Assemblies

Assembly Registration

Please click here to complete our easy online Assembly registration form.

Questions?  Contact Alisa Masterson at the AYA alisa.masterson@yale.edu or by phone at 203-432-1947.

Breakout sessions in the Humanities
3:15 – 4:15 pm

When you register for the Assembly, please indicate which one of the following  breakout sessions in the humanities you are likely to attend.

English:
Literary Labs and Modernist Maps
Anthony Domestico, PhD '12

Room B-11, Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street

 Breakout sessions in the Hard Sciences
1:45 – 2:45 pm

When you register for the Assembly, please indicate which one of the following sessions you are likely to attend.

Astronomy:
Weighing Galaxies and Watching Them Grow Up
Rachel Bezanson, PhD '13

Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium, 355 Prospect Street
Bus leaves at 1:25 p.m. from High Street next to Old Campus (near Harkness Tower)

Breakout sessions in the Social Sciences
10:45 – 11:45 am

When you register for the Assembly, please indicate which one of the following sessions you are likely to attend.

Anthropology:
Researching Informal Economies and Political Uncertainty in West Africa
Susanna Fioratta, PhD '12

Weekend Overview and Guest Policy

There is no charge for your attendance at any of the Assembly events, program sessions, meals (including the Yale Medal dinner), or the football game on Saturday afternoon. You are also welcome to bring one guest to all events. Please make your registration selections carefully to indicate the events that you and/or your guest plan to attend so we can reserve space in the sessions and at meals.

Assembly LXXI
The Yale PhD: 150 Years of Leadership for Yale and the World

AYA Assembly LXXI, The Yale PhD: 150 Years of Leadership for Yale and the World, will take place on campus November 17-19, 2011. This year we will honor the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as it celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first PhD — the first ever awarded in North America. General information on the AYA Assembly may be found here.

The AYA will provide shuttle transportation to and from the three hotels listed below on a limited schedule on Thursday and Friday, beginning at 8:15 a.m. both days. Please make your reservation directly with the hotel.

The Yale PhD:
150 Years of Leadership for Yale and the World

Assembly LXXI, held November 17–18, 2011, honored the 150th anniversary of the first Ph.D. degrees granted by Yale, which were the first granted by any university in North America.

Weekend Overview and Guest Policy
There is no charge for your attendance at any of the events listed on this website: program sessions, meals including the Yale Medal dinner, and the Yale-Princeton game. You are also welcome to bring one guest to all events. Please indicate which events that you and/or your guest plan to attend so we can reserve space in the sessions and at meals.