Text by YaleNews staff
A scholar and translator of classical and medieval Arabic literature, Yale’s Shawkat Toorawa’s area of inquiry also includes modern poetry and science fiction film and literature — a range of interests...
By Lisa Prevost, YaleNews
Imagine, if you will, that an industrious scholar has unearthed credible evidence of a missing monarch in the accepted historical line of succession of the British crown.
Another Elizabeth who...
By Mike Cummings, YaleNews
Photograph by Allie Barton
About 4,300 years ago, in the island city of Elephantine on the Upper Nile, a son sent his father a letter. In it, he mentions local gods as well Ptah, a god of artisans...
Evelyne Koubková, a former PhD student in the NELC Department now holding a position as Assistant Professor of Assyriology at the Research Center for West Asian Civilizations at the University of Tsukuba (Japan), has ...
On May 20th, 2026, Agnete W. Lassen, Associate Curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, delivered the annual Roger Moorey Lecture at Oxford University. The lecture was entitled “Set in Stone? Object Biography and the...
Defining Monuments
Text by YaleNews staff: Lisa Prevost, Peter Cunningham, and Jessica Liu.
Photograph by Patricia Mora Riudavets; licensed use only.
Why are some buildings considered “monumental” — and others not?
The...
Egyptology graduate student Beth Wang is among eight PhD students from the Graduate School who have been named Prize Teaching Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Prize Teaching Fellowship recognizes graduate...
