Enlightenment specialist to discuss philosopher Cassirer
Richard Wokler, reader in the history of political thought at the University of Manchester in England, will address claims that an 18th-century enlightenment project paved the way for the Holocaust on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Wokler's lecture, titled "Ernst Cassirer and the Enlightenment Project on the Eve of the Holocaust," will take place at
A specialist in the 18th-century enlightenment, Wokler is co-editor of "The Enlightenment and Modernity" and author of "Rousseau." He is currently completing a book on the enlightenment project and its critics. He has held visiting positions at Cambridge University, the Central European University and the University of Chicago, and is a member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton and a fellow of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences in Uppsala.
Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a philosopher, writer and educator, who once served as rector of the University of Hamburg. He left that post and Germany when Hitler came to power. He is the author of "Substance and Function," "Philosophy of Symbolic Forms" and "The Philosophy of the Enlightenment."
Political activist Jarvis Tyner will discuss "The South African Revolution and the Challenge of the 2000 Elections" at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, at the Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St.
Tyner, who serves as executive vice chair and political action director of the Communist Party USA, will talk about his meetings with labor leaders and his appearance at a Durban rally for jobs during his trip to South Africa this past spring. He will also discuss the meaning of the South African post-apartheid experience for the upcoming Nov. 7 presidential elections.
Tyner was raised in Philadelphia, where he worked as a Teamster. Now a resident of New York, he was a candidate for vice president on the Communist Party ticket in 1972 and 1976. He is a founding member of the Black Radical Congress and represented the Peoples Weekly World at the International Confederation of Free Trade Union conference in Durban earlier this year.
The talk is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted for the People's Weekly World. For information or transportation to the lecture, call (203) 624-4254.
Taylor Cox Jr., associate professor of organization behavior and human resources management at the University of Michigan School of Business, will lead two interactive sessions on how to create a multicultural organization on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Cox's first talk, about why competence in managing diversity is essential in today's organizations, will take place at 9-10:30 a.m. at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave. For those who want to learn more about how to design and implement organizational changes to create competency for diversity inclusion, an intensive session will take place later that day at 1-4 p.m. at 221 Whitney Ave. Both events are free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information and to register, visit the Learning Center's website at www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Cox is founder and president of Taylor Cox & Associates Inc., a research and consulting firm specializing in organization change and development work for clients with culturally diverse workforces and markets. He is the author of "Cultural Diversity in Organizations: Theory, Research and Practice," which won the 1994 George R. Terry Book Award from the National Academy of Management, and "Developing Competency to Manage Diversity."
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4:30 p.m. in Room 309 of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The event, sponsored by the Barbara and Morris Levinson Fund, is free and open to the public.
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