Two members of the Yale faculty — Sarah Demers, a professor of physics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Christine Hayes, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies — were awarded the William Clyde DeVane Award for outstanding scholarship and undergraduate teaching by Yale’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa last week during its annual reception for Yale seniors.

Laura Nasrallah and Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies to recognize their excellence in humanities and social science research.

Bentley Layton, the Goff Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and a field-transforming scholar, died on March 26.

Zadeh was most recently awarded the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Middle Eastern Studies by the Modern Language Association.

Incoming FAS faculty member Sarit Kattan Gribetz studies life, religion, and community in one of the world’s oldest cities.

Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis recognized six recipients of the college’s annual teaching prizes during a reception on April 29.

In a new book, Carlos Eire evaluates once-common accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena — and challenges readers to suspend their own disbelief.

Nancy Levene, a philosopher whose research involves religious studies, political theory, literature, and the arts, and has focused on the ethical implications of our notions of modernity, has been appointed the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Religious Studies.

Philip S. Gorski has been appointed the Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Professor of Religious Studies, effective immediately.

Turner, a scholar of Black religious and political history, talks about her research on the Emancipation period, her work in digital humanities, and more.