Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

VIRTUAL: Exhibiting Africa: Anthropology, Museums, and the Myths of "Decolonizing"

As museums reimagine how anthropology interprets Africa and “Blackness,” they are wrestling with both the residues of historical race science and the realities of anti-Black racism in America today. For anthropologists working in museums this “decolonizing the museum” approach means balancing anthropology as a science against pseudoscientific notions of Africa and “Blackness” that museums and anthropology helped to visually codify in the popular imagination.

Mejorando La Raza? (Bettering the Race?): Anti-Blackness, LatinX, & the Journey to Decolonize our Mindset

Continuing this year’s ¡Fiesta Latina! programming and curated in partnership with Colectivo Bambula, this panel will bring together Latinx professionals across the diaspora working to challenge anti-Blackness in Latinx culture, highlighting the dynamic work of organizers, educators, artists, and freedom fighters.

VIRTUAL: Commemorating ADA 30: In Conversation with Judy Heumann and Tony Coelho

Join the Yale community for this special livestream event to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with two iconic national disability rights leaders who were instrumental in the passage of this historic bill. A lifelong disability rights advocate, Judith E. Heumann has served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, the nonprofit sector, and at the World Bank and State Department to promote the mainstreaming of disability rights domestically and abroad—she was recently featured in the Netflix documentary, Crip Camp.

VIRTUAL: Father Soldier Son: A Conversation on Service, Sacrifice, and War

Join us on Veterans Day for a special livestream discussion with the journalists and filmmakers associated with Father Soldier Son, a Netflix documentary that follows the life of Master Sergeant Brian Eisch (U.S. Army) and his family over a 10-year period during his time in uniform, his deployment to Afghanistan, his combat-related injury and recovery, and his transition from the military to civilian life—documenting the challenges and struggles they faced along the way. This dialogue, building on the film, will explore the meaning of duty, honor, and sacrifice.

VIRTUAL: What Comes Next: Environmental Justice After the Election

Please join the Yale Environmental Dialogue for an online panel discussion with leading environmental justice scholars and practitioners on what the result of the election means for the future of the environmental justice movement. The panel will be held on Zoom on Monday, November 9, 2020, from 6:00-7:00 PM ET. Please register at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omxhlX__S1-J4-emp0htMg.

Developers Lunch-and-Learn: Accessibility

The topic for this session is ARIA 101. What exactly is ARIA? If the first rule of ARIA is to not use ARIA, then when is it appropriate to use ARIA? What are the most important ARIA attributes a web developer should know and use? This talk builds off of the Semantic HTML talk from earlier in the year.

Virtual: YLNG & FLY Virtual Cooking Demonstration

Join the Yale Latino Networking Group, Future Leaders of Yale, and Efrain Nieves for a virtual cooking demonstration. Chef Efrain is the owner of Tata’s Restaurant in Wallingford, CT. We will learn how to make seafood mariscada and mofongo. A list of ingredients and the Zoom link will be shared in advance of the event.

Virtual: Cooking For The Seasons: Southern Style Eats & More

Please join The Yale African American Affinity Group (YAAA) on November 12th at 5-6 pm for a Zoom Cooking Demonstration: “Cooking For The Seasons” Southern Style Eats & More with Executive Chef Tori Brown, Owner of Breakfast Belle.

Yale GISday Virtual Conference 2020

Yale University will celebrate GIS Day 2020 with the Yale GISday Virtual Conference: Mapping Spatial Inequity. Our GIS community at Yale University has shown an innovative application of geographic information system (GIS) technology in analysis, visualization, gaining insights into geospatial data, and decision-making in many fields ranging from science and social science to medicine, among others.

Professionally Navigating Zoom

Having Zoom difficulties and feeling burnt-out? Or trouble navigating its features when hosting a meeting with a diverse audience? Or even confused on how to best use Zoom to show forth your best self for an upcoming virtual job interview or professional presentation? The Office of Career Strategy and The Office of Graduate Student Development & Diversity are collaborating with the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning to present to you a virtual workshop that will inform you on how to best navigate Zoom for your professional and career development.