THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

 All events are free and open to the public at the location indicated.

For information, dinner reservations and directions, phone the CAAS office at (203) 432-3113 ext. 2 or email to:
caas.membership@yale.edu.
 

Dinner reservations are required by Thursday prior to meeting. Any cancellations must be received by that date in order for us to refund dinner cost.    

 

Click here for Past Meeting Minutes & Lecture Précis



Wednesday, September 14, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"Who Won the Second World War? The Role of Middle Management"

Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"Robert Hooke, London's Leonardo"

J. Michael McBride, Richard M. Colgate Professor of Chemistry, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"The Chinese Idyll of Franklin D. Roosevelt"

Ronald Heiferman Professor of History, Quinnipiac University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Our Polarized Party System and the Election of 2012:the Outlook for American Democracy"

Arthur Paulson, Professor of Political Science, Southern Connecticut State University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Subject to be announced"

Robert Stepto, Professor of English and African American Studies, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club

March 2012, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

"Subject to be announced"

Speaker to be announced

Lecture at 4:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public) followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required) in the North Reading Room in Wilbur Cross, The University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Wesleyan University

"Why the Tea Party of 1773 Achieved More Than the Tea Party of 2012"

Elvin Lim, Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
location to be announced.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Subject to be announced "

Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.