Directed Studies offers a select group of freshmen an intense interdisciplinary introduction to some of the seminal texts of Western civilization. Working in discussion seminars with top Yale faculty, DS students learn to analyze complex texts and more…..
Welcome
Application Information
Applications to Directed Studies for 2018-19 are now closed. Admissions decisions will be mailed out the week of June 25th.
For inquiries and/or to sign up for the waitlist, please contact Director of Undergraduate Studies Kathryn Slanski at kathryn.slanski@yale.edu.
Summer 2018 Reading Assignment
For admitted students planning to enroll, as well as students on the wait list
DS Highlights
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Read “A higher education”- DS alumnus Justin Zaremby’s (YC ‘03, Ph.D. ‘07, JD ‘10) new article on the history of DS!
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View alumni reflections from last year’s 70th anniversary celebration of Directed Studies:
What's Happening in DS
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Gallery Talk with curator John Stuart Gordon: Material Culture of the Civil War and Reconstruction May 1, 2018 John Stuart Gordon is a Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at... |
2:00pm |
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End-of-Year Celebration April 30, 2018 Please join us for the Directed Studies end-of-year party and awards! |
3:00pm |
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Papyri to Penguin-DS @ the Beinecke April 30, 2018 Manuscripts of Tocqueville, Proust, Wordsworth, DuBois, and more! |
10:00am |
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Gallery Talk with curator Pam Franks: Modernism April 25, 2018 Pamela Franks is Senior Deputy Director and the Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and... |
4:00pm |
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Bulldog Days April 24, 2018 Become a DS Ambassador and help spread the word! Directed Studies will hold a panel discussion with... |
10:30am |
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Creative Destruction: Translating for Film and TV April 23, 2018 Presented by the “Talking about Translation” series. A presentation by Directed Studies Professor... |
4:00pm |
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Homer’s Homelessness April 16, 2018 Directed Studies Colloquium presents “Homer’s Homelessness” by Dan-el Padilla Peralta (... |
4:00pm |
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Dinner and Discussion with Dan-el Padilla Peralta April 15, 2018 Directed Studies and the Humanities Program present a Callings and Pathways dinner and discussion... |
5:00pm |
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Translating the World: The Poetry of What We Do April 13, 2018 Join us Friday, April 13th, for a conversation between Peter Cole (Comparative Literature and... |
12:30pm |
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Excursion to see The Tragedy of King Lear April 8, 2018 Excursion to see The Tragedy of King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company) at Brooklyn Academy of Music... |
3:00pm |
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Literature
Lectures
Friday, 11:35–12:25
Whitney Humanities Center, Auditorium
(53 Wall Street)
Philosophy
Lectures
Monday, 11:35-12:25
Whitney Humanities Center, Auditorium
(53 Wall Street)
Historical & Political Thought
Lectures
Wednesday, 11:35–12:25
Whitney Humanities Center, Auditorium
(53 Wall Street)