Mondays at Beinecke: Shopping the Collections with madison moore
madison moore will discuss visual cultures of fashion using the Beinecke Library’s collection of 212 shopping bags, ca. 1978-2005.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3me7631
General Public
VIRTUAL: A Conversation with Lawrence Grandpre: Mythbusting the 2020 Election: Lesson for the Future of Anti-Racist Politics
A Conversation with Lawrence Grandpre: Mythbusting the 2020 Election: Lesson for the Future of Anti-Racist Politics
Did Working Class Black Voters save Biden? Did the “Defund Police” slogan actually hurt house Democratgcs? Why did California vote for overwhelmingly Biden but aginst its Affirmative Action referendum?
Educator Workshop, Teacher Leadership Program
The Teacher Leadership Program is a free one-hour workshop for educators of all levels and disciplines that meets at 4:00 pm EST on the first Thursday of the month throughout the academic year. These sessions are led by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education; Rachel Thompson, the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education; and the Wurtele Gallery Teachers. In this program, educators explore innovative ways to connect their curricula and interest in art with the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection.
Educator Workshop, Teacher Leadership Program
The Teacher Leadership Program is a free one-hour workshop for educators of all levels and disciplines that meets at 4:00 pm EST on the first Thursday of the month throughout the academic year. These sessions are led by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education; Rachel Thompson, the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education; and the Wurtele Gallery Teachers. In this program, educators explore innovative ways to connect their curricula and interest in art with the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection.
Educator Workshop, Teacher Leadership Program
The Teacher Leadership Program is a free one-hour workshop for educators of all levels and disciplines that meets at 4:00 pm EST on the first Thursday of the month throughout the academic year. These sessions are led by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education; Rachel Thompson, the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education; and the Wurtele Gallery Teachers. In this program, educators explore innovative ways to connect their curricula and interest in art with the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection.
Mondays at Beinecke: Van Vechten Color Photographs in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection (Part 2)
Beinecke Library’s Melissa Barton, Nancy Kuhl, Tubyez Cropper, and Michael Morand will speak on seven of the authors, artists, and activists photographed by Carl Van Vechten and whose images are included in a new outdoor display on the library’s ground floor windows.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3m0Ap8R
VIRTUAL: In Conversation: Ibram X. Kendi
Please join the Yale Alumni Association and Belonging at Yale on Wednesday, December 2 at from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for a discussion with Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author, historian, and speaker. Dr. Kendi and Yale professor Matthew Frye Jacobson will discuss Dr. Kendi’s bestselling book “How To Be An Antiracist” and his thoughts about reorienting America on the urgent issues of race, justice, and equality.
Between the World and Me (HBO Premiere)
STEP 1 OF 3: Watch the HBO premiere of Between the World and Me on HBO or HBO MAX, | November 21, 8 pm
STEP 2 OF 3: View a panel discussion around Between the World and Me on HBO or HBO MAX | Date & Time TBA
STEP 3 OF 3: Listen to HBO’s Between the World and Me Podcast available online | November 23-December 14
Yale students and staff may access HBO at no cost through XFINITY On Campus.
Episode Premiere: HBO's Between the World and Me Podcast
STEP 1 OF 3: Watch the HBO premiere of Between the World and Me on HBO or HBO MAX | November 21, 8 pm
STEP 2 OF 3: View a panel discussion around Between the World and Me on HBO or HBO MAX | Date & Time TBA
STEP 3 OF 3: Listen to HBO’s Between the World and Me Podcast available online | November 23-December 14
Note: Yale students and staff may access HBO at no cost through XFINITY On Campus.
“BECAUSE YOU GREW UP HERE!”
Having grown up in Pyongyang, a hermetic society that contrasts with the West culturally and ideologically, I had no idea how influenced I was by their narrative of the West, especially the U.S. My uprising was the same as my North Korean classmates and friends. In Korean history, I learned about the massacre of Shinchon, which took place during the Korean War. And the depiction of North Americans in movies was as negative as possible.
