Saturday, October 14, marks the centennial of the birth of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), the German-born political philosopher whose analysis of the nature of power, totalitarianism, and the “banality of evil” still resonates powerfully in our own time. “So it is no accident,” says Edward Rothstein in the New York Times,
The all-new Yale Book of Quotations attributes to Richard Lewis the expression, “the (blank) from hell,” as in “I had a date from hell.” Asked how he felt these years after he created a phrase that is an integral part of daily vernacular and advertising jargon, Lewis uncharacteristically said, “I’m
We’re pleased to announce that Michael V. Pisani, author of Imagining Native America in Music, and Boris Gasparov, author of Five Operas and a Symphony, have won a 2006 Deems Taylor Award sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers. Vivial Perlis and Libby Van Cleve, co-authors of
If you haven’t heard it already, tune in to Tom Ashbrook’s conversation with Adrian Goldsworthy on NPR’s On Point. From the On Point website: “Hail, Caesar!” they still cry in the movies as once they saluted in the heart of ancient Rome and on battlefields from Gaul to Syria. Julius
Only rarely in biblical scholarship does a book come along that topples a monolith of scholarly consensus. Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life, a new book by Harvard professor Jon D. Levenson that explores the origins of the Jewish notion of the
Upcoming Yale Author Events: 10/2 Reed Hundt, In China’s Shadow, on CNBC’s Power Lunch, 12-1:30pm 10/4 Jay Hopler, Green Squall, Main Library, Salt Lake City 7pm 10/6 Reed Hundt, In China’s Shadow, at Nikkei Institute, San Francisco Reed Hundt, In China’s Shadow, at Google employee event, 11am 10/11 YUP at
Roberta Smith reviewed “Set in Stone: The Medieval Face in Sculpture” in the New York Times today. The exhibit is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and will run until February 18, 2007. From the review: “Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture” is one of
September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a time for men and those who love them to get informed about prostate cancer and take action against it. According to the National Prostate Cancer Coalition, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in American men and is the second
Here is a list of upcoming Yale University Press Author Events: 9/26 Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston, Green to Gold, on ABC’s Money Matters Peter Hill and Nigel Simeone, Messiaen, Penn State University, State College, PA, lecture and lecture-recital 9/27 Alan Wolfe, Does American Democracy Still Work?, On Point Radio