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January 14, 2022
Aaron Gerow, an authority on Japanese and East Asian cinema and literature who has transformed scholarly and popular understandings of Japanese media, has been appointed the Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and of...
December 20, 2021
Yale College Dean Marvin Chun will host a gathering in the spring of 2022, in person if public health conditions permit, to honor the recipients of this year’s annual Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation award, created to recognize excellence...
November 3, 2021
Thomas Allen Harris has been selected as a 2021 recipient of the Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation Award. This honor reflects his outstanding commitment to excellence in teaching. He was chosen based on his accomplishments.
October 27, 2021
“He’s Fictional, But You Can’t Have Everything”: Screwball Comedy and the Viewer’s Reality By Nolan Crawford The Depression era was a difficult time for Americans, but Hollywood studios were undeterred, seeing an opportunity to capitalize. The idea...
October 27, 2021
While each of the four films I have made are quite different in their subject matter, they all share some overarching concerns. They required deep engagement with my family (and extended family) album in order to discover new archival materials and...
October 27, 2021
Beyond Science and the Environment: Trustworthy Media for a Healthy Democracy Throughout our Media Impact Forum, we focused on the importance of supporting media and communications efforts that provide access to information that will help people...
October 27, 2021
Artists Space, in collaboration with an organizing committee comprised of Bill Gunn collaborators and scholars, presents a comprehensive gallery exhibition and a series of public programs celebrating the life and towering, multi-faceted work of the...