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A promotional still from “In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America.”

Filmmaker to discuss his film about peace process in Northern Ireland

Maurice Fitzpatrick, director of “In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America,” will discuss the film the film following its screening on Wednesday, March 27, during his visit to campus as a Poynter Fellow. The screening will begin at 6...

The Russian Corporation

The Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REEES) of the European Studies Council held its Annual Conference in Russian Studies at Yale, titled “The Russian Corporation,” on Friday February 22 and Saturday February 23.

The two-day conference consisted of six panel...

Edyta Bojanowska

Through overlooked travelogue, Yale Slavist rereads Russia’s imperial past

Russian novelist Ivan Goncharov is best known today for his 1859 novel “Oblomov,” an inventive satire of the waning Russian nobility, embodied in its title character, who is so sedentary and slothful that “Oblomovism” is still synonymous with “laziness.”

Goncharov’s portrayal of his...

Pericles Lewis (second from right) visits with students and instructors at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa.

In South Africa, VP Pericles Lewis visits African Leadership Academy

While traveling in Africa over spring break, Pericles Lewis, vice president for global strategy and deputy provost for international affairs, visited the African Leadership Academy (ALA) campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Co-founded in 2004 by Yale alumnus Chris Bradford ’00, ALA is...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk at their press conference after yesterday’s European Council meeting

European Council gives UK short extension of Brexit date but also option for long one

Last week, after the British House of Commons rejected for a second time the withdrawal agreement and framework for the future relationship negotiated with the European Union and also rejected leaving the EU without a deal, it approved a motion put forward by Prime Minister Theresa May that if...

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