Foundation executive to explore the future of grantmaking
Gerald Freund, president of Private Funding Consultants of New York, will lead a seminar on the topic "Crisis in the Not-for-Profit World: Will Private Foundations Hang in the Balance?" on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at noon in the first-floor conference room of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies ISPS , 88 Trumbull St. The seminar, which is being sponsored by the Program on Non-Profit Organizations at ISPS, is free and open to the public. However, since seating is limited those planning to attend are asked to call Karen Refsbeck in advance at 432-2121.
During the seminar, Mr. Freund will discuss how the ascendancy of the New Right, "devolution" and welfare reform pose fundamental questions about the future of grantmaking foundations. He will examine whether resources should be devoted to helping service providers meet the challenge of cuts in government spending for social programs, or used to support exceptional individuals who will make long-term contributions to society. He also will explore what the recent history of grant makers reveals about their future role in American public life.
Mr. Freund served on the faculty of Haverford College and was dean at Hunter College before becoming a foundation executive, first at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he administered programs in the social sciences, humanities and the arts, then at the MacArthur Foundation, where he organized its Prize Fellows Program. Among his publications is the book "Narcissim and Philanthropy: Ideas and Talent Denied."
President of U.N. General Assembly to talk at tea
Razali Ismail, president of the General Assembly of the United Nations U.N. and the permanent representative of Malaysia to the U.N., will be the guest at a tea on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. at the Jonathan Edwards College JE master's house, 70 High St. His talk, sponsored by the Yale International Relations Association and JE, is free and open to the public.
Mr. Razali is a career diplomat who has held numerous positions since he first joined Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1962. He has served as ambassador to Cuba, Poland, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakia, and has been High Commissioner to Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and India. In addition, he has served as deputy secretary-general in charge of political affairs in Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Razali headed the Malaysian delegation to the U.N. Security Council 1989-90 and twice served as president of the Council. He also has been an officer of several U.N. committees. He has actively been involved, both within the U.N. and beyond, in issues related to development, the environment, human rights, and U.N. reform.
'Jewish' education in Israel is topic of scholar's lecture
"The 'Jewish' Education of Israeli Youth: A Recurring Kulturkampf" is the title of a lecture that will be given by historian S. Ilan Troen on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 309 of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is being sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies and the Rose and John Fox Lecture Fund.
A specialist in both Israeli and American history, Mr. Troen holds the Lopin Chair of Modern History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His talk will focus on the struggle to define the nature and character of "Jewish" knowledge that the State of Israel should transmit through its educational system. He will explore why and how cultural divides that aggravate Israeli society became institutionalized through schooling, and measure the changing severity of those divisions in Israel's first half-century.
Professor Troen is a contributing editor of the Journal of American History and a founding editor of Israel Studies. His most recent publications are "Israel: The First Decade of Independence" and "The Suez-Sinai Crisis 1956." His current work focuses on the Zionist settlement experience, the secular-religious schisms in Israeli society and the re-emergence of the European Jewish Diaspora.
People Magazine editor/writer to talk at master's tea
Joyce Wansley Agard-Jones, the letters editor and a staff writer at People magazine, will discuss her work with the publication at a tea on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house use the college entrance at 189 Elm St. The event is free and open to the public; however, as space is limited, those wishing to attend should call 432-0740 to reserve a seat.
Ms. Wansley joined People in 1974 and is one of the founding members of the editorial staff. Since then she has worked as a reporter and assistant editor, covering subjects from pop music to religion. For the past 10 years, she has edited the "Mail" section of the magazine, which is the best-read section of People, according to market reports.
Before joining People, Ms. Wansley worked as a product reviewer for Time Inc. Corporate Special Projects, a predecessor to Home Box Office. She was also an advertising censor for Sports Illustrated.
Floyd Abrams will examine investigative reporting methods Noted First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams will present a lecture titled "When Reporters Spy: Some Thoughts About Hidden Cameras and Undercover Reporting" on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4:15 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. The event, sponsored by the Knight Journalism Fellows, is free and open to the public.
A 1960 graduate of the Law School, Mr. Abrams specializes in cases involving freedom of the press. He was co-counsel to The New York Times during the 1971 "Pentagon Papers" case, and has also represented other media organizations such as ABC, NBC and Time Magazine, and individuals such as Bob Woodward and Nina Totenberg.
Mr. Abrams returned to the Law School as visiting lecturer 1974-80 and 1986-89. He was also visiting lecturer at Columbia Law School 1981-85. He chaired former New York mayor Edward Koch's Committee on Appointments and the American Bar Association's ABA Committee on Freedom of Speech and the Press of the Individual Rights Section. He also chaired the ABA's Committee on Freedom of Expression of the Litigation Section. He has written numerous articles for national publications. One of these articles, which was about the information policies of the Reagan administration and published in The New York Times Magazine, earned him the ABA's Certificate of Merit.
Harvard scholar to speak about place of 'culture' in political life
"What Cosmopolitanism Is Not" is the title of a lecture by Kwame Anthony Appiah, a noted professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy at Harvard University, on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The event, sponsored by the English department's lectures committee, is free and open to the public.
In his lecture, Professor Appiah will address the issue of 'culture' in political life and its relationship to a perceived clash between nationalism and cosmopolitanism.
Professor Appiah is the author of two recent books on the political philosophy of race, "Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race" with A. Gutmann and "In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture." He is also the author of numerous books and articles on such topics as linguistic philosophy, pluralism, patriotism and race and identity, as well as of three works of fiction. A member of the Harvard faculty since 1991, he has also taught at Yale, Duke and Cornell universities and Clare College, Cambridge. He is a member of the board of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute and is the associate director of the Black Fiction Project.
Political scientist to discuss 'Trials of Public Discourse'
A lecture titled "The Trials of Public Discourse: From the Offensive Honesty of the 1960s to the Feminist Sensitivity of the Present" will be presented by political scientist Harvey Mansfield on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. in Rm. 122 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. The talk, which is sponsored by the Yale Federalist Society, is free and open to the public.
In his talk, Mr. Mansfield, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University, will critique the use of political correctness in the public arena.
Professor Mansfield has written extensively on government and politics. Among his books are "Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke," "The Spirit of Liberalism," "America's Constitutional Soul" and "Machiavelli's Virtue." His articles have appeared in publications such as Government and Opposition, the National Review, Natural Right and Political Right, and The Public Interest.
With the exception of the period 1960-62, during which Professor Mansfield served as assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, he has spent his teaching career at Harvard. He is the recipient of several awards and honors, including Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities NEH fellowships. He was a member of the NEH Advisory Council 1991-94 and president of the New England Political Science Association 1993-94.
Hewlett-Packard CEO to deliver Sheffield address
Lewis E. Platt, chair of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company, will present the next Sheffield Fellowship address on Friday, Feb. 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Sudler Auditorium of William Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. A reception at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
In a talk titled "Managing Innovation: An Oxymoron?" Mr. Platt will discuss how Hewlett-Packard HP has reinvented itself on a regular basis over the past 50 years. The company is an international manufacturer of measurement and computation products and systems used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education. To successfully innovate, Mr. Platt maintains that it has been necessary to balance two seemingly different cuoltures: the creativity that gives brith to radiacally new ideas and the discipline required to bring products t market on time, on budget.
Mr. Platt joined the company in 1966 and held a variety of management posts in its medical-products operations prior to becoming general manager of the Waltham, Massachusetts, Division in 1974. He was general manager of HP's Analytical Group 1980-84, and 1984-88 he managed various parts of the computer business. He was elected a vice president in 1983, and in 1987 became executive vice president.
A year later Mr. Platt was named to oversee the Computer Products Sector and in 1990, he became head of the Computer Systems Organization. He was elected president and CEO of the company and a member of the board of directors in 1992. He succeeded to the chairmanship upon David Packard's retirement in 1993. In 1995 Mr. Platt was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy Negotiations by President Clinton.
Historian of Chinese art to deliver the Hume Lecture
James Cahill, an eminent historian of Chinese art, will deliver this year's Hume Lecture on Friday, Feb. 28, at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. A reception will follow his lecture, which is free and open to the public. Mr. Cahill is professor emeritus of the history of art at the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught from 1965 until his retirement in 1994. He previously served as curator of Chinese art at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. His many publications include "Chinese Painting," and three volumes of an intended five-volume series: "Hills Beyond a River: Chinese Painting in the Yuan Dynasty," "Parting at the Shore: Chinese Painting of the Early and Middle Ming Dynasty" and "The Distant Mountains: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Dynasty." Recently his work has dealt with attempts to recover and reconstruct the larger whole of Chinese painting beyond the range of what critics and theorists praised and what collectors have preserved. His volumes in this area include "Three Alternative Histories of Chinese Painting" and "The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China."
Professor Cahill was a member of the 1973 Chinese Archaeology Delegation, the first group of art historians to visit China from the United States, and in 1977 he returned to China as chair of the Chinese Painting Delegation, which was given unprecedented access to painting collections. Since then he has visited China frequently to lecture and research.
Thomas Lecturer will probe aspects of equality
D. Marvin Jones, professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law, will deliver the 1997 James A. Thomas Lecture on Monday, March 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. His presentation is titled "And a River Runs Through It: Power, Truth and the Discourse of Equality." A reception will follow in the faculty lounge. Both events are free and open to the public.
Professor Jones joined the University of Miami faculty in 1988. His specialties include constitutional law and individual rights, criminal procedure, employment discrimination, civil rights litigation and civil procedure. He was a senior and supervisory trial attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1985-88, and associate attorney with the Baltimore law firm of Singleton, Dashiell and Robinson 1982-84. As clinical fellow at Antioch School of Law 1979-82 he directed clinics and taught courses on fair employment, prisoner's rights and evidence.
Professor Jones was director of the American Civil Liberties Union for Florida 1989-92 and of the Legal Services of Greater Miami 1990-94, and serves on several other civic boards. Last year he was elected by popular vote to a four-year term as fire commissioner for Dade County, District 5. Among his publications are the work-in- progress "Race, Sex and Suspicion," which explores the intersection between language and power in the Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson and O.J. Simpson cases.