Campus Talks by Campus People

Lindblom Lecture
in Public Policy

"Legibility and Statecraft" will be the topic of the annual Charles E. Lindblom Lecture in Public Policy, sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS).

The lecture will be presented by James C. Scott, the Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Anthropology and director of the agrarian studies program, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. A reception will follow. Both the talk and reception are free and open to the public.

Scott has received international acclaim for his books "Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts" and "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed." He is currently writing a book examining why states are typically hostile to groups whose members are physically or fiscally mobile, such as gypsies, hunters and gatherers, slash-and-burn cultivators, nomads, maritime populations, itinerant traders and others.

The lectureship honors Charles E. Lindblom, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, who is a core member of the Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at ISPS and a former director of the institute. A leading economist, Lindblom fostered interdisciplinary academic endeavors on campus as ISPS director. His publications include "Unions and Capitalism," "The Policy Making Process," "The Intelligence of Democracy," "Politics and Markets" and "Inquiry and Change," among others.

Dobihal Lecture on
Religion and Health

Margaret Farley, the Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at the Divinity School, will present a talk titled "Beyond Autonomy versus Beneficence: Compassionate Respect" on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar St. The talk is the 10th annual Edward F. Dobihal Jr. Lecture on Religion and Health at Yale-New Haven Hospital. The event is free and open to the public.

In her lecture, Farley will discuss the challenges faced by medical ethics today in terms of its adequacy and appropriateness.

A graduate of Yale, Farley is the author of four books, including "Personal Commitments: Beginning, Keeping, Changing" and "Embodiment, Morality and Medicine," as well as over 60 articles and chapters on ethics. She is president-elect of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics.

The annual lectureship honors Edward F. Dobihal Jr., who served at the hospital for 25 years as the first full-time chaplain and director of religious ministries. He was instrumental in establishing the first hospice in the United States.

Rosenkranz
Writer-in-Residence

Robert Stone, the Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence at Yale, will read from his works at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, in Rm. 101 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. The event is free and open to the public.

Stone is the author of "A Hall of Mirrors," which won the Faulkner Award in 1968; "Dog Soldiers," which won a National Book Award in 1975; "A Flag for Sunrise," which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award in 1982 and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award; "Children of the Light"; and "Outerbridge Reach." A book of Stone's collected short stories, "Bears and His Daughters," was published in April. He is also the author of numerous essays and screenplays.