News

August 13, 2020
College is a crucial institution in which our society works through its expectations for young people. This course will explore some of the purposes that have...
August 12, 2020
Students, the pre-registration period for Fall 2020 has already begun. Many professors have limited-enrollment procedures in place for seminar-style courses...
August 11, 2020
Paul Grimstad has been named Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS). Grimstad joins us from Columbia University after having taught at Yale in the English...
May 19, 2020
Congratulations to Jackson Willis, HUMS ’20, who is one of only two seniors to graduate this year with Exceptional Distinction in his major. The award is based...
May 18, 2020
Dear Graduating Seniors of the Humanities Program,
March 25, 2020
Martin Hagglund’s recent book, This Life, has won the René Wellek Prize, the most prestigious award for literary studies. Past winners include Umberto Eco and...
February 19, 2020
Anne Gardiner Perkins, class of ‘81, discussed her book Yale Needs Women with special guest Sam Chauncey, Adviser to Yale President Kingman Brewster.