Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

Language Matters: Defining the History of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II

Join the Reparative Archival Description Working Group (RAD) at Yale University Library for Language Matters: Defining the History of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II, a virtual symposium focused on the language used to describe the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Euphemisms such as “internment,” “relocation,” and “evacuation,” were utilized by the U.S. government and prevail in many sources that recount this history, including archival description.

Yale University Naval and Air Force ROTC President’s Review Ceremony

Join us for the Yale University Naval and Air Force ROTC President’s Review Ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

The President’s Review recognizes the members of our institutions’ shared ROTC community for their academic achievements, military aptitude, community service, and physical fitness; it is also an opportunity to celebrate the dedicated faculty who contribute to these students’ success. It would be terrific if you could join us as an honored guest to celebrate this event.

Class Pictures: Student Archivist Screening Night

The culmination of the Yale Film and Media Studies Program course “The Film Archive,” this screening will highlight seven eclectic short films acquired by the Yale Film Archive and overseen by student archivists this semester. The course, taught by Yale Film Archive Managing Archivist Brian Meacham, is built around a semester-long project in which each student selects, acquires, inspects, repairs, views, and researches a film to be added to the Yale Film Archive.

Spring Bird Walk + Community Breakfast!

Everyone is welcome to join hosts Mark Aronson, Severin Uebbing, Tom Parlapiano & Kristof Zyskowski for a gentle 1.5 mile bird walk along the West Campus trails. Meet at the Conference Center lobby. Comfortable trail walking shoes recommended. Binoculars and breakfast provided. Rain date April 29th.8
Organized by the Yale West Campus Anti-Racism Working Group as an open invitation to get to know your campus neighbors.
Contact: Jon Atherton for more info.

Film Screening: Persepolis

Join us for a 15th anniversary screening of the Oscar-nominated PERSEPOLIS, an animated tale of girlhood during the Iranian Revolution. Adapted by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud from Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels, PERSEPOLIS provides “a vivid, at times heartbreaking, portrait of a life and a nation in crisis” (V.A. Musetto) that still remains “full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit” (A.O. Scott). Presented in 35mm by the Yale Film Archive with support from Paul L. Joskow ’70 M.Phil., ’72 Ph.D.

Fernando Pessoa Unmasked? Biographer Richard Zenith in Conversation with Inês Forjaz de Lacerda

HYBRID Event
Celebrated translator and biographer Richard Zenith has spent much of the past three decades translating and writing about the great Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa.

At Yale, Zenith will talk about what - through all these years - led to some of his recent revisions to his translations and reflect on translation more generally.

Atlanta and Beyond: A Vigil to Remember

On the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings, join us as we gather to remember the eight lives tragically lost to anti-Asian violence then and recognize the lives lost since. If you’re interested in saying a few words or sharing your reflection through a more creative form, there will be an open mic portion in the program for attendees to do so and you may indicate your interest via the registration form. This event is open to the public and all are welcome.
Co-hosted by the Asian American Cultural Center and aapiNHV
Rain date: Monday, March 28, 6-7pm.

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