Arts & Humanities

Lin ’14 Ph.D., a Divinity School professor and a Chinese-American child of immigrants, discusses how one’s personal context shapes one’s understanding of texts.

Tavia Nyong’o, the newly appointed William Lampson Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, the appointment was effective January 1.

Phillip Atiba Goff, the newly named Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology, the appointment was effective January 1.

A musician, ecologist, and author, Krause joins the When We Talk About Animals podcast to discuss the beauty of and perils facing wild soundscapes.

President Peter Salovey and Professor Willie Jennings discuss the shared endeavor of learning, the beauty of discovery, and the dangers of isolation.

It’s easy to be awed by the scale of “The Age of Reptiles,” but thanks to an unusually close vantage point, the painting’s finer details are clearer than ever.

Novelist Madeleine Henry ’14 discusses her undergraduate experience at Yale, the inspiration for her new book “The Love Proof,” and advice for young writers.

Rev. Nicholas Porter ’94 M.Div. is the founding director of the interfaith non-profit organization Jerusalem Peacebuilders.

Miller, a prominent deconstructionist and member of the so-called “Yale School” of criticism, died on Feb. 7 at the age of 92.

Yale’s Cajetan Iheka uses African and other literature in his own classroom — and in his own writing — to inspire new thinking on environmental issues.