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Exploring Humanities Resources @ Yale

Each year for decades Yale departments have welcomed admitted students to visit the campus, meet faculty and students, and explore the amazing resources that make this a very special place to learn. The pandemic has unfortunately made this impossible in 2022, but we are still eager to share some reflection of this experience on Pan-Humanities Day, March 4, 10am – 1pm EST. In this spirit, Humanities departments and programs at Yale join in inviting you to join as we introduce you to some of Yale’s many resources.

Events will follow the schedule listed below. All events are listed in the US Eastern Standard Time Zone. Click on the link in the Schedule of Events at any of the available times and it will connect you to a Zoom session with an in-house expert in that field who will offer a general introduction and answer questions you may have.

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Humanities Resources @ Yale

Beinecke library

Beinecke Rare Books Library

Collections and Research Opportunities

RAY CLEMENS

Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts

KEVIN REPP

Curator of Modern European Books & Manuscripts

TIMOTHY YOUNG

Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts

Session 1 and Session 2

image from a rare colored manuscript edition, Essay on the Astronomical & Meteorological Presages by Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty at Beinecke’s Chinese collection

Yale Libraries

Library resources for the study of East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East

MICHAEL MENG

Head of East Asia Library and Librarian for Chinese

RICHARD RICHIE

Head, Area Studies Group

Session 2

Sterling Memorial Library at Yale

Sterling Memorial Library

Humanities Research at Yale

MICHAEL PRINTY

Head, Humanities Group, Librarian for Western European Humanities

JANA KRENTZ

Librarian for Latin American, Iberian and Latinx Studies

MICHAEL MENG

Head of East Asia Library and Librarian for Chinese

RICHARD RICHIE

Head, Area Studies Group

Session 3

Sterling Memorial Library at Yale

Sterling Memorial Library

Humanities Research at Yale

MICHAEL PRINTY

Head, Humanities Group, Librarian for Western European Humanities

JANA KRENTZ

Librarian for Latin American, Iberian and Latinx Studies

MICHAEL MENG

Head of East Asia Library and Librarian for Chinese

RICHARD RICHIE

Head, Area Studies Group

Session 4

Yale University Art Gallery image

Yale University Art Gallery

General Introduction

SYDNEY SKELTON SIMON

Bradley Assistant Curator of Academic Affairs

Session 3

Yale University Art Gallery - Asian Art image

Yale University Art Gallery

Gaining Curatorial Work Experience

JAMES GREEN

Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation Associate Curator of African Art

Session 4

Yale University Art Gallery Ancient Mediterranean Art image

Yale University Art Gallery

Ancient Mediterranean Art

SUSAN B. MATHESON

Molly and Walter Bareiss Curator of Ancient Art

Session 5

Yale Center for British Art library court

Yale Center for British Art

JEMMA FIELD

Associate Director of Research

Session 4

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Peabody Museum of Natural History

History of Science and Technology

ALEXI BAKER

Collections Manager, Division of the History of Science and Technology

Session 2

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Medical Historical Library

Medicine, Science, and Society

MELISSA GRAFE

Head of the Medical Historical Library, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History

Session 1

320 York Yale

Whitney Humanities Center

DIANE BERRETT BROWN

Associate Director

XINYU GUAN

GSAS Professional Experience Fellow and PhD candidate in the Department of French

Session 4

Archaia: Program for the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies logo

Archaia

Program for the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies

MICK HUNTER

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

NADINE MOELLER

Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Session 3

Luce Hall at Yale image

The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

JULIA MURAVNIK

Assistant Director for Fellowships and Exchanges

Session 3

Beinecke library photo

Medieval Studies & Renaissance Studies

EMILY THORNBURY

Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Program in Medieval Studies

AYESHA RAMACHANDRAN

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Session 2

Eskimos cutting up whale, Yale University

Environmental Humanities

PAUL SABIN

Department of History, Faculty Director, Environmental Humanities

ABIGAIL FIELDS

Doctoral Student, Department of French

Session 1 and Session 2

Yale Poorvu Center Teaching Fellows

Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning

Writing and Teaching Support for Graduate Students

SUZANNE YOUNG

Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Teaching Development

RYAN WEPLER

Director of the Graduate Writing Lab

Session 1 and Session 2

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Digital Humanities Lab

Support for Graduate Students

PETER LEONARD

Director

Session 1 and Session 2

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The Yale Review

Fellowship Opportunities

JILL PELLETTIERI

Deputy Editor

WILLIAM FRAZIER

Managing Editor

DAVID DE LEON

Senior Editor

SPENCER LEE-LENFIELD

Graduate Fellow

Session 1

Graduate students

Graduate Life at Yale and in New Haven

MATTHEW TANICO

Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Life

Session 1, Session 2 and Session 3

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Graduate Student Assembly

KARINA LOPEZ

Spanish & Portuguese, GSA Steering Representative

Session 1

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Area Studies Councils

RICHARD SOSA

Program Director; Council on East Asian Studies

ASIA NEUPANE

Program Director; Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies; Council on European Studies; Council on Russian and East European Studies

KASTURI GUPTA

Program Director; Council on South Asian Studies

CRISTIN SIEBERT

Program Director; Council on Middle East Studies; Council of African Studies

CHRISTINA ANDRIOTIS

Registrar and Program Coordinator

JOSH MENTANKO

Assistant Director for Programming for CLAIS, ESC, and REEES

KRIS MOOSEKER

Program Director; Council on Southeast Asian Studies

Session 5

Schedule of Events

10:00–10:30 EST: Introductory Greeting

All students are invited to join us for opening remarks by the following Yale Deans and Directors.

Lynn Cooley Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Kathryn Lofton FAS Dean of Humanities

Susan Gibbons Vice Provost, Collections & Scholarly Communication

Barbara Rockenbach Stephen F. Gates ‘68 University Librarian

Noel Lenski Professor of Classics and History, Director of Graduate Studies in History

Click here to join presentation at 10 am EST

10:30-11:00 EST: Resource Session 1
11:00-11:30 EST: Resource Session 2
11:30-12:00 EST: Resource Session 3
12:00-12:30 EST: Resource Session 4
12:30-1:00 EST: Resource Session 5