunting relics.

For architecture students, building project fosters social change

October 21, 2024

For this year’s Vlock Building Project, Yale architecture students designed and built a home in what is becoming a growing “village” for local educators.

Noël Valis named the Brewster Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

October 18, 2024

Noël Valis, a leading scholar and translator of Spanish literature, was appointed the Kingman Brewster, Jr. (B.A. 1941) Professor of Spanish and Portuguese.

Gooding-Williams named the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Philosophy

October 18, 2024

Robert Gooding-Williams is a major figure in the contemporary philosophy of race and a leading historian of Black modern social and political philosophy.

Office Hours with… Tyler Brooke-Wilson

October 16, 2024

In a Q&A, Tyler Brooke-Wilson discusses how studying AI can reveal new insights into how the brain works, and why he wanted to explore these questions at...

The Persianate canon and the poetry of revolution

October 15, 2024

A new book by Yale literary scholar Samuel Hodgkin explores how classical Persian verse influenced — and united — writers across Eurasia during the Soviet era.

Beyond Tolstoy: New translation revives a forgotten Russian novel

October 11, 2024

In a newly published book, Yale’s Fiona Bell introduces Avdotya Panaeva’s once-banned novel — and a gritty perspective on imperial Russia — to western readers.