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Visiting Fellow Examines the Mortal Machines That Promise Immortality

April 6, 2026
“Computers have long inspired dreams of immortality, if not for us, then at least for our memories, our avatars, and our data,” says Julian Lucas. “They are also...
Director Kimi Takesue in conversation with graduate student Lora Maslenitsyna after a screening of Takesue's ONLOOKERS

Call for Graduate Student Film Programmers: Films at the Whitney 2026–27

February 25, 2026
The Whitney Humanities Center (WHC) invites applications from graduate students to program the Films at the Whitney series in the 2026–27 academic year. Over the past few...
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Visiting Fellow Unearths Layers of Wounds and Identities in Algerian Literature

October 21, 2025
The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale recently welcomed writer, poet, and translator Samira Negrouche as the Franke Visiting Fellow for the Fall 2025 semester. A...
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A Year of Ideas, Connection, and Global Vision at the Whitney Humanities Center

July 14, 2025
The Whitney Humanities Center’s 2024–2025 Annual Report celebrates the humanities community at Yale—faculty, students, postdoctoral and visiting fellows, invited speakers,...
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Two FAS faculty receive 2025 ACLS Fellowships

May 1, 2025
Michaela Herrmann This article was originally published by Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).  Two FAS faculty, Laura Nasrallah and Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen, have been awarded...
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Maizels joins Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism as inaugural managing director

March 24, 2025
This article was originally published in Yale News. The Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism (YPSA) recently named Linda Maizels, a scholar of antisemitism and author...
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The Whitney Humanities Center Welcomes Monica Styles

January 29, 2025
The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale welcomes Monica Styles, assistant professor of Spanish at Howard University, as a faculty research fellow for spring 2025, in...