Nuland talks about four landmark books that helped shape medical thought and teaching: Vesalius, "On the working of the human body"; Harvey," On the circulation of blood," Morgagni, "causes of disease as shown by anatomy," and Gray's Anatomy.

Adapted to a Symbolic Niche: How Less became more in Human Evolution

Jul 23rd, 2012

Terrence W. Deacon delivers a lecture on the neuroscience and development of the human capacity for language and musical perception.

Yale, A place for poetry: The Bollingen Prize for Poetry at Yale, 1949-2002

Jul 23rd, 2012

Celebrating the Bollingen Prize for Poetry at Yale, nearly all the living winners of this prestigious prize are brought together for a group reading sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Whitney Humanities Center.

For the Record: A Conversation Reflecting on Thirty Years of the Whitney Humanities Center

Jul 23rd, 2012

A conversation reflecting on thirty years of Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center with Peter Brooks, Founding Director, and Founding Fellows Kai Erikson, Geoffrey Hartman, and Robert Shulman is held as part of the Whitney’s 30th Anniversary celebra

Galileo, Mathematics, and the Arts

Mar 15th, 2012

Mark A. Peterson discusses Galileo’s study of mathematics in relation to the arts. Prof. Peterson argues that Galileo the mathematician, steeped in the art and literature of his day, needs to be better known, separate from his work as an astro

The Alignment and Synchronization of Brain States Through Music

Mar 15th, 2012

In this lecture, cognitive neuroscientist Jamshed Bharucha discusses the ways that music creates emotion and how these emotions work within human interactions and relationships.

Is Liberalism a Parasite on Tradition?

Feb 21st, 2012

Samuel Bowles gave three public lectures where he presented evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the second lecture of a three-part series.

Preserving Endangered Languages and Oral Literature

Feb 20th, 2012

Mark Turin, research scholar in the South Asia Studies Council, talks about the World Oral Literature Project to preserve endangered languages by recording living speakers and digitizing records that have already been collected.

Machiavelli's Mistake

Feb 15th, 2012

Samuel Bowles gave three public lectures where he presented evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the third lecture of a three-part series.

Moral Sentiments and Material Interests

Feb 15th, 2012

Samuel Bowles gave three public lectures presenting evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the first lecture of a three-part series.

Islam and the Secular State

Feb 15th, 2012

Professor An-Na’im presented and defended a framework for the constant theoretical and political contestation of the relationship between Islam, the state, politics and society.

Nonintervention and Intervention: The Use of Force Across Borders

Feb 13th, 2012

Michael W. Doyle gave three public lectures where he examined the legal and ethical arguments supporting nonintervention. This is the first lecture of a three-part series.

Overriding Nonintervention: National Security and Humanitarian Concern

Feb 8th, 2012

Michael W. Doyle gave three public lectures where he examined the legal and ethical arguments supporting nonintervention. This is the second lecture of a three-part series.

Disregarding Nonintervention: National Liberation and Imperial Paternalism

Feb 8th, 2012

Michael W. Doyle gave three public lectures where he examined the legal and ethical arguments supporting nonintervention. This is the third lecture of a three-part series.

Can a Novelist Write Philisophically? Panel Discussion

Dec 7th, 2011

In this discussion, Rebecca Goldstein, Harry Frankfurt, and Michael Cunningham discuss the ways in which novelists do and do not write philosophically. The panel is chaired by Amy Hungerford.

Sexual Selection and the Brain: An Origin of Evolutionary Aesthetics

Dec 7th, 2011

In this lecture, Michael Ryan discusses the relationship between animal aesthetic preferences, sexual selection, and evolutionary biology.

Community Wealth and Public Education

Dec 1st, 2011

Jessica Kenty-Drane discusses the complex relationship between community wealth and public schools.

Early Child Development: Putting Science to Action

Dec 1st, 2011

Dr.Mary Young discusses how knowledge from neuroscience, social science and economics on the importance of early experiences can be used to support early childhood development programs

The Ancient Quarrel: Philosophy and Literature, Part One

Nov 17th, 2011

In the first of her two Tanner Lectures, Rebecca Goldstein discusses the overlap and conflict between philosophy and the literary arts, and whether novels can be philosophically justified.

The Ancient Quarrel: Philosophy and Literature, Part Two

Nov 17th, 2011

In the second of her two Tanner Lectures, Rebecca Goldstein discusses the overlap and conflict between philosophy and the literary arts, and whether novels can be philosophically justified.

The Power of Hospitality

Nov 17th, 2011

Danny Meyer discusses the role and concept of hospitality in the context of the restaurant industry, and how hospitality contributes to an excellent dining experience and thus to a successful restaurant business.

Zigler Center-All Our Kin: Creating Family Child Care Programs

Nov 17th, 2011

Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner, of All Our Kin, discuss how their program works to create high-quality, sustainable family child care programs in New Haven, CT

Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza

Nov 15th, 2011

Writers Adina Hoffamn and Peter Cole discuss the recovery of a cache of Hebrew manuscripts from a Cairo geniza (repository for sacred text), whose discovery and analysis have shed light on 900 years of Jewish life.

Naming Nature: A Conversation on the Nature, Use and Limitations of Biological Taxonomies

Nov 15th, 2011

A multi-disciplinary panel of evolutionary biologists, joined by a philosopher and an artist, discuss how and why we order and describe the natural world the way that we do now and possible alternatives.

The Teaching Pyramid for Preschool Children

Nov 15th, 2011

Mary Louise Hemmeter, Associate Professor of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, describes the Teaching Pyramid model for addressing preschool children's challenging behaviors.