Modern European Books and Manuscripts

The collection of Modern European Books and Manuscripts consists of printed and archival material, photographs, artwork, audio-visual, ephemeral, and production material documenting the history, philosophy, literature, arts, and social movements of Continental Europe since 1800.

Jacqueline de Jong, Rediscovered Avant-Garde Artist, Dies at 85 (New York Times)
July 15, 2024
In 2012, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University acquired her papers, generating new interest in Ms. de Jong’s role in Situationism. Her art was discovered and featured in several exhibitions, including a 2019 retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Students and faculty celebrate growth of Yiddish at Yale (Yale Daily News)
October 6, 2023
Yale has an extensive Yiddish archive within Sterling Memorial Library and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which offer many resources that “most other universities don’t even have,” according to Price.
Pondering the power of art in protest
September 26, 2023
“Art, Protest, & the Archives,” an exhibition at the Beinecke Library, explores the connections between dissent and artistic expression over the past century.
Fall exhibit at the Beinecke Library explores art and protest (Yale Daily News)
September 14, 2023
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s newest exhibit, “Art, Protest, and the Archives,” probes the relationship and tensions between aesthetics and dissent. The exhibit premiered on Aug. 4 and will run through January. The first floor offers a chronological look at protest art over time, while the work upstairs is arranged by topic. Kevin Repp, a curator at the Beinecke, worked with other museum staff to create an exhibition that covers a vast geographical and temporal span.
Beinecke Library unites past and present in spring exhibit (Yale Daily News)
February 8, 2023
On Jan. 27, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscripts Library unveiled its spring exhibit “Revisiting the Past — Imagining the Future.” Featuring artifacts spanning centuries and cultures, the exhibit is intended to add new perspectives to popular readings of history. The process for building the exhibit began about a year ago when Timothy Young, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke, reached out to his colleagues at Sterling Memorial Library, sparking a new collaboration between the Beinecke and other collections at Yale.
Relics of empire: New exhibit shares story behind Yale’s Slavic collections
December 15, 2022
“Subjects and Objects” explores how Yale has chronicled the Slavic world through its collections — from the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union and beyond.
Beinecke Library Fellowships Built Back Bigger and Better
September 28, 2021

Applications Open Now for 2022 Research Fellowships Yale Library’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library has offered research fellowships since 1987. The...
2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes Virtual Festival
September 1, 2021

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Virtual Festival is an innovative salon series showcasing the creativity of the eight recipients of the 2021 Windham-Campbell...
If you are into SLAVIC studies you must know ‘Iron Woman’ Nina Berberova (The Armenian Mirror-Spectator)
February 24, 2021
The Iron Woman died in 1993 in Philadelphia, aged 92. She was the walking, talking proof of what can be accomplished in life through perseverance and imagination. “My whole life has been a reconciliation of contradictions: all the various and often opposite features in me have now merged into one.”
Christmas card that shocked with boozy image in 1843 goes on sale (New York Daily News)
December 4, 2020