News

October 18, 2016
Each autumn we welcome new students who bring a breadth and depth of diverse backgrounds to our interdisciplinary enterprise. Many of them accepted our invitation to tell a...
Nell Painter
October 14, 2016
Carrie Mae Weems and the Art of Resistance Abigail Storch (M.A.R. expected ‘18)   What is the role of grace in the pursuit of democracy?   This is the driving question behind...
The building at 406 Prospect St, photo by Tyler Gathro
October 11, 2016
Martin Jean, director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, has announced plans to renovate and relocate many of the ISM’s offices to the Yale-owned building at 406 Prospect...
Jeffers L. Engelhardt
September 26, 2016
The ISM has announced the publication of Vol. 2, No. 2 of Yale Journal of Music & Religion (YJMR), and the appointment of Jeffers L. Engelhardt as its new editor-in-chief...
September 12, 2016
The Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion (mavcor.yale.edu) at Yale University is pleased to announce receipt of a major grant from the Henry Luce...
View of Baltic city
July 25, 2016
One of the capstone experiences of ISM life is our biennial study trip, which took us this year to Tallinn, Estonia; Helsinki, Finland; and Saint Petersburg, Russia. The...
July 22, 2016
compiled by Katharine Luce On Sunday, May 22, the ISM presented its newest graduates with their ISM certificates at a banquet at the New Haven Lawn Club. Some of them...