THE DR T PROJECT with prof shawkat m. toorawa
30 MINUTES OF (tea, shortbread) and 3 THINGS WORTH KNOWING
(a musical item, a literary item, a cultural item)
at 4:30 pm (east coast time) on Instagram Live drtproject info: thedrtproject.org * email: shawkat.toorawayale.edu
Websites: Instagram Live @drtproject,
Streaming live from Trumbull College, we invite you to a college tea conversation with Virginia Johnson, artistic director and a founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem. The visionary dance company is currently engaged in programs with New Haven’s Shubert Theater. This virtual event is an opportunity to learn more about DTH’s new work as well as the organization’s legacy of creative expression and artistic excellence.
ZOOM webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3EFrZNi
Minorities, like majorities, do not just exist. Minoritization instead is an inherent corollary to the process of nation-state building. This talk examines one site of state-initiated minoritization, the ethnocultural frontier region in northwest China known to Tibetan speakers as Amdo. When in 1949 the Chinese Communist Party “liberated” Amdo, its aim was not simply control over non-Han people, but the transformation of what had been loose sets of imperial subjects into bounded “minority nationalities” within a new People’s Republic of China.
Release your inner chef and cook a healthy, gourmet meal at home with Chef Ross who will cultivate an educational and fun food experience while learning how to cook delicious and healthy food together. Invite your family and friends to enjoy the experience with you.
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan has left the international community uncertain, not only concerning the future of the country and its people – particularly women and girls – but also the future of intervention. While the complexity and limited success of interventions was well-documented even prior to the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, it was widely believed that a clearly defined mission and an exit strategy could overcome the inevitable setbacks.
The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But when that removal was halted by death threats, CJ set out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still held so much power in America.
The Intersections Science Fellows Symposium (ISFS) is an opportunity to showcase the work of 30 talented scientists in the life sciences, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion who have made significant scientific contributions and who are set for careers in academia. The event will be held online, from November 1 to November 3, 2021.
Join us for a sneak preview to launch this year’s Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale (LIFFY) with a screening of As We Are, a documentary that defines how Peruvian society is nowadays and for a conversation about Peruvian Society today, 200 years after becoming a Republic.
The film talks about how the Peruvian national soccer team made it to the 2018 world cup after 36 years of absence. In that context, it mentions the identity of a whole nation and their strength to resist and overcome their difficulties. It’s an exciting look at how it feels to be Peruvian.
A presentation by and discussion with Yale Latin American Studies Alum, Micah Landau. Landau is a writer on labor and politics and also a labor organizer.
