Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 15, 2004|Volume 33, Number 7

Pictured is the poster for the panel "Iraq Behind the Headlines III," to be held on Oct. 19.

Panelists to assess situation in Iraq today

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations will hold its third event in a series of discussions intended to broaden understanding of the current situation in Iraq on Tuesday, Oct. 19.

The discussion, titled "Iraq Behind the Headlines III," will take place at 8 p.m. in Rm. 102 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. It is free and open to the public.

Bassam Frangieh, senior lector in Arabic, will moderate the discussion by a group of Yale panelists.

James J. Silk, executive director of the Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights and a clinical lecturer in law, will speak on "Human Rights Implications of the Iraq War and Occupation," drawing on his expertise in human rights issues.

Benjamin R. Foster, the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, and Karen Foster, lecturer in Near East languages and civilizations and history of art, will give a talk on "The Murder of Mesopotamia," which involves the destruction of ancient sites and monuments in Iraq over the past year. They will also summarize the results of the Istanbul Initiative, an international conference held in Turkey in June 2004 in response to the illicit international antiquities trade, in which goods stolen from Iraq now play a major role.

Catherine Sease, senior conservator at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, will discuss "Rebuilding the Iraq Museum," based on her U.S. State Department-sponsored trip to Bagdad in the fall of 2003 (see related story).

Eckart Frahm, assistant professor of Assyriology, and Kathryn Slanski, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, will present "A New Generation of Iraqi Scholars," stemming from their work with Iraqi Assyriologists and archaeologists this summer in Amman, Jordan.

For further information, contact Karen Foster at (203) 284-9258 or karen.foster@yale.edu.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale will launch surveys on work issues, child care

Racial disparity in heart attack treatment found

Yale curator traded lab for work in Iraqi war zone

Congressman addresses U.S. relations with Libya, Egypt, Syria

Noted specialists will assess aspects of globalization in talks

Panelists to assess situation in Iraq today

Yale Rep's next offering is a 'techno-comedy' by an alumnus

Events celebrate Polish writer . . .

GE executive to discuss 'Imagination at Work' as Gordon Grand Fellow

Yale's ongoing partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb is celebrated at event

Taking a walk-through

Harpsichord concert and other events celebrate anniversary . . .

Faculty work on global issues is recognized with new YCIAS awards

20th-century slavery is focus of Gilder Lehrman Center conference

Come the harvest

Open Enrollment for employee benefits . . .

Campus Notes