Department News

Joseph Roach elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater and English, one of six Yale faculty members recently elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  The academy was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams and other leaders of the new nation, in the words of its charter, to “cultivate every...

Katie Trumpener named recipient of 2012 Graduate Mentor Award

Congratulations to Katie Trumpener, Professor of Comparative Literature and English, who was recently named a recipient of the Graduate School’s 2012 Graduate Mentor Award.  This award recognizes faculty members who have been exceptional in their support of the professional, scholarly, and personal development of their students.  One...

Tsitsi Jaji: “African American Dialect Poetry in Art Songs from the Black Atlantic”

Thursday, April 26 at 4:30, Stoeckel Hall the 20/21st Century Colloquium presents: Tsitsi Jaji is an assistant professor of English and Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania with research interests in music, literature and film of Africa and the black diaspora. She is currently completing her first book, Africa in Stereo, which examines...

Morse College to welcome new master: Amy E. Hungerford

Amy E. Hungerford, professor of English and American studies and the current acting master of Calhoun College, has been named the next master of Morse College for a period of five years, beginning July 1. President Richard C. Levin and Yale College Dean Mary Miller announced the appointment on March 27 in a joint letter to the Morse College...

SaY 2012

Shakespeare at Yale is a multi-venued celebration for the spring of 2012 that will display the extraordinary resources that exist at the University for the study and enjoyment of Shakespeare. Between the holdings of the Beinecke Library and the Elizabethan Club, Yale has the best collection of early printed editions of Shakespeare of any...

Congratulations to the 2012 recipient of the Richard H. Brodhead '68 Prize for Teaching Excellence

Anne Fadiman, Adjunct Professor of English, Francis Writer in Residence has been chosen by the Committee on Teaching, Learning, and Advising to receive the 2012 Richard H. Brodhead '68 Prize for Teaching Excellence, one of six Yale College prizes awarded in recognition of distinguished undergraduate teaching. This prize is one of...