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Stanford scholar to deliver Franz Rosenzweig Lectures
Arnold Eisen, the Daniel Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion at Stanford University, will deliver the 2003 Franz Rosenzweig Lectures, presented by the Program in Judaic Studies and endowed by the writer Arthur A. Cohen.
"Rethinking Zionism" is the theme of the three-part series, which is free and open to the public. The lectures will take place on Sunday and Monday, March 30 and 31, and Wednesday, April 2, at 8 p.m. The first and the third lectures will take place in Rm. 102 of Linsley-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St., and are titled "Messiah on Line" and "Gentiles," respectively. Rosenfeld Hall, 109-11 Grove St., is the location of the second lecture, titled "Denying Diaspora."
A specialist on modern Jewish thought, Eisen has written extensively on the reconceptualization of Judaism in the modern period and on contemporary Jewish life in the United States and Israel. He is the author of numerous books, including "The Chosen People in America," "Galut" and "Taking Hold of Torah."
Eisen's book, "Rethinking Modern Judaism," won the Koret National Book Award in 1998. A review of his book in the Washington Times called it "an invaluable addition to the study of American Judaism."
Rob Kling, professor of information systems and information science at Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington, will address the Ethics and Technology working research group on Wednesday, April 2.
Kling will discuss "Discourses about Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Information Societies in Critical Perspective" at 4:15 p.m. at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, 77 Prospect St. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information and dinner reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.
In addition to his academic post, Kling directs the Center for Social Informatics, an interdisclipinary research center at IU, and is editor-in-chief of the Information Society journal.
Since the 1970's, Kling has studied the social opportunities and dilemmas of computerization for managers, professionals, workers and the public. His research focuses on the issues of information technology and professional communication.
He is the co-author of "Computers and Politics: High Technology in American Local Governments" and the editor of "Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts & Social Choices." "Computerization and Controversy" examines the social controversies surrounding computerization in organizations and social life as it relates to productivity in the workplace, personal privacy and computer ethics.
Caroline Arscott, senior lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, will discuss "Fettered Light: Burne-Jones's Stained Glass" on Wednesday, April 2.
Arscott will speak at 5:30 p.m. at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. For information on the lecture, call (203) 432-2853. Admission to the center and to the lecture is free and open to the public.
Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) belonged to the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and created a narrative style of romantic symbolism that was steeped in medieval tradition and fused with the Italian Renaissance. Burne-Jones, along with William Morris and several others, formed Morris & Co., through which they created murals, stained glass, metal work, embroidery and furniture.
Arscott's lecture will focus on the late Morris & Co. windows designed by Burne-Jones for St. Philips in Birmingham, England. Critics of his work say that Burne-Jones's windows are not adapted well to the stained glass medium. Arscott will present an opposing case by arguing that he was highly conscious of the discipline of designing for stained glass, and his work presented scriptural themes in a unique manner that intensified affect and produced a vivid sense of the physical properties of the windows.
Arscott specializes in 19th-century British art and has published articles on Pre-Raphaelite art, Victorian genre painting and 19th-century representations of the city. She is a member of the editorial board of
the Oxford Art Journal and is co-editor
of "Manifestations of Venus: Art and
Sexuality."
David Henry Hwang, author of "M. Butterfly" and "Flower Drum Song," will speak on campus on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Saybrook College, 242 Elm St.
"100% Both: The Journey of an Asian American Playwright" is the title of his lecture, which is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center and Saybrook College.
Hwang began writing in 1978 and his first play "FOB (Fresh Off the Boat)" won the 1981 Tony Award for Best New Play of the Season.
By the 1980s, Hwang began to focus his writing on issues concerning race, gender and culture. His Broadway debut, the 1988 play, "M. Butterfly," was honored with the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and John Gassner awards, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. "M. Butterfly" is considered to be the work that established Hwang as a major modern American playwright.
Hwang's re-writing of the book "Flower Drum Song" appeared on Broadway with music composed by Rogers and Hammerstein. He wrote the screenplays for "M. Butterfly," "Golden Gate," "The Lost Empire" and "Possession."
"Golden Child," Hwang's most recent play, received a 1997 Obie Award and three Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Play.
He is the co-author of the book for Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," winner of four 2000 Tony Awards.
The recipient of numerous grants, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Hwang was appointed in 1994 to the President's Committee for the Arts and Humanities.
Tim Wollaeger, managing director of Sanderling, will speak on campus on Thursday, April 3, in an event sponsored by the Entrepreneurship and Biotech Student Interest Groups and the Yale Entrepreneurial Society.
A 1966 graduate of Yale College, Wollaeger will examine "Successful Alternatives to Being the CEO" on Thursday, April 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Rm. A-51 at the School of Management, 60 Sachem St.
In his lecture, Wollaeger will offer advice on what to look for in a career, and will explore the pros and cons of being a CEO for a Fortune 500 company.
Wollaeger has nearly 30 years of experience in the medical products and biotechnology fields in both corporate management and venture capital. He joined Sanderling, an investment firm dedicated to building new biomedical companies, in 2002, and is head of the firm's San Diego Office.
Wollaeger began his career at Baxter International, and ended his tenure there as vice president and general manager of the company's operations in Mexico. In 1983, he joined Hybritech Inc., which was San Diego's first biotechnology company, and served as vice president and chief financial officer. In 1986, he became a founding general partner of Biovest, a San Diego based venture capital firm.
He then was the co-founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation in 1990, and was the senior vice president and a member of the board of directors until 1994, when he left to found Kingsbury Capital Partners.
He was named San Diego's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1995 and Corporate Director of the Year in 2001.
"Medicine as Metaphor: Physician as Poet, Poem as Patient" is the topic of this year's James D. Kenney Lecture, which will be presented on Thursday, April 3, by Dr. Jack Coulehan, director of the Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Coulehan will speak at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room at the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, Coulehan's lecture will examine the contemporary myth of the doctor as a detached technician or engineer. He will suggest an alternative definition of "soft" medicine in which connection, meaning and metaphor plays a more important role.
Early in his career, Coulehan developed an extensive curriculum on medical interviewing and the clinical encounter. This served as the basis for "The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice," his best-selling book on the patient-clinician relationship.
In addition to his position at the Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society, Coulehan is also the professor and head of the Division of Medicine in Society in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook, and is co-chair of the University Hospital Ethics Committee.
He is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards and is the author of over 150 articles and book chapters on topics dealing with ethics and humanities in medicine, medical education, empathy and the physician-patient relationship. Coulehan is also a published poet whose poems and stories have appeared in many literary magazines and medical journals.
George Lewis, professor of music at the University of San Diego and a 1974 graduate of Yale College, will visit the campus on Thursday, April 3.
Sponsored by the School of Music, Lewis' presentation "Improvised Music after 1950: Afrological and Eurological Perspectives," will take place 9-10:20 a.m. in Parker Hall, which is located on the fourth floor of Leigh Hall, 435 College St. His presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of a class titled "Jazz, Bebop and Beyond." Later that day, Lewis will visit the Yale composer's seminar. For more information, contact the School of Music at (203) 432-4158.
Lewis, a composer, performer, teacher, theorist and historian, specializes in experimental music. As a performer, he has mastered the lyrical, tonal and percussive qualities of the trombone.
His compositions explore a wide range of traditions including acoustic and electric, American and European, and rhythmic and free form. He has also experimented with a variety of expressive modes, including text-sound collaborations with poets.
He has more than 90 recordings to his credit and received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation.
A published author with articles on music and cultural studies, Lewis is currently working on "Power Stronger than Itself: The Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians."
Geeta Rao Gupta, president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), will deliver the keynote address for "AIDS Science Day" on Friday, April 4.
Affiliated with ICRW since 1988, Gupta has served as its president since 1997. ICRW is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976.
She is considered to be an authority on women's roles in development, an advocate for women's empowerment and human rights and an internationally recognized expert on women and HIV/AIDS.
As president of ICRW, Gupta has focused the efforts of the organization on conducting studies in partnership with researchers in developing countries. The results of the studies are used to inform policy-makers in the United States and abroad.
In the early 1990's, Gupta led the ICRW's 15-country research project on women and AIDS. Her work has covered a broad span of health-related topics including adolescent sexuality and fertility, the unmet need for family planning and adolescent and maternal nutrition.
Before joining ICRW, Gupta was a research officer at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, and prior to that was a member of the faculty at several Indian universities.
Phillipe Aghion, professor of economics at Harvard University and the University College in London, will present the 16th Annual Kuznets Memorial Lectures on Monday-Wednesday, April 7-9.
The lecture series, titled "Institutions
and Economic Growth," will take place
4-5:30 p.m., in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The titles for the individual lectures are: "Appropriate Institutions for Growth: Theory and Evidence," "Institutions and Liberalization: Revisiting the Washington Consensus?" and "Endogenous Political Institutions." For more information about the lectures, contact the Economic Growth Center at (203) 432-3610.
Aghion's research concentrates on growth and contract theory. Until recently, he was working on growth and contracts separately, but a main purpose of this lecture is to merge the two into one unified theory of organizational change and growth.
Aghion is the co-author of the book "Endogenous Growth Theory," which summarizes his work with Peter Howitt on the Schumpeterian paradigm.
During the past five years, Aghion and his colleagues have explored the links between growth and market structure, combining theory and microeconometric analysis.
The lectures were established to honor the memory of the late Simon Kuznets, an early recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics and a pioneer in the use of statistics and economics to understand economic history and the process of modern economic growth. Kuznets helped found the Economic Growth Center in 1961.
T H I S
Information science to be
discussed in bioethics talk
Yale Center for British Art will host talk on 19th-century art
Acclaimed playwright will talk about his heritage and his craft
Entrepreneur will explore
career opportunities in lecture
Physician and poet will deliver
the 2003 Kenney Lecture
Yale alumnus will examine improvised music after 1950
Leading AIDS researcher
to speak at 'AIDS Science Day'
Economic growth topic
of Kuznets lectures
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