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… emerging empire, I am fascinated by the way how different social groups interacted in a limited local society, and how … I have invested much effort in reconstructing the daily material life of these regional groups in order to analyze … if a lengthy buried text claims one thing, scrutiny of material evidence from relevant tomb(s) could allude to other …

… from 1906-1913, and again 1922-1925. Was the current memory of William Howard Taft, the only American to become … Court, more apt to generate controversy than the distant memory of John C. Calhoun, a man whose political career was … what that influence had been.   In the Yale Daily News, a rather strange reference can be found. The paper …

… more equitable and welcoming.” The article  by Yale News highlights the reasons Valeggia was selected for the …

… of North Africa. Her forthcoming book,  Decolonizing Memory : Algeria and the Politics of Testimony, brings … of the Sahara , which envisions the Sahara as a site of material, intellectual, and linguistic exchanges that … (new seminar Spring 2019) Graduate FREN 942, Decolonizing Memory FREN 965, On Violence : Politics & Aesthetics Across …

… faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China in “The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci” (1984). They have wondered …

… immediately drawn to these materials, a familiarity with material and visual culture can support and add much needed …

… Empire The following article appeared in Nature World News on June 23 and features the work of Joseph Manning, the … global climactic transitions that are strongly linked to social and political unrest that altered the course of … eccentric climate, crop failures, diseases, famine, and social and political unrest in the Mediterranean …

… 2014. The conference explored a range of ecological, social and political challenges facing a region that divides … Nepali art, Bhutanese identities, human environment, material culture, border communities, governance issues, … for conference website. See https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/himalayan-studies-conference-at-yale for the …