Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 4:42pm
The summer firearms of David Light … the autumn escapades of Casper Desfeux … the spring press releases of Aliza Shvarts. When it came to news, Yale’s 2007-2008 school year, no doubt, saw more than its fair share of scandal. But in the muck of reading week and finals, it may be too easy to think back on 2007-2008 and only recall such moments of tomfoolery or...
In a distinct change in position, Peruvian officials announced Wednesday that they are now seeking the prompt return of all the Inca artifacts currently housed at Yale. For over six months, both Yale and Peruvian government representatives have maintained that any final agreement between the parties would closely resemble a memorandum of understanding signed in New Haven...
It turns out that there is no one way to count Inca artifacts. The Peruvian government announced Sunday that an inventory it conducted of Machu Picchu objects currently housed at Yale found some 40,000 pieces — about 10 times the number Yale had previously announced. But Yale officials said the discrepancy is a matter of mere arithmetic and not a sign of a significant...
By now, most of you have undoubtedly heard of the ongoing saga regarding Yale and the government of Peru. The issue at hand is the liberation of several thousand artifacts from Peru in the early 1900’s by the fearless Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III, for whom several buildings around campus, including Connecticut Hall, are named. He is, without a doubt, the greatest man...
Peruvian officials traveled to Yale this weekend for the second time in a year, suggesting that an end to the almost 100-year-old dispute over the ownership of Inca artifacts could be imminent, officials on both sides said. Cecilia Bakula, director of Peru’s National Institute of Culture, along with several Peruvian experts, will spend the next few days in New Haven...
The escalation of the ongoing Yale-Peru dispute following the publication of former Peruvian First Lady Elaine Karp de Toledo’s New York Times column last week is yielding no winners. But the transnational friction it generated does present an opportunity for both sides to step up — with the onus on Peru — and finalize a deal before compromise is delayed once...
The epic saga between Yale and Peru escalated this weekend — in the pages of The New York Times. In a guest column published Saturday, Eliane Karp de Toledo, Peru’s former first lady, harshly criticized the Memorandum of Understanding that the current Peruvian government and Yale signed in September. On Sunday, University officials struck back at Karp de Toledo in...
“Racism is f--king us — left, right and center.” Such were the words of Staceyann Chin, one of the most lauded spoken-word artists of our era, who performed at the Afro-American Cultural Center on Sunday evening as part of Black History Month. In a pointed performance recounting events ranging from her first period to her encounter with her birth father, Chin...
Although Machu Picchu has long been referred to as the “Lost City of the Incas,” there’s very little that now seems “lost” about the site that draws over half a million tourists each year. Except, some Peruvians argue, for the Inca artifacts excavated from the site by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915 — artifacts which are currently housed...
The University and the government of Peru have agreed to extend negotiations for a second time over the title to a collection of Incan artifacts brought to New Haven nearly a century ago from Machu Picchu by the explorer Hiram Bingham III, Yale officials told the News Sunday. After years of controversy, Yale and Peru announced Sept. 14 that the two parties had agreed to...
Seventy-six days after Yale and Peru established a 60-day timeline for a final agreement on the title to a collection of Incan artifacts from Machu Picchu — brought to New Haven by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III nearly a century ago — the two parties still have not concluded their negotiations. In a Sept. 14 joint statement, officials from Yale and Peru — who said...
After almost a century in New Haven, a collection of artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu will be returning to Peru, Yale University and the Peruvian government announced in a joint statement Friday night. Approximately 380 whole, museum-quality objects in the collection, along with a portion of the research collection, will return to Peru, said Yale Vice President and...
