The Jackson School of Global Affairs will host the panel discussion, “Sex and Gender in Hard Times: Theory, Law, Policy,” featuring an interdisciplinary, international group of scholars and advocates invested in the questions of how rights attach to gender and sexuality and with regard for the fault lines and internal contestations which hover below the surface of contemporary rights advocacy.
Marking the forty-fifth anniversary of the first videotaping of survivor testimony on video by the Holocaust Survivors Film Project, In the First Person is the first large-scale public exhibition of footage from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. In conjunction with this exhibit, the Fortunoff Archive is presenting a concert of its Songs from Testimonies project, featuring Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje.
We are hosting an experimental non-traditional classical music event, featuring music that draws from a wide variety of cultures and styles. Removing the barrier between artist and audience, we seek to bring together an eclectic group of artists of all types. Each short 5-7 minute piece will be introduced with points of interest, personal anecdotes, cultural background, and relevance; following each performance, we will lead a small discussion, reacting to what we heard and felt.
An introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services, led by a library staff or student guide. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Note: see the library’s website (beinecke.library.yale.edu) for current public health protocols and other important visitor information.
An introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services, led by a library staff or student guide. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Note: see the library’s website (beinecke.library.yale.edu) for current public health protocols and other important visitor information.
Curtis Chin in conversation with Quan T. Tran, Senior Lecturer in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the non-profits’ first Executive Director. He went on to write comedy for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in twenty countries. He has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press, and the Emancipator/Boston Globe.
The 31st Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF), titled Governing Resilient Tropical Forest Systems, will explore critical issues surrounding the governance of tropical forests, which play a vital role in global climate regulation, biodiversity, and the livelihoods of millions.
The 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize recipients will be in residence on Yale’s campus from September 16-19 for a multi-day international literary festival during which they will share their work, engage in conversation on a range of subjects, and celebrate reading and the written word with the New Haven community. All events are free and open to the public.
The full schedule of talks, discussions, and readings will be available at windhamcampbell.org in mid-August 2025.
Jethro Luke was a key builder of Yale in the 18th century, along with others in family, though his role and that of other enslaved and free Black people here has only recognized in recent years. Enslaved in the household of James Pierpont, a founding trustee of Yale, Luke would, as a free man, be one of New Haven’s earliest Black property owners. He and his son were instrumental to the construction of Connecticut Hall, as one example of the family’s part in this community.
An introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services, led by a library staff or student guide. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Note: see the library’s website (beinecke.library.yale.edu) for current public health protocols and other important visitor information.
