Faculty

Transpositions, Pt. 9: Shayla Vie Jenkins & Jenna Riegel (Video Premiere)

Witness what happens when Yale Dance Lab in partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center invites 16 choreographers to create digital dance poems, performed by dancers from across the Yale community. Knitting together local, national, and international communities of dance, Transpositions: Dance Poems for an Online World explores the continuous and interrupted transmission of embodied dance practices in digital life. Edited by by Kyla Arsadjaja MFA ‘20, the concept and direction of this episode is by Shayla Vie Jenkins & Jenna Riegel.

Transpositions, Pt. 7: Cécile Feza Bushidi (Video Premiere)

Witness what happens when Yale Dance Lab in partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center invites 16 choreographers to create digital dance poems, performed by dancers from across the Yale community. Knitting together local, national, and international communities of dance, Transpositions: Dance Poems for an Online World explores the continuous and interrupted transmission of embodied dance practices in digital life. Edited by by Kyla Arsadjaja MFA ‘20, the concept and direction of this episode is by Cécile Feza Bushidi.

Transpositions, Pt. 6: Elm City Dance Collective (Video Premiere)

Witness what happens when Yale Dance Lab in partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center invites 16 choreographers to create digital dance poems, performed by dancers from across the Yale community. Knitting together local, national, and international communities of dance, Transpositions: Dance Poems for an Online World explores the continuous and interrupted transmission of embodied dance practices in digital life. Edited by by Kyla Arsadjaja MFA ‘20, the concept and direction of this episode is by Elm City Dance Collective.

Transpositions, Pt. 5: Aki Sasamoto (Video Premiere)

Witness what happens when Yale Dance Lab in partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center invites 16 choreographers to create digital dance poems, performed by dancers from across the Yale community. Knitting together local, national, and international communities of dance, Transpositions: Dance Poems for an Online World explores the continuous and interrupted transmission of embodied dance practices in digital life. Edited by by Kyla Arsadjaja MFA ‘20, the concept and direction of this episode is by Aki Sasamoto.

Admiring the Kichwa Otavalo Indigenous People of Ecuador Today

Join us for a discussion with Diego Tituaña, Kichwa Otavalo, a diplomat in the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 2019 World Fellow. Diego will discuss the current issues, and topics their community faces today. As well as highlight the many ways their community expresses their identities through various mediums in an ever changing world. This event is also a part of the course “Indigenous Cultures in a Global Context,” being offered spring 2021.

Alternative Voting Systems: Approval, or Ranked-Choice?

Join us for the panel discussion, “Alternative Voting Systems: Approval, or Ranked-Choice?” This student-run event, organized by Jackson Institute graduate students, is co-sponsored by Yale Effective Altruism.

CLAIS Latin American History Speaker Series with Sylvia Sellers-García, Associate Professor of History at Boston College

Join us for the CLAIS Latin American History Speaker Series with Sylvia Sellers-García, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, for her talk on “Social Violence and Women’s Health in Colonial Guatemala City”

Denise Ho: Becoming the Song (2020)

Denise Ho – Becoming the Song profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights activist Denise Ho. Drawing on unprecedented, years-long access, the film explores her remarkable journey from commercial Cantopop superstar to outspoken political activist, an artist who has put her life and career on the line in support of the determined struggle of Hong Kong citizens to maintain their identity and freedom.
Award: Official Selection – Frameline (San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival)
April 30, 2PM–6PM EDT Film Screening

WWN 5th Annual Recognition Award Ceremony

On behalf of the Working Women’s Network (WWN), we would like to invite you to join us for a celebration of our 2021 Recognition Award recipients on Thursday, April 22 at 12-1 pm via Zoom.

The 5th Annual WWN Recognition Award Ceremony will recognize six women who have been exemplary members of the Yale community: Diane Frankel-Gramelis (Trailblazer), Chevelle Irvin (Heroine), Pilar Abuin (Visionary), Morag Grassie (Innovator/Creator), Danielle Shapiro (Work Life Champion), and Kathleen Castellon (Community Catalyst).

VIRTUAL: Eileen Pollack Speaks on Science as a Boy's Club: a collaborative event between the Women in Science at Yale and Nencki, Poland

The Women in Science at Yale (WISAY) and the Women in Science at the Nencki Institute (WISaN) in Poland have joined together to host a virtual discussion about strategies to counteract bias faced by women in STEM, and their lack of representation in the upper echelons of the academic system. For the event, we’ve invited Prof. Eileen Pollack to lead the discussion. She is one of the first two women to earn a Bachelors of Science from the Physics Department at Yale, and the author of the book “The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club”.