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  1. Marisa Bass, Professor of History of Art, discusses her new book, The Monument's End: Public Art and the Modern Republic.

    Marisa Bass
  2. An 1866 photograph of objects kept by soldiers at an infamous prison offered a glimpse of wartime horrors. Jennifer Raab's new book reexamines the haunting relics.

    “Relics of Andersonville Prison” (left) is an 1866 photograph of objects left behind by prisoners held at the notorious Andersonville Prison (bottom right) during the Civil War. The objects were collected and arranged for the photo by Clara Barton (top right), shown here as photographed by the studio of Mathew Brady. (“Relics of Andersonville Prison” courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Barton portrait: U.S. National Archives; Andersonville Prison: Library of Congress)
  3. Robert Gooding-Williams is a major figure in the contemporary philosophy of race and a leading historian of Black modern social and political philosophy.

    Robert Gooding-Williams
  4. Noël Valis, a leading scholar and translator of Spanish literature, was appointed the Kingman Brewster, Jr. (B.A. 1941) Professor of Spanish and Portuguese.

    Noël Valis
  5. Casetti was recognized for his book Screening Fears: On Protective Media.

    Francesco Casetti
  6. Meet Tyler Brooke-Wilson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

    Tyler Brooke-Wilson
  7. In a newly published book, Yale’s Fiona Bell introduces Avdotya Panaeva’s once-banned novel — and a gritty perspective on imperial Russia — to western readers.

    Fiona Bell with the cover of her translation of Avdotya Panaeva's "The Talnikov Family".
  8. FAS Assistant Professor Samuel Hodgkin’s new book shows how the classical Persianate canon shaped the poetry of revolution across modern Eurasia.

    Samuel Hodgkin
  9. Yale’s Sunil Amrith explains why historical abuses of the planet for profit are also linked to human injustice — and why he nonetheless remains hopeful.

    Sunil Amrith and his book The Burning Earth: A History
  10. In a Q&A, Alexandra T. Vazquez describes how her hometown of Miami infuses her scholarship and how she plans to introduce students to performance in New Haven.

     Alexandra T. Vazquez