Last fall YSC’s Storyboard platform sought submissions for creative works. Students from around Yale submitted projects that spoke to navigating space, change, and truth during the pandemic. Join us for off the grid, a virtual gallery opening and reception to meet the artists, engage with their work, and celebrate this unique collection of inspired pieces.
David W. Blight will draw on his research in progress on the life and work of the African-American poet, novelist, songwriter, and diplomat, James Weldon Johnson.
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The conference is an annual gathering of students and early career professionals who are historically underrepresented in the environmental field and/ or committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. Conference attendees have opportunities to network, engage in hands-on workshops, and learn from leaders and visionaries in the environmental field.
An Art & Protest zoom webinar with Tano D’Amico
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Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening and filmmaker discussion of THE DONUT KING, a new documentary by Alice Gu, co-presented as part of the Center for Asian American Media’s CAAMFest.
Join the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at Yale University for a film screening and a Q&A session after the screening with the film director (Marcelo Díaz) of Maria Luiza. The Q&A session will be moderated by Prof. Margherita Tortora at Yale.
Maria Luiza is a documentary about Maria Luiza da Silva, the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work as a military, she was retired due to disability.
The Asian Network at Yale is conducting a socially distant food drive on Tuesday, May 11th from 9:30-11:30 am, to help the Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS). Acceptable donations include nonperishable food and/or money in support of refugees and immigrants in Connecticut during this difficult time. Checks can be made payable to IRIS.
Please practice social distancing and wear masks at all times. We will have hand sanitizer available.
In conversation with Dr. Natasha Boas ‘96 PhD, Amy Ziering ‘90 MA, MPhil will discuss how her Yale graduate studies in comparative literature led to her successful career as a researcher, documentarian, and writer. She will also talk about “Derrida,” her 2002 film about the famous French philosopher and Yale professor Jacques Derrida, as well as her award winning documentaries “The Hunting Ground,” “The Invisible War,” “The Bleeding Edge,” “On the Record,” and most recently, “Allen v. Farrow.”
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Kenneth P. Minkema is the Executive Editor and director of the Works of Jonathan Edwards and Jonathan Edwards Center. (http://edwards.yale.edu)
For more on the Jonathan Edwards Collection in the Beinecke Library, see: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/jonathan-edward…
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A discussion of Beinecke MSS 408, a mysterious, undeciphered manuscript (https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript)
Lisa Fagin Davis is executive director of the Medieval Academy of America. Raymond Clemens is curator of early books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library. Claire Bowern is professor of linguistics at Yale.
