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April 24: View a film begun by theater icon Lee Breuer in 1968 Paris—now finished by his son

April 22, 2025
The Yale screening of “Moi-même” on April 24 will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Mojo Lorwin, Breuer’s son and eventual collaborator on the film. The Beinecke Library, home to Breuer’s papers, recently acquired the film’s original footage.
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Class of 2025 invited to submit senior essays for library prizes April 14, April 30, and May 7

April 3, 2025
Submissions for three Yale Library prizes for senior essays—the Applebaum Award, Kaplan Prize, and Map Prize—are due in mid-to-late April and early May.

Media outlets take notice of Yale Library staff achievements, programs, and exhibitions

April 1, 2025
A roundup of recent media coverage includes stories about Beinecke Library exhibitions, collections, and staff, and the work of Preservation and Conservation.

Eight international writers receive the 2025 Windham Campbell Prizes

March 25, 2025
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival, held on campus from Sept. 16 to Sept. 19, will celebrate the eight 2025 recipients and their prizewinning work.
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Senior Exhibit Fellow Anne Gross ’25 explores the psychological effects of media in new exhibition

March 24, 2025
The student-curated exhibition “SENSATION! Reported Bodies in 19th-Century American Media” opens April 28 in Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library. The exhibition draws on Beinecke Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, and Haas Arts Library collections.
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“‘Street Talk’: Pamphlets of the Nigerian Marketplace” opens in Hanke Gallery on March 24

March 15, 2025
“Street Talk” is on view through Sept. 7 in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library. The curator’s tour and opening reception are on Thurs., March 27, at 4:30 p.m.

Online events and video illuminate Islamic manuscripts collection and exhibition

March 10, 2025
Each of the three co-curators of “Taught by the Pen: The World of Islamic Manuscripts,” a new exhibition at Beinecke Library, will present an online talk this spring. The events are free and open to all with advance registration.
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