Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

Ivy+ Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Celebration!

In preparation for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, join the Ivy+ virtual event on April 30, 2025!
In collaboration with our Ivy+ peer institutions, this event features an agenda filled with presentations and lightning talks that will equip you with practical strategies to ensure the accessibility of your digital content.
We will dive into critical conversation to discuss AI tools, accessible design, and the best practices for delivering accessible content and services. Check out our Yale ITS Digital Accessibility team’s contributions in the following sessions:

An Ezra Stiles College Tea with Michael Bustamante

Please join us in the Head of College House on Monday, April 14th at 5pm for a conversation with Michael J. Bustamante (ES ’06, MA and MPhil ’12, PhD ’16) and in commemoration of the Yale Cuban American Undergraduate Students Association’s 20-year anniversary! Dr. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. He is the author of Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile (UNC Press, 2021).

Compassionate Dialogue Series featuring Dr. Leila Brammer

Join Dean Megan Ranney for an insightful conversation with Dr. Leila Brammer, Director of Curriculum at the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression at the University of Chicago.

Celebrating Willie Ruff as an Oral Historian

Celebrating the life of Yale’s Willie Ruff in conjunction with Yale School of Music’s Willie Ruff Memorial Concert. The exhibit features oral histories recorded by Willie speaking with other legendary Black musicians and composers. These oral histories are part of the Gilmore Music Library’s Oral History of American Music project and is presented in partnership with the Yale School of Music’s March 29th Willie Ruff Memorial Concert.

Passover Pop-up Exhibition

Yale’s Special Collections at the Beinecke house extraordinary Passover Haggadot, books of Jewish custom (minhagim), and legal treatises related to the holiday. Join us to explore these rare and beautiful books from around the world as the Passover season begins. At a pop-up exhibit, you are welcome to come at any time during the one-and-a-half-hour period to view the materials and ask questions.

Public Leadership: Lessons in Preserving Mongolia’s Cultural Heritage

What does it take to lead a nation’s cultural heritage preservation efforts?

Join Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Mongolia’s Former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism for a discussion on her journey in safeguarding Mongolia’s cultural heritage. From championing key policies to mobilizing critical resources, learn about the challenges and victories that shaped her leadership. Learn more about the speaker:

Building Art Institutions in West Africa

A conversation with leaders in West Africa who are building and redefining art institutions

Join Oyindamola (Fakeye) Faithful and El Hadji Malick Ndiaye as they discuss how the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria, and the Théodore Monod Museum of African Art in Dakar, Senegal are showcasing and preserving artistic heritage.

Transforming Public Libraries in Kenya

Book Bunk in Nairobi, Kenya is reimagining and renovating public libraries into sites of heritage, public art, and learning. Join Book Bunk’s Co-founder Wanjiru Koinange for an inspiring discussion on how Kenya’s colonial-era libraries are being transformed into vibrant, inclusive spaces for creativity, knowledge, and community.

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Nahuatl Film Screening of Mother's Day in Cuetzalan: Panchita the Weaver

Open to all Yale and surrounding communities, the Nahuatl Working Group is hosting a special screening of “Mother’s Day in Cuetzalan: Panchita the Weaver” for Women’s History Month. The documentary offers an intimate look at the life of Panchita, a resilient and talented Nahua woman whose weaving skills sustain her family amidst challenging economic circumstances in Mexico’s Sierra Norte.

Opening Reception: “Street Talk”: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace

Please join us to celebrate the opening of “Street Talk”: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace on view in the Hanke Gallery of Sterling Memorial Library.

Onitsha Market Literature—named after a city east of the Niger River—emerged in the early 1950s. The popular pamphlet style soon spread to other centers throughout the then British colony of Nigeria. These ephemeral publications circulated widely throughout the busy marketplace, and writers intended them to be both educating and entertaining for the common people.