Forestry & Environmental Studies Centennial |
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[Anniversary Celebrations]
5 October -- 8 October 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: All F& ES School graduates, current students, former and current faculty and staff, as well as descendants of Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold, and Teddy Roosevelt are being invited to attend this gala centennial weekend.
In the afternoon, Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Administrator and 2000 Timothy B. Atkeson Visiting Environmental Practitioner in Residence at Yale Law School will speak.
On October 6th, several outdoor field trips will kick off the alumni/ae reunion to celebrate the School's Centennial year!
The morning of October 7th opens with a plenary session featuring Professor Robin Winks speaking on F&ES history, followed by a panel of distinguished alumni/ae and friends reflecting on the future of environmental professions. In the afternoon, there will be a slate of concurrent panels on the U.S. Forest Service (featuring the current and former Chiefs of the Service); the Non-Governmental Sector in Conservation; and Trade, Environment, and Development. That evening, Dr. Stephan Schmidheiny, founder of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, will deliver the keynote address, "Forests and Globalization: A Business Perspective." This will be followed by a formal reception, banquet, and dance in Commons.
The morning of October 8th will begin with a hike up Aldo Leopold's Juniper Hill in East Rock Park, followed by a flapjack breakfast under the tent on Marsh Lawn. A ceremonial tree planting and readings from Aldo Leopold's works will take the gathering to its close at noon.
Trip to China |
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[Trips]
10 October -- 23 October 2000
Yale-China Association: Led by Yale-China's Director of Health Programs, Bill Watkins. The trip will include site visits to the medical institutions established by Yale-China 100 years ago, as well as visits to other top medical institutions and typical public health facilities in inland China. The trip will include talks by international and Chinese scholars and will allow participants to meet with experts in smaller groups based on area of professional expertise. Participants will include faculty and alumni of the Yale School of Medicine, the Yale School of Nursing, and Yale-China members and alumni.
Gordon Grand Lecture |
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[Lectures]
12 October 2000
Gordon Grand Fellowship: Kenneth Wolfe '61, CEO of the Hershey Company, will speak at the Saybrook College Master's Tea. The Gordon Grand Fellowship is devoted to bringing outstanding leaders in the world of business, industry, and finance to campus. This tea is free and open to the public.
Swing Dorm, 100 Tower Parkway | 4:00 PM
The American Constitutional System Viewed in a Democratic Perspective |
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[Lectures]
16 October 2000
Castle Lectures: The lecture series traditionally invites scholars to speak to moral and political questions of major public concern. Sterling Professor Emeritus Robert Dahl addresses the development, performance, and future of the U.S. Constitution in a series of four lectures. Today's lecture is entitled "Why does the American Constitution fail to meet Democratic Standards?"
Lindsley-Chittenden Hall, Room 102 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
C-E.A. Winslow Medal |
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[Award Ceremonies]
19 October 2000
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: To commemorate Yale's Tercentennial, the first C-E.A. Winslow Medal is awarded to Sir Richard Doll, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford who speaks on --147;Causality in Medicine: Deduction from Epidemiological Evidence.--148; This award and lecture commemorates the outstanding contributions of Charles-Edward Amory Winslow to public health in America.
Harkness Auditorium | 3:00 PM
The American Constitutional System Viewed in a Democratic Perspective |
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[Lectures]
19 October 2000
Castle Lectures: Sterling Professor Emeritus Robert Dahl addresses is entitled "Why haven't other advanced democratic countries adopted a constitution like ours?" This is the second in a series of four lectures.
Harkness Hall, Room 119 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
New Haven Symphony Orchestra, featuring Dean Robert Blocker |
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19 October 2000
[Music]
School of Music/New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Introducing a yearlong celebration of music with an Opening Weekend Tercentennial Concert on October 19, 2000, is the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jung-Ho Pak, with School of Music Dean Robert Blocker performing Saint-Saens's Second Piano Concerto.
Woolsey Hall | 7:30 PM
Three Hundred Concerts at Yale |
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[Music]
19 October 2000 -- 7 October 2001
School of Music: The Yale School of Music will sponsor 300 musical performances on campus and throughout the world during the Tercentennial Year, featuring the Yale Philharmonia, the Chamber Music Society at Yale, Yale honorary degree recipients, and distinguished guest conductors. In addition, composers have been commissioned to create a series of fanfares for opening special Tercentennial events. Introducing this yearlong celebration of music with an Opening Weekend Tercentennial Concert on October 19, 2000, is the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, featuring the School of Music Dean Robert Blocker in Woolsey Hall.
Kurt Weill: A Centennial Celebration |
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[Exhibits]
20 October -- December 2000
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: An exhibition of musical manuscripts, biographical documents, and photographs documenting the life and career of the German-American composer, drawn from the Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya papers and prepared by Kendall Crilly, music librarian. In conjunction with the opening of this exhibition, the Yale College Opera Company will present three performances of Kurt Weill's short folk opera "Down in the Valley"; on October 20, 21, and 22.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street
A Celebration of Volunteerism |
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[Reception]
20 October 2000
School of Medicine: The School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and Public Health kick off their Tercentennial Celebration with a reception saluting volunteers. This includes the opening of John Curtis's photography exhibition, a faculty art exhibition, and the premier of the exhibition Medicine at Yale 1701-1865. Greetings by Deans Kessler, Gilliss, and Merson will christen this event.
Sterling Hall of Medicine Lobby, 333 Cedar Street | 4:30 PM
School of Public Health Community Award Ceremony |
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[Ceremonies]
20 October 2000
School of Medicine: Mayor John DeStefano will receive the School of Public Health Community Award. This ceremony is part of the School of Medicine's Tercentennial "Celebration of New Haven and Yale"
New Haven City Hall, Office of the Mayor | 2:30 PM
Opening Yale 300 |
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[Ceremonies]
21 October 2000
Yale University: To begin a year of celebration, Yale invites the New Haven community, its host for almost three centuries, to a day of hands-on activities and exploration. Campus buildings, labs, libraries, and dorms will be open for free tours and workshops. Activities will take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Among the highlights: Stroll campus courtyards ringing with the sonorous music of the Harkness Tower carillon. Tour science labs and the student Art and Architecture studios. Participate in a virtual anatomy class at the Medical School or stop in for a free screening or tips on nutrition and cancer prevention. Take in a play rehearsal at the Drama School. Visit newly renovated Berkeley College, including student rooms. Get started with a college admissions workshop. Learn to juggle, fence, or joust. Pump iron at the remodeled Payne Whitney Gym. At midday, catch a bus to the Bowl for the Yale vs. Penn football game. Visit the coldest place in Connecticut. Tour Beinecke and get a close look at an original Gutenberg Bible. Join the Scavenger Hunt. View American miniatures at Yale Art Gallery, stroll through the Yale Center for British Art, or visit the renowned Peabody Museum. Walk the Hillhouse district, or step into the famous "house on the hill"--newly remodeled Davies Mansion. Yale welcomes its New Haven neighbors, Connecticut friends, and alumni to discover its many treasures during the Open House on Saturday, October 21. We hope you will join us for other Tercentennial events throughout the year.
Globalization and the Environment |
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[Lectures]
24 October 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Throughout the Tercentennial, the School, plans a series of conversations among practitioners, students, and faculty. Jose Goldemberg, former President of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and former Minister of Science and Technology in Brazil, addresses "Who Creates the Problems and Who Can Solve Them?"
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall 205 Prospect 4:45 pm
Seal of the City Award |
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[Ceremonies]
24 October 2000
New Haven Historical Society: In recognition of Yale University's Tercentennial and its three centuries as a major contributor to the improvement of the region, the NH Historical Society will present this award to the University.
Yale Commons | 5:30 PM
Castle Lectures: The American Constitutional System Viewed in a Democratic Perspective |
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[Lectures]
24 October 2000
Sterling Professor Emeritus Robert Dahl addresses "How well has the Constitution Performed?" This is the third in a series of four lectures.
Lindsley-Chittenden Hall, Room 102 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
A Poetry Reading by Seamus Heaney |
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[Seminars/Panels/Readings]
25 October 2000
English Department: Winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and Yale Honorary Degree recipient Seamus Heaney shares the beauty of his poetry in a reading at Battell Chapel. Drawing from the deep roots of his native soil, the lore and legends of the past, and the ";diamond absolutes "; of everyday life, Heaney creates a universal realm in which North and South give way to the stretching landscape of the human heart. Critic, translator, playwright, teacher, and above all, consummate practitioner of the art of poetry, his voice records the"music of what happens" Heaney is Ireland's poet, and the poet of all those who pay homage to the majesty of the English tongue.
BattellChapel | 8:00 PM
The American Constitutional System Viewed in a Democratic Perspective |
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[Lectures]
26 October 2000
Castle Lectures: Sterling Professor Emeritus Robert Dahl addresses "Isn't Democracy More Important than a Constitution?" This is the last lecture of this series.
Lindsley-Chittenden Hall, Room 102 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Performing Arts at Yale |
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[Alumni/AYA/Reunions]
26 --28 October 2000
AYA Assembly: Yale is unique among its peers for its long and rich history of a vibrant culture of performing arts on campus. From the Dramat, which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary, to the Yale Symphony, which in its formative years actually served as New Haven's symphony orchestra, Yale has always been a place where artistic expression has flourished. In addition to the many programmatic and extracurricular opportunities to experience the performing arts in Yale College, the University boasts two of the country's most outstanding professional schools dedicated to making music and creating theater. This Assembly will provide us an opportunity to look at the history of the performing arts at Yale; to explore the status of teaching and learning the performing arts in both Yale College and the professional schools; and to hear about the possible future for the performing arts at Yale. This is an Assembly that you will not want to miss!
Globalization and the Environment |
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[Lectures]
2 November 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Maurice Strong, former secretary-general of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, addresses "The Rise of Global Environmental Governance."
25th Reunion |
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[Alumni/AYA/Reunions]
4 November 2000
School of Medicine: M.D./Ph.D. Program 25th Reunion.
The Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the New American Administration |
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[Lectures]
7 November 2000
International Security Studies: Charles Hill, Diplomat-in-Residence. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 4:30 PM
The Grand Strategy of Comprehensive Development |
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[Lectures]
8 November 2000
International Security Studies: James Gustave Speth, Dean School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Public reception to follow. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 12-2 pm
Women's Bathrooms and the Admission of Women to the Yale School of Medicine |
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[Lectures]
9 November 2000
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library: Susan J. Baserga, M.D., PhD. Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Genetics. Yale School of Medicine.
Medical History Library, 333 Cedar Street, 5 pm
The Grand Strategy of United Nations' Peace Operations |
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[Lectures]
13 November 2000
International Security Studies: William J. Durch, The Henry L. Stimson Center. Lunch provided. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
HGS 211 | 4:00 PM
Medicine in a Civic Society |
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[Theater]
13 November --17 November 2000
School of Medicine: The Department of Medicine at Yale University has invited Anna Deveare Smith to New Haven to address the topic of "Medicine in a Civic Society" Smith's previous work has successfully interpreted the struggle of individuals in the midst of crisis to make sense of the events that are shaping their lives. Here she will focus the attention of artists and physicians-in-training on a new civic dialogue that brings attention to the individual experiences of patients in crisis. She will interview three patients at Yale whose social status affects their health, the physicians caring for them, and selected family and friends. She will create a dramatic illness narrative of these patients and present her material to students, faculty, and residents at Yale. One of her performances, in addition to medical grand rounds, will be open to the public.
Nov 16th Grand Rounds: 8:30 am Fitkin Amphitheater
Nov 17th Public Presentation: Harkness Auditorium 1-2:30 pm
Stage Blue: 75th Anniversary Celebration |
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[Anniversary Celebrations]
13 November 2000
School of Drama: Join an evening of celebration for the 75th anniversary of the School of Drama, the 100th anniversary of the Dramat, and the Tercentennial of the University. A gala bi-coastal party and special performance "I get a kick out of blue " will feature illustrious alumni of the Drama School, the Dramat, and the University. Invitation only.
Gordon Grand Lecture |
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[Lectures]
14 November 2000
Gordon Grand Fellowship: Nina DiSesa, Chair and Chief Creative Director of McCann-Erickson, will speak at the Saybrook College Master's Tea. The Gordon Grand Fellowship is devoted to bringing outstanding leaders in the world of business, industry, and finance to campus.
Swing Dorm, 100 Tower Parkway | 4:00 PM
In The Company of Scholars |
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[Lectures]
15 November 2000
Graduate School: Edward Tufte (Ph.D. 1968), Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Computer Science and Statistics, speaks on "Visual Explanations."
Law School 4:00 pm
Globalization and the Environment |
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[Lectures]
16 November 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Jane Lubchenco, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, speaks on "The Environment Goes Global: Critical Issues for the 21st Century."
Luce Hall Auditorium 34 Hillhouse 4:45 pm
Medicine in a Civic Society |
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[Theater]
13 November --17 November 2000
School of Medicine: The Department of Medicine at Yale University has invited Anna Deveare Smith to New Haven to address the topic of "Medicine in a Civic Society" Smith's previous work has successfully interpreted the struggle of individuals in the midst of crisis to make sense of the events that are shaping their lives. Here she will focus the attention of artists and physicians-in-training on a new civic dialogue that brings attention to the individual experiences of patients in crisis. She will interview three patients at Yale whose social status affects their health, the physicians caring for them, and selected family and friends. She will create a dramatic illness narrative of these patients and present her material to students, faculty, and residents at Yale. One of her performances, in addition to medical grand rounds, will be open to the public.
Nov 16th Grand Rounds: 8:30 am Fitkin Amphitheater
Nov 17th Public Presentation: Harkness Auditorium 1-2:30 pm
Israel's Political Situation |
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[Lectures]
16 November 2000
International Security Studies: Hirsh Goodman, Senior Research Fellow, Jaffa Center Tel Aviv University. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Slifka Center Chapel | 1:15 PM
Waterloo and Social Welfare in Nineteenth Century Britain |
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[Lectures]
28 November 2000
International Security Studies: Elisa Milkes, History Department, Yale University. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 4:30 PM
Tea with Sir Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General, DPA United Nations |
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[Lectures]
30 November 2000
International Security Studies: Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 4:30 PM
75th Anniversary of Mental Hygiene at Yale |
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[Anniversary Celebrations]
1 December 2000
School of Medicine: Yale's mental health program for students is among the oldest in the country. Clements Fry, director of Yale psychiatry from 1929 until his death in 1955, was unusual for his time because he did not limit psychiatry to the treatment of problems, but rather viewed it as a way to help young adults in their personal development, proposing that anxiety, fear, and depression were not unusual for young adults. The program celebrates its anniversary and the Tercentennial at Luce Hall.
Security and Defense: The EU Dimension |
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[Lectures]
6 December 2000
International Security Studies: Luncheon discussion with Lord Leon Brittan, Vice President, European Commission (1989-1999). Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 12-2 PM
"And I Looked into the Future..." - The Challenge of Writing an Intellectual History of the United Nations |
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[Lectures]
6 December 2000
International Security Studies: Paul Kennedy, Director, International Security Studies, Yale University. Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 4:30 PM
The Medical Institution of Yale College |
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[Lectures]
7 December 2000
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library: Gerard N. Burrow, M.D Special Advisor to the President of Health; Professor of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology Yale School of Medicine. Reception will follow.
Medical History Library, 333 Cedar Street, 5 pm
Grand Strategy, American Democracy, and U.S. Military Policy |
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[Lectures]
12 December 2000
International Security Studies: Ashton Carter, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University will conclude ISS's Grand Strategy Lecture Series with an address on "Grand Strategy, American Democracy, and US Military Policy. Ash Carter is Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard and Co-Director, with William J. Perry, of the Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project. From 1993-1996 Carter served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy.
He continues to serve in an official capacity as Senior Adviser to the North Korea Policy Review, chaired by William J. Perry. Carter received bachelor's degrees in physics and in medieval history from Yale University and a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating.
Luce 103 | 3:00 PM with public reception to follow in Prof. Carter's honor from 4:30 to 5:30 in the Luce Hall Common Room
Recent Work in International History |
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[Conference]
15-16 December 2000
International Security Studies: Please contact Ted R. Bromund, Associate Director ISS if interested in participating. Program as follows:
December 15: Lunch: Friday, 11:45 - 12:30, Luce Hall 203
Opening Remarks: Paul Kennedy, Yale University
Panel 1: 12:30 - 2:30: Technology and International History:
Commentator: Jon Sumida, National War College, Washington DC Jeffrey Engel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Aviation Technology: The Precedent Setting Cold War Export"
Anne Reinhardt, Princeton University, "Steamships, Society, and Imperialism on the Yangzi River, 1860-1900"
Jonathan Winkler, Yale University, "The Great Telegraphic Espionage Crisis of 1920-1921"
Jeff Vanke, Guilford College, "Globalization, Trade Technologies, and Wealth Diffusion"
Panel 2: 3:00 - 5:00: Great Powers and the Internal Affairs of Third Countries
Commentator: Eileen Scully, Princeton University
James C. Van Hook, Trinity University, "The Limits of Power: America, Britain, and the Reshaping of German Industry, 1945-1952"
Mary Kathryn Barbier, International Security Studies, Yale University, "Allied Deception and the Invasion of Normandy"
Laurie West Van Hook, University of Virginia, "Tito, Ethnic Stability, and the Cold War"
Reception and Dinner: 6:00 - 9:00, Graduate Club
Keynote Speaker: Prof. David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Brock University
Respondent: Prof. Richard Drayton, University of Virginia
December 16:
Breakfast: Saturday, 8:00 - 9:00, Luce Hall 202
Panel 3: 9:00 - 10:45 am: Frontiers:
Mark Choate, Yale University, "Expanding the Cultural Frontiers of Irredentism: Language, Religion, and 'Unredeemed' Italians in the Americas, 1900-1910"
Jean-Pierre Sawaya, Universite Montreal, "The British Imperial Purposes of a Colonial Confederacy and Agreement: The Seven Nations of Canada and the Kahnawake Treaty of 1760"
Bernardo Michael, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Mapping and Empire: Writing Spatial Histories of the Early Colonial State in South Asia"
Panel 4: 11:00 am - 12:45 pm: Colonial Political Cultures:
Erez Manela, Yale University, "The Wilsonian Moment, International Discourse, and the Rise of Anticolonial Nationalism: Framing a Comparative Investigation"
Lori Pucar, York University, " 'The Empire is Our Country': Defining the Ethnic Nation in Toronto's Empire Day Celebrations, 1899-1939"
Mark Power Robison, Brandeis University, "Colonial Ironies: French Activism, British Neglect, and Mikmaq Resistance on the Frontier Between Nova Scotia and Ile Royale"
Lunch: Saturday, 12:45
Closing Remarks: Paul Kennedy, Yale University
Luce 202 & 203 | & Common Room | Begins Friday 11:45 am
The Ankle Driver
[Theater]
15-17 December 2000
Digital Media Center for the Arts: 2000. Special Project Presentation. The Ankle-Diver, a multimedia dance-theater piece,composed by Matthew Suttor (YaleDept. of Music) and written by Tim Acito (MFA '02 Yale School of Drama),
December 15 and December 16 at 8pm
December 17 at 2pm.
Tickets: $12/$7 students & seniors. Call 436-4667 for reservations.
New Theater, GreenHall, 1156 Chapel St
