In the patriarchal world of ancient Mesopotamia, women were often represented in their relation to men—as mothers, daughters, or wives—giving the impression that a woman’s place was in the home. But, as we explore in this symposium, they were also authors and scholars, astute business-women, sources of expressions of eroticism, priestesses with access to major gods and goddesses, and regents who exercised power on behalf of kingdoms, states, and empires.
In this roundtable, Jodi Byrd, Alyosha Goldstein, and Manu Karuka will discuss the ways that historical and ongoing settler colonialism enables and compels a rethinking of racial capitalism, particularly reflecting upon the challenges and opportunities of understanding the relations between settler colonialism, slavery and its afterlives, empire and racialized migration in the U.S. colonial present.
Supported by the Edward J and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund
If you’re interested in learning more about China, the Belt and Road Initiative, and environmental challenges around the world, please join us at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies for the 4th Yale Symposium on Chinese Overseas Investment Impacts: From Policies to Practices.
This special symposium seeks to make designers and practitioners aware of their capacity to improve access to and perceptions of mental health. One-quarter of the global population will suffer from mental illness at some stage of life. The built environment therefore becomes an urgent stage in which mental health must be addressed. The rise of urban inequality has huge impacts on an individual’s access to mental health services. This symposium will explore issues of mental health at three scales: the city, the hospital, and the home.
The Yale Japanese American Students Union and Asian American Cultural Center invite the Yale community to commemorate the 78th anniversary of President Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent in U.S. concentration camps during World War II. Yale’s 2020 Day of Remembrance will feature a fireside chat with Mr. Frank Sato, former Inspector General of the Departments of Transportation and Veterans Affairs. At age 13, Mr.
The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, in partnership with the nonprofit Justice for Kurds, will present a special screening of the film, “Sisters in Arms,” an inspiring portrait of an international women’s brigade who joins forces with the Kurds to rescue the Yazidis and defeat fanaticism.
Wayne Hsiung focuses his activism on exposing cruelty and rescuing animals in factory farms, leading to a “domestic terrorism” investigation by the FBI. He currently faces 16 felony charges in 4 criminal cases and will go on trial in mid 2020. His work has been featured in WIRED, The New York Times, and The Intercept.
We would be making mochi from scratch! Pounding mochi in Asian culture (especially in Japanese and Chinese culture) has been a long-lasting tradition of the Lunar New Year celebrations, we would like to share joy, asian culture and delicious food with you!
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Scott Barry Kaufman Ph.D., psychologist and author of “Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization”, in a conversation with Kimberly Goff-Crews, secretary and vice president for university life. How can we reimagine Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in order to realize our full potential and live a more creative, fulfilled, and connected life?
A brown bag lunch is available to take-out for the first 100 attendees.
Join us for snacks and discussion of Janet Mock’s NYT Bestseller, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More.
Do you want to know more about LGBTQ writers or do need motivation to read? Join the LGBTQ Affinity book club! Every two months, we meet to discuss and compare note on a book that is chosen by the group. The book are usually available at Yale or New Haven libraries.
