Please join us to celebrate the opening of Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry, on view in the Sterling Library Exhibition Corridor from April 29 to October 6, 2024. Curator AJ Laird ’24 will provide a tour of this exciting exhibition and will be available for questions and conversation over light refreshments afterwards. No registration is necessary.
For nearly two centuries, the ports of New England were home to the “Yankee” whaling industry. The industry operated from ports such as Nantucket, New Bedford, Mystic, and New Haven. The exhibit centers on the Sterling Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Whaling Logs Collection. Logbooks were essential navigational tools, allowing the captain to consistently track the ship’s position in terms of latitude of longitude. These logbooks also contain extensive documentation of whaling voyages and reveal the complex world of the industry.
This talk will examine the Middle East as simultaneously a foreign policy and domestic concern for diaspora communities. Frequently, a site of ambiguity and contention within domestic law and international institutions, the census rollout of the category demands careful attention to historical nuances, long-standing community activism, and the pitfalls of any kind of institutionalization that excludes.
A series exploring the nature trails, woodlands, and natural landscape of Yale’s West Campus. Spring migrant bird walk, hosted by the Yale Peabody Museum and colleagues. Meet at the West Campus Conference Center for a round trip walk of around 1.5 miles. Sturdy footwear recommended. Binoculars supplied. Refreshments at the West Campus Barn. Rain cancels.
Canoeros: Living Memory shares an epic journey of the Kawésqar communities and National Geographic Pristine Seas across the Chilean Patagonian Ocean to defend an indigenous territory from the salmon industry.
Following the screening of the documentary, a question and answer panel will be held featuring two of the indigenous leaders featured in the film, Leticia Caro and Eric Huaiquil (members of the Kawésqar people), and Alex Muñoz, YSE McCluskey Fellow and former National Geographic Pristine Seas Director for Latin America.
Survivors of the end of world Sylvia, Emmett, and Viktor search for what caused the brutal murder of a dove. With flying grenades, broken court systems, and a puppet show, Pride of Doves is an absurdist exploration of inaction, apathy, distraction and violence.
Survivors of the end of world Sylvia, Emmett, and Viktor search for what caused the brutal murder of a dove. With flying grenades, broken court systems, and a puppet show, Pride of Doves is an absurdist exploration of inaction, apathy, distraction and violence.
Survivors of the end of world Sylvia, Emmett, and Viktor search for what caused the brutal murder of a dove. With flying grenades, broken court systems, and a puppet show, Pride of Doves is an absurdist exploration of inaction, apathy, distraction and violence.
Survivors of the end of world Sylvia, Emmett, and Viktor search for what caused the brutal murder of a dove. With flying grenades, broken court systems, and a puppet show, Pride of Doves is an absurdist exploration of inaction, apathy, distraction and violence.
Survivors of the end of world Sylvia, Emmett, and Viktor search for what caused the brutal murder of a dove. With flying grenades, broken court systems, and a puppet show, Pride of Doves is an absurdist exploration of inaction, apathy, distraction and violence.
