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Woman with long dark hair wearing dark rimmed glasses speaks before microphone.
February 28, 2023
Visitors gathered for the opening of the new Hanke Gallery’s third exhibition, Empire and Resistance: Transisthmian Views of Central America .
Woman with curly dark hair and wire-rimmed glasses poses alongside windows, with hallway and arched entrance behind her. The photo is black and white. She wears a striped turtleneck and plaid coat.
February 16, 2023
Nancy Escalante—PhD student in American Studies, whose exhibit Empire and Resistance is in the Hanke Gallery—found her passion and a path to her life’s work in the archives.
Woman with long black hair and bangs looks at camera smiling, She wears long oval turquoise earrings and a denim shirt open at the collar with front snap pockets
February 14, 2023
Joy Harjo is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, established in 1949 and awarded biennally by Yale University Library.
Closeup of book shelves. Top shelf has sign "The Reading Resilience Project." The shelf below has three standing books: The title of the book at center is "I Am Alfonso Jones" showing a graphic illustration of a young man crying, holding an ipad with the image of a black man giving the peace sign.
February 11, 2023
Submit your recommendations—in person at Bass or online—to help build Yale Library’s growing collection of books by and about people of color.
Man with white hair and wire-rim glasses, in black tuxedo with white shirt and cravatte, holds conductor's baton, leaning back with eyes closed and mouth open as if singing
February 4, 2023
John Mauceri ’67, former professor and director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, returns to campus March 8 for a Yale Library Book Talk to discuss The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century.
Interior of library with glass enclosed book stacks and walls made of translucent marble panels
February 3, 2023
The changes will enhance Beinecke Library’s leadership role for special collections across Yale Library.
Large marble interior with chandeliers and arched ceilings. Large video display shows seated man with grey hair, glasses, white shirt, dark tie, and jacket.
February 1, 2023
Recordings and objects from the collection of Yale Library’s Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies are on display in an international exhibit in Vienna.