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October 3, 2003|Volume 32, Number 5



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Friday, Oct. 3

"The Great Meadow: Sustainable Farming in Colonial Concord"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Brian Donahue, Brandeis Univ. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Faith, Hope and Love: Why Community-Based Alternatives-to-Incarceration for Youth Really Work"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 104, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. Ruben Austria, BronxConnect, Urban Youth Alliance. Info.: (203) 432-9935, www.yale.edu/bushcenter, or sandra.bishop@yale.edu. (Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy)

"Treatment Effect"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Josh Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population. (Economic Growth Center)

Missions Research Colloquia
12:30 p.m. Overseas Ministries Study Center, 490 Prospect St. Frederick W. Norris will speak on "The Path of the Prophets and the Track of the Lovers of God: The Importance of Timothy I of Baghdad for Mission, Missiology and Contemporary Relations with Muslims." Bring a light lunch; coffee will be provided. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org.

Human Rights Workshop
12:30-2 p.m. Slifka Center, 80 Wall St. Wan Yanhai, Yale World Fellow. (Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

"HIV/AIDS, Law and Human Rights in Henan Province of China"
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB, 127 Wall St. Yale World Fellow Wan Yanhai. (Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

"Gender Stratification, Gendered Institutions and Gender in Networks in Canada and Japan"
2-4 p.m. Rm. 107, Williams Hall, 80 Sachem St. Sociology Colloquium series with Bonnie Erickson, Univ. of Toronto. Info.: (203) 436-4350 or www.yale.edu/socdept/.

"Disorder and Interactions in Electronic Systems"
4 p.m. Rm. 57, SPL, 217 Prospect St. Boris Altshuler, Princeton Univ. and NEC. Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. (Physics dept.)


Monday, Oct. 6

"The Future of Democracy: More Direct Citizen Participation"
12-1:30 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Bruno Frey, Univ. of Zurich, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics. Info.: francis.rosenbluth@yale.edu. (Georg Walter Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy, YCIAS)


Tuesday, Oct. 7

"Growing Women's Golf: Augusta, Access and Annika"
Noon. Calhoun College, 189 Elm St. "Lunch and Learn" with Marcia Chambers, former New York Times reporter and author of "The Unplayable Lie: The Untold Story of Women and Discrimination in American Golf." Bring a bag lunch; coffee and dessert will be served. Info.: (203) 624-6684. (Yale Univ. Women's Organization)

Political Theory Workshop
12:15-1:45 p.m. Lower level, ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Vickie Sullivan, Tufts Univ. (Institution for Social and Policy Studies)

"John Martin's 'Belshazzar's Feast'"
12:30 p.m. BAC, 1080 Chapel St. Art in Context talk by the Reverend Frederick Streets, University chaplain. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"The Trees of Winslow Homer"
2 p.m. YUAG, Chapel at High Street. A gallery talk by Robert Slifkin, graduate student. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Master's house, JE, 70 High St. Ken Minkema, executive editor, "The Works of Jonathan Edwards." Held in conjunction with the 300th birthday celebration of Jonathan Edwards. A reception will follow 5-7 p.m. (Jonathan Edwards College/Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library/Yale University Press/Yale Divinity Sch./The Works of Jonathan Edwards)

"Civil Constitutions in Global Society: Alternative to State-Centered Constitutional Theory"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB, 127 Wall St. Gunther Teubner, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt and London Sch. of Economics. The first of three Storrs Lectures. (Law Sch. Dean's Office)

Working Research Group: "End of Life Issues"
6-8 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Speaker and topic TBA. Info. and dinner reservations: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"Traveling with Luke in Sierra Leone"
7:30 p.m. Overseas Ministries Study Center, 490 Prospect St. Dr. Diane M. Komp. A discussion period and refreshments will follow the lecture. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org.


Wednesday, Oct. 8

"Reconciliation and Reinvention: The Resurgence of Tradition in Post-Conflict North Maluku, Indonesia"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Christopher Duncan, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia. (Council on Southeast Asian Studies)

Politics of Public Policy Seminar
12-1:30 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Scott Abernathy, Univ. of Minnesota. (Institution for Social and Policy Studies)

"Advances in the Development of Synthetic Nanocages for the Detection and Treatment of Cancer"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL, 225 Prospect St. Karen L. Wooley, Washington Univ., St. Louis. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Korolev and the Early History of the Soviet Space (Chemical Rocket Propulsion) Program"
4 p.m. Rm. 107, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. James Harford, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

"Voice Activated -- Social Responses to Interfaces that Talk, Listen or Emote"
4:15 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Clifford Nass, Stanford Univ. Part of the working research group exploring "Technology and Ethics." Info., reading materials and luncheon reservations: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (Yale Interdisclipinary Bioethics Program)

"A Life's Work: Building a Family -- Developing a Science"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH, 315 Cedar St. Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz. (Deputy Dean for Education/The Office of Student Research)

"Understanding Terrorism in a Cross-Cultural Context"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 103, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Aaron O'Connell. Grand Strategy Lecture Series "The United States and the Grand Strategic Challenges of the 21st Century." (International Security Studies/YCIAS)

"Coincidentia oppositorum: Hybrid Networks Beyond Contract and Organization"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB, 127 Wall St. Gunther Teubner, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt and London Sch. of Economics. The second of three Storrs Lectures. (Law Sch. Dean's Office)

"Seeing Works in the Original"
5:30 p.m. BAC, 1080 Chapel St. John Walsh, director emeritus, J. Paul Getty Musuem. The Andrew Carnduff Ritchie Memorial Lecture. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"Screaming Queens: San Francisco's Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966"
5:30 p.m. Rm. 309, WLH, 100 Wall St. Susan Stryker. (Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies/American Studies Program)

"Aid Projects and Research in Developing Countries: Working with People of Another Culture"
7-9 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. A panel discussion, moderated by Jessica Barnes, master's degree candidate, featuring faculty and students from the Sch. of Forestry & Environmental Studies.


Thursday, Oct. 9

"Legacy of Khachaturian"
10-11 a.m. First & Summerfield United Methodist Church, Elm and College sts. Solomon Volkov, author of "Testimony." (Yale Glee Club/Yale Alumni Chorus/Sch. of Music)

"The Trees of Winslow Homer"
Noon. YUAG, Chapel at High Street. A gallery talk by graduate student Robert Slifkin. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"Dealing with Paradoxes of Law: Derrida, Luhmann, Wietholter"
12:30 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB, 127 Wall St. Gunther Teubner, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt and London Sch. of Economics. The third of three Storrs Lectures. (Law Sch. Dean's Office)

"Evil as Love and Liberation: The Mind of a Religious Terrorist"
1:30-3:20 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Ruth Stein, IPTAR. Genocide Program Seminar Series.

"The Ghost of McLuhan: (Mis)understanding the Mediation of Social Knowledge in Public Culture"
4 p.m. Rm. 1, 158 Whitney Ave. Dominic Boyer, Cornell Univ. Info.: (203) 432-3700. (Dept. of Anthropology)

"Jonathan Edwards in the 21st Century"
4 p.m. BRBL, 121 Wall St. George Marsden, Univ. of Notre Dame. A reception will follow the lecture. Part of the 300th birthday celebration of Jonathan Edwards. (Jonathan Edwards College/Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library/Yale University Press/Yale Divinity Sch./The Works of Jonathan Edwards)

"The New Yorker Story ... or How the Great American Magazine Got Its Mojo Back"
4 p.m. Rm. 102, LC, 63 High St. David Carey, vice president and publisher, The New Yorker. (The Gordon Grand Fellowship)

"Lincoln at Gettysburg: Essentialism, Constructionism and Collective Memory"
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 107, Williams Hall, 80 Sachem St. Sociology Colloquium series with Barry Schwartz, Univ. of Georgia. Info.: (203) 436-4350 or www.yale.edu/socdept/.

"Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana"
4-6 p.m. Lower level conf. rm., ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Prof. Christoper R. Udry. Part of the "Genetically Modified Plant" study group. Refreshments will be served. Info.: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (Interdisclipinary Bioethics Project)

"Molecular Magnetism: From Nanomagnets to Extended Solids"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL, 225 Prospect St. Kim Dunbar, Texas A&M Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"On Failure"
4:30 p.m. Chaplain's Residence, Saint Thomas More, 268 Park St. Fay Vincent, former commissioner, Major League Baseball. Info.: (203) 777-5537.

"Spirituality, Politics & Public Health"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM, 333 Cedar St. The Dobihal Lecture by Dr. Howard Koh, Harvard Sch. of Public Health. Info.: (203) 785-6102. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"A Time and Place"
6 p.m. Rm. 104, Sch. of Art, 1156 Chapel St. Christian Moeller, UCLA. The Paul Rand Lectureship in Design. (Sch. of Art)

"Thinking and Making"
6 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A, 180 York St. Rick Joy. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. (Sch. of Architecture)

"Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems About Slavery, 1660-1810"
8 p.m. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. James Basker, Barnard College, and president, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Slavery. Info.: Gilder Lehrman Center, (203) 432-3339.


Friday, Oct. 10

"The Politics of Production on the Cotton Frontier of Kita, Mali"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Dolores Koenig, American Univ. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"The Context and Consequences of Youth Violence Exposure: Science and Implications for Policy"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 104, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. Stephanie M. Jones. Info.: (203) 432-9935, www.yale.edu/bushcenter, or sandra.bishop@yale.edu. (Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy)

"China's New Daughters: Small Family Size and New Cash-Earning Power -- Renegotiating Parent-Daughter Relations in Rural Families"
Noon. Rm. 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Zhang Hong, Colby Univ. Lunch will be provided. Info.: (203) 432-3426 or www.yale.edu/ycias/ceas/events.html. (Council on East Asian Studies, YCIAS)

Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Petra Todd, Univ. of Pennsyvlania, will speak on "Using a Social Experiment to Validate a Dynamic Behavioral Model of Child Schooling and Fertility: Assessing the Impact of a School Subsidy Program in Mexico." Info.: www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/labor/index.htm. (Economic Growth Center)

Human Rights Workshop
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB, 127 Wall St. Robert Saba, Andres Jana, Efren Rivera, Calixto Salomao, Alfredo Bullard and Raul Mejia. (Orville H. Schell Center for International Human Rights)

Master's Tea
3:30 p.m. Master's house, Calhoun College, 434 College St. Katharine Weber, writer.

"Jonathan Edwards: Theologian of Divine Immanence"
4 p.m. Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect St. Amy Plantinga Pauw, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. A wine tasting featuring wines from Jonathan Edwards Vineyard in North Stonington, will follow the lecture at 5 p.m. in Jonathan Edwards College, 70 High St. (Jonathan Edwards College/Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library/Yale University Press/Yale Divinity Sch./The Works of Jonathan Edwards)


Saturday, Oct. 11

"Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co."
11 a.m. LC, 63 High St. John Loring, senior design director, Tiffany & Co. Reservations required. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-9658 or linda.jerolmon. (Yale Univ. Art Gallery/Yale Center for British Art)

"Native America in the 21st Century: Out of the Mists & Beyond Myth"
1 p.m. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. Richard West, National Museum of the American Indian. Keynote address in the "Indigenous Peoples Weekend." Admission: $7 adults; $6 seniors 65+; $5 children 3-18 & students with I.D.; free with Yale I.D. Info.: (203) 432-5050 or www.peabody.yale.edu.


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