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History of Arts and Architecture HARC

The Genre of the Sentence: Recovering From What You Think You Know About Writing

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Join Verlyn Klinkenborg—writer and former New York Times editorial board member—for an informal talk based on his much-loved nonfiction writing classes at Yale. There will be plenty of opportunity for conversation.

Sponsored by the History of Art & Architecture Department and the Johnson Enrichment Fund. Co-sponsored by the History Department, the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, the First-Year Seminar Program, and the CTLR.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Permission to Converse: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression

Sponsored by:
Arabic, History of Arts and Architecture, History, and Students for Justice in Palestine
Palestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. Activists in both groups assert that they share a single political struggle for national liberation. Yet, obstacles inhibit their ability to speak to each other and as a collective. Geopolitical boundaries fragment Palestinians into ever smaller groups.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public

Bayeux Tapestry

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
The students in HARC 257-The Bayeux Tapestry model context, and the afterlife, and will present a poster session of their semester-long engagement with this monument.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Wondering About Wonder: Hindu Temple Ritual, Aesthetics and Creativity

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, History of Arts and Architecture, Religion, Sociology/Anthropology, South Asian Studies, and International & Global Studies
Through her decades-long ethnography of Hindu temple rituals in the city of Bangalore, India, Tulasi Srinivas analyzes wonder as an anthropological concept; moments where ritual enmeshes with global modernity to create wonder- a feeling of amazement at being overcome by the unexpected and sublime. In this talk, Srinivas asks— What is the purpose of wonder and how does it link with creativity? Can it inform our practices of ethnography, our understanding of India, and of ourselves?

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Virtual Bauhaus

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Explore the Bauhaus school in Dessau in virtual reality! Create a performance on the Bauhaus stage, make a sculpture in one of the school’s workshops, get a glimpse of student life, and explore the architecture of the Dessau building, inside and out. Free

Mahaney Arts Center, Museum of Art

Open to the Public

Virtual Bauhaus

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Explore the Bauhaus school in Dessau in virtual reality! Create a performance on the Bauhaus stage, make a sculpture in one of the school’s workshops, get a glimpse of student life, and explore the architecture of the Dessau building, inside and out. Free
Open to the Public

Virtual Bauhaus

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Explore the Bauhaus school in Dessau in virtual reality! Create a performance on the Bauhaus stage, make a sculpture in one of the school’s workshops, get a glimpse of student life, and explore the architecture of the Dessau building, inside and out. Free
Open to the Public

Virtual Bauhaus

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art and History of Arts and Architecture
Explore the Bauhaus school in Dessau in virtual reality! Create a performance on the Bauhaus stage, make a sculpture in one of the school’s workshops, get a glimpse of student life, and explore the architecture of the Dessau building, inside and out. Free
Open to the Public