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We are pleased to announce the Summer 2022 Public Humanities Micro-Credential, "Mapping as Storytelling,” led by writer and geographer Joshua Jelly-Shapiro. In this workshop, students will explore the power of mapping to illuminate history, uncover untold stories, and help us reimagine the places that shape us—and what’s possible—in new ways. Joshua Jelly-Shapiro is a geographer and writer who created “Names of New York” and was co-creator, with Rebecca Solnit, of “Nonstop Metropolis.” Additional details and an application will be posted to the Public Humanities website in late April. Any questions can be addressed to karin.roffman@yale.edu.

The Public Humanities Working Group will have an in-person meeting on Wednesday, April 27th, from 4:00–5:30 in HQ 319. Dicky Yangzom will present the paper: “Decolonizing Pedagogy: The Body as Site for Knowledge Making." There will also be an opportunity to talk about plans for the Working Group in 2022–2023. All are welcome. Reach out to karin.roffman@yale.edu with any questions.

Some highlights of Public Humanities affiliated faculty,
graduate students in the certificate program, and alumni:

Carolyn Roberts, Assistant Professor in the History of Science & History of Medicine and African American Studies, served as an expert panelist for the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Read more on Professor Roberts' testimony in The Sacramento Observer.

Meghan O'Rourke, Editor of The Yale Review and Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, has published a new memoir, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (Penguin Random House). A New York Times Bestseller, the book has received critical attention from The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Slate, NPR's Fresh Air, and numerous other outlets.

Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, made an appearance on WNYC's On The Media to discuss anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in eastern Europe. Read more and listen here.

Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History, has made recent appearances on The Ezra Klein Show, Democracy Now!, and other media outlets to discuss Ukraine, Russia, sanctions, and NATO expansion.

David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, African American Studies, and American Studies, appeared on NPR's Fresh Air to discuss the remarkable life of Frederick Douglass, the subject of Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

Noel Lenski has been appointed Dunham Professor of Classics and of History in recognition of his scholarship on the later Roman Empire, which has transformed understandings of political, military, social, economic, religious, cultural and art history. Read the full announcement here.

In conjunction with the Beinecke Library's current exhibition, Brava! Women Make American Theater, curator Melissa Barton has organized "Women, Theater, Archives: Conversations," a series of public programs. For the next program, "Cultivating, Preserving, and Showcasing Voices" on April 19, staff from the Autry Museum of the West will discuss the past and present of the Native Voices at the Autry program, which is devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations playwrights. Learn more on the Beinecke's website.

As always, we welcome any news submissions from the Public Humanities at Yale community, including publications, events, career updates, and anything else you'd like to share! Send us a note at publichumanities@yale.edu.

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Click the "START THE PUZZLE" button below to play this month's crossword puzzle: "Themeless No. 1." This puzzle was created by Matthew Stock, Yale College '18, and Rachel Fabi, Yale College '11.

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