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Fortunoff Video Archive invites applicants to second summer program in Budapest

January 12, 2024
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies hosts a second summer session in Budapest, Hungary, on the topic of “Holocaust Testimonies and Their Afterlives.” The session will run July 10–19.
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"The First Folio: Shakespeare for All Time?" is on view in Hanke Gallery through Feb. 11

December 5, 2023
The exhibition “The First Folio: Shakespeare for All Time?”—celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first anthology of works by William Shakespeare—is on view through Feb. 11 in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library.
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Preserving your history: Archivist Jennifer Coggins shares tips of the trade

November 28, 2023
In workshops and online, Jennifer Coggins, community engagement archivist at the Beinecke Library, guides aspiring historians through the steps of creating a personal archive.

Then and now: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library turns 60 this October

October 19, 2023
After three years of innovative construction, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library opened to the public on October 14, 1963.
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In the cards: Library partners work together to solve mysteries of rare tarot deck

October 4, 2023
Yale Library and ICPH conservation scientists work to decipher the secrets of a 15th-century tarot deck held at Beinecke Library.
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Opening access to complex texts: Cataloging the Ottoman-Turkish collection

July 12, 2023
Graduate student with unique language skills begins the long-awaited cataloging of treasures from the Ottoman Turkish collection.
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Eight writers awarded the 2023 Windham Campbell Prize for literary excellence

April 5, 2023
Now in its tenth year, the prestigious prize awards eight more poets, playwrights, fiction and nonfiction writers in recognition of their achievements.
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