June 19-25, 2016

Professors: Charles Hill and Bryan Garsten

Are non-state actors, from Al Qaeda to ISIS to the European Union, the future?  Do empires inevitably decline?  How do governmental entities conduct relations?  More fundamentally, why are there now nations, whereas for millennia there were only empires? What is the basis of diplomacy?  And ultimately, how does a statesman conduct effective statesmanship?  Yale for Life now harnesses the strengths of two of Yale’s great programs: Directed Studies, and Grand Strategies, to seek in foundational texts, artworks, and more, the tools to understand statesmanship, the relationships among political entities, and – ultimately – what history itself means.  The legendary Charles Hill will be joined by Yale Humanities Director Bryan Garsten as our guides – but also as our fellow questioners, for this is a new and innovative course that will break new ground.  You can be part of it!  Click here for much more…