Welcome to Yale Alumni Academy’s annual virtual Festival of Ideas & Enrichment! Taking place from July 25 to August 5, the festival brings you a world of new ideas, creative projects and thought-provoking conversations hosted by Yale faculty. Tune in this month with fellow alumni, family, and friends for this enriching series of lectures and online events.
Join Yale Alumni Academy and Professor Croasmun for a conversation about the Academy's upcoming travel program, Footsteps of St. Paul. Learn the...
Faculty:
Professor Matthew Croasmun ’01, ’04 M.A.R., ’14 Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar and Director of the Life Worth Living
The positive health effects of olive oil have been established through decades of research. A review of pertinent evidence of the olive tree’s and it...
Faculty:
Professor Tassos C. Kyriakides '96 MPhil, '99 PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics; Director, Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center
For roughly a century and a half (1500-1650) Spain was the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. It also boasted of ruling the first truly...
Faculty:
Professor Carlos Eire '74 MA, '76 MPhil, '79 PhD
T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Professor of Religious Studies
Although it has been inhabited for at least ten millennia, Albania is today one of Europe’s “undiscovered” countries. Albania’s strategic position, only a short sail from Italy...
Faculty:
Professor Robert Nelson
Professor Emeritus of the History of Art
As a preview of the upcoming YAA travel program “Inside Japan: Historic Treasures and Contemporary Marvels,” (April 13-25, 2023), Professor Kamens will share insights about several of...
Faculty:
Edward Kamens ’72, ’84 PhD
Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies
Explore the global rivalry between China and the United States from 5G to AI and other emerging technologies. Learn about how other countries assess their relations with China and the US...
Faculty:
Paul Bracken ’82
Professor of Management and Political Science
The Voynich manuscript is an unsolved puzzle. A curious cipher manuscript from the early 15th century, it is unique in many ways. The script is not found in any other document, and while the...
Faculty:
Claire Bowern
Professor of Linguistics
Learn how Siena became an engine of innovation: cultural, political, social, and more - all because of its medieval hospital, one of Europe’s first, most successful, and most creative systems of charity.
Faculty:
Jane Tylus
Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Professor of Comparative Literature
Explore the biodiversity of fishes, their evolutionary history, and the complicated relationship between humans and aquatic organisms as Professor Near leads you through the effect of biodiversity...
Faculty:
Thomas Near
Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology, Peabody Museum of Natural History
"My Octopus Teacher” tells the story of diver, Craig Foster’s incredible connection with a wild Octopus living along the shores of False Bay, in South Africa. The documentary takes place...
Faculty:
Casey Dunn
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History
The concept of patriotism remains one of our most contested virtues. Living at a time of intense political polarization, patriotism becomes deeply politicized. On the right, it is frequently...
Faculty:
Steven Smith
Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science
Discover ancient archaeological sites, religious sites, and more on this virtual adventure to North Africa's Morocco.
Explore the origins of human life in Southwest France. Begin with caves and end with the magic and beauty of Châteaux.
Virtually travel to Dubai, Chile, Tanzania, the Caribbean, New Zealand, Madagascar, and more with our on-demand virtual tours.
