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Leila Ahmed on the History of the Veil

Leila Ahmed is best known as the first professor of women’s studies at Harvard Divinity School. In 1992, Yale University Press published her seminal book, Women and Gender in Islam, establishing the discourse for contemporary gender analysis in the historical and social contexts of Islam. Her latest book, A Quiet

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Bob Morris Interviews Mary C. Gentile about Giving Voice to Values

Mary C. Gentile is quite popular. At the end of our series on her book, Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right, we had planned a Q&A with the author on the key points, but putting that on hold for the immediate moment,

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Excerpt and Free Material from Giving Voice to Values

If you’re reading up on business practices, or even preparing for next semester’s leadership seminars, now is the time to start looking at Mary C. Gentile’s Giving Voice to Values. The questions she raises in her book (and on this blog): How do we motivate ethical decisions in business practices,

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Mary Gentile’s Talks at the Carnegie Council, “Giving Voice to Values”

Giving Voice to Values author, Mary C. Gentile, wrote in last week about the current approaches and practices in ethical leadership, and what that means for business educators and their curricula. Earlier this year, she spoke at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, presenting the ideas and topics

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Melissa Harris-Perry Talks with Yale Press About Sister Citizen

You’ve read her column in The Nation, seen her guest hosting the Rachel Maddow Show, even found her at our office; now, the week before the publication of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, we sit down with Melissa Harris-Perry to ask a few key questions about

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9/11 Victims Embrace Dignity

Follow @yaleSCIbooks For nearly two decades Donna Hicks, Ph.D. has been in the field of international conflict resolution facilitating dialogue between communities in conflict in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cuba, and Northern Ireland. She was a consultant to the BBC where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the

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100 Shoes Fashion Week Giveaway Contest

Following last year’s publication of 100 Dresses, the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will soon publish 100 Shoes, an exclusive look at one hundred fabulous shoes from their renowned collection. Edited by Costume Institute Curator in Charge, Harold Koda, with an introduction by actress Sarah Jessica Parker,

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Mary C. Gentile on Ethical Leadership: Asking the Wrong Questions

Mary C. Gentile, Ph.D., author of Giving Voice to Values and developer of the GVV curriculum at Babson College, writes on the current state of business education and proposes how a change in perspective can be used to fill the missing gaps facing the integration of ethical messages with business

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The Mysteries of the Potato Revealed

Follow @yaleSCIbooks Europe took a very long time to get used to the spud, according to John Reader in Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent. The Bible never mentions potatoes, so European clergymen in the 1700s banned the consumption of the suspiciously anonymous tuber. Doctors in the previous century

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Tarek Osman on The Strategic Direction of Egypt’s Revolution

As the events of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution continue with the no-longer-televised trial of deposed president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, journalist Tarek Osman, author of the acclaimed and prescient  Egypt on the Brink (January 2011), weighs in on the current state of the revolution’s course.  An updated edition of his

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