General Public

Steve McQueen Symposium

Across a diverse body of work spanning thirty years, Black British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen (b. 1969, London) has documented stories of incarceration and violence, intimacy and vulnerability. On October 28 and 29, the Yale Center for British Art will convene an international symposium that investigates the range of McQueen’s artistic and film practice. To coincide with and precede the program, a single work by the artist, “Lynching Tree” (2013) will be on view at the museum through October 30.
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at home: Artists in Conversation | Ken Gonzales-Day

Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Scripps College, Claremont, California, in conversation with Rita Gonzalez, Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

at home: Artists in Conversation | Ken Gonzales-Day

Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Scripps College, Claremont, California, in conversation with Rita Gonzalez, Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The Ellington Fellowship at 50

In 2022, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ellington Fellowship, which has brought world-class jazz musicians to Yale and New Haven since 1972. The Ellington Fellowship is a brainchild of Willie Ruff, the legendary horn player, bass player, teacher, author, and impresario. A Yale alumnus (B.M. ’53, M.M. ’54), Ruff joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music in 1971. He saw that the university needed to recognize the importance of the African-American jazz tradition, and he had the imagination, connections, charisma, and fund-raising prowess to make it happen on a grand scale.

Elihu Rubin: "Spaces for Democracy: The Goffe Street Armory as Civic Infrastructure"

Join us for a conversation with Elihu Rubin, Associate Professor of Urbanism at the Yale School of Architecture, moderated by Matthew Jacobson, co-director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale. This program is presented as part of the ongoing “Democracy in America” series, a collaboration between the New Haven Free Public Library and Public Humanities at Yale.

Adriane Jefferson: "Cultural Equity: A Road Map to Advancing Equity in the City of New Haven in ALL of Our Communities"

Join us for a conversation with Adriane Jefferson, Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of New Haven and the Executive Director of New Haven Festivals, Inc., moderated by Matthew Jacobson, co-director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale. This program is presented as part of the ongoing “Democracy in America” series, a collaboration between the New Haven Free Public Library and Public Humanities at Yale.

at home: Artists in Conversation | Michael Joo

Michael Joo (Yale MFA 1991) in conversation with David K. Thompson, Coordinator of Cataloguing, Yale Center for British Art

Yale Library Book Talk: Meghan O’Rourke in conversation with Ross Douthat

For the November installment of Yale Library’s Book Talk Series, author Meghan O’Rourke will be in conversation with Ross Douthat to discuss O’Rourke’s new book “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness,” a National Book Award finalist.

A Crash Course In Colloquial Spanish - Featuring Kimberly Abarca and Maria Piñango

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join the Yale Latino Networking Group for a crash course in colloquial Spanish! Kimberly Abarca (YC’22) will provide an opportunity to learn some basic Spanish words and phrases that can be used in everyday life. Maria Piñango, Yale Associate Professor of Linguistics, will then briefly present on “What is the Meaning of the Spanish ‘estar’?”

Yale Library Book Talk: R.F. Kuang

Rebecca Kuang (R.F. Kuang) will be in conversation with Robyn Creswell, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, about her new bestselling novel “Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution.”

“Babel” — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.