Photographing women with AIDS is topic of artist's slide lecture
New York City artist and photographer Ann Meredith will present a slide lecture on Monday, Dec. 1, in which she will show and talk about one of her most recent projects, a series of photographs depicting women with AIDS. Her slide lecture, titled "The Global Face of AIDS: Photographs of Women" will begin at 4 p.m. in Rm. 309 of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the women's studies program and the Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies as part of the latter's "Writers and Artists" series.
Ms. Meredith began photographing women with AIDS in 1987. Her series "The Global Face of AIDS: Photographs of Women" has been exhibited in the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and the Health Museum of Cleveland, Ohio. She also has exhibited photograph series depicting elderly women; lesbians and their pet canines; waitresses; women in prison; Native American women on reservations; the homeless; and incest and abuse survivors, among other subjects. She has been a photographer for many museums, organizations and publications. Her works are in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the SONY Theatre Permanent Collections.
For further information, call 432-0845.
Leading sociologist to speak
on African socialism
The Council on African Studies of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies will host a lecture by sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 203 of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. He will address the questions "What Happened to African Socialism? What Happened to Socialism?" in the free talk, which is open to the public.
Mr. Wallerstein is director of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economics, Historical Systems and Civilizations at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Known for his work in world-systems analysis, he has authored numerous books, including three volumes of "The Modern World-System" and three books about Africa: "Africa: The Politics of Independence," "Africa: The Politics of Unity" and "Africa and the Modern World."
Mr. Wallerstein is current president of the International Sociological Association. His numerous honors include the Sorokin Prize from the American Sociological Association and the Medal of the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Talk will explore universities' role in economic growth
Susan U. Raymond, public policy programs director at the New York Academy of Sciences, will be the next speaker in the Yale-New Haven Biotechnology Enterprise Forum series. Her talk, titled "The Role of Universities in Economic Growth," will be presented on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 4:30-
6:30 p.m. in Bass Hall at the Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, 266 Whitney Ave. A panel discussion will follow her presentation, which is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served in the foyer outside Bass Hall 4-4:30 p.m.
Ms. Raymond is an expert in science-based economic growth in the greater New York Metropolitan region and also specializes in international scientific collaboration, national health care reform policy, telecommunications, transportation and innovation management. Prior to joining the New York Academy of Sciences in 1993, she served as an independent consultant to the U.S. government on numerous foreign affairs programs concerned with economic assistance throughout Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union. She also worked for several years in the department of population, health and nutrition at the World Bank. She has authored numerous articles on health care reform and international economic development.
Ms. Raymond's talk is sponsored by The Biotech Committee of Greater New Haven and the Office of Cooperative Research.
Medical school alumnus
to deliver annual Kirsch Lecture
Paul A. Khavari, who earned his M.D. from the School of Medicine in 1988 and was an intern and resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital, will return to campus on Wednesday, Dec. 3, as the sixth annual Neville & Lucille Kirsch Visiting Professor. He will present two talks during his stay on campus.
At 10 a.m., he will lecture on "Cutaneous Gene Therapy" in Fitkin Amphitheater (enter through 310 Cedar St.) At noon, he will discuss "Gene Regulatory Mechanism of Epithelial Growth" in Beeson Library, located on the sixth floor of the Hunter Radiation Therapy Center, 15 York St. Both of his talks are free and open to the public.
Dr. Khavari is an assistant professor of dermatology at Stanford University and chief of dermatology at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. His special interests include insights into gene therapy, molecular mechanisms of disease and molecu-
lar foundations of anti-cancer therapies. While at Yale, his many honors included a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Bill Clinton. He serves as a member of national advisory committees, boards and service.
The Neville & Lucille Kirsch Visiting Lectureship was established by Lucille Kirsch in memory of her husband, a noted dermatologist who was a staff physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Oxford historian to lecture
on the Irish revolution
Roy Foster, the Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford, will present a lecture titled "Reclaiming Ireland: The Yeats Generation and the Irish Revolution" on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. His talk is free and open to the public.
The Irish-born Mr. Foster, who is also an internationally renowned critic, reviewer and broadcaster, holds the only endowed chair of Irish history in Britain. His books include "Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and His Family," "Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life," "Modern Ireland 1600-1972," "The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland," "The Sub Prefect Should Have Held His Tongue: Selected Essays of Hubert Butler," "Paddy and Mr. Punch: Connections in Irish and English History" and "W.B. Yeats, A Life I: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914." He is a fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
to read from her work
Poet Jorie Graham, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1996, will read from her work on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 8:30 p.m. in the Byers Hall Common Room of Silliman College, 505 College St. The event, sponsored by The Yale Review, is free and open to the public.
Ms. Graham, who is on the faculty of the Writer's Workshop at Iowa University, is the author of seven volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994." Her newest book of poems, "The Errancy," appeared this year. In a recent review of the new work in the Library Journal, Ms. Graham was described as "One of the most important living poets," and the Times Literary Supplement described her as "One of the best, and most intelligent poets in the language...." Ms. Graham has also edited two anthologies, most recently "Earth Took of Earth: 100 Great Poems of the English Language, A Golden Ecco Anthology." In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, her other awards include a Mac-Arthur Fellowship.
'Expert Games' regarding
breast implants is topic of talk
Sheila Jasanoff, professor of science policy and law at Cornell University, will give the first talk in a series of interdisciplinary seminars on social, political and ethics issues in the biological sciences on Thursday,
Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 226 of Osborn Memorial Laboratories, 165 Prospect St. "Expert Games: Science, Evidence and Breast Implants" is the title of her talk, which is sponsored by the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Training Grant. The event is free and open to the public.
Ms. Jasanoff's primary research interests are in the areas of law, science and technology, environmental regulation and risk management, and comparative public policy. She has published more than 50 articles and book chapters on these topics and has authored or edited several books, including "Controlling Chemicals: The Politics of Regulation in Europe and the United States," "Risk Management and Political Culture" and "Learning from Disaster: Risk Management After Bhopal." Her latest book, "Science at the Bar: Law, Science and Technology in America," was published in 1995.
Ms. Jasanoff has served on advisory committees and panels of the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, her other honors include the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society for Risk Analysis.
Advocate for the disabled
to be guest at master's tea
Ted Kennedy Jr. will discuss the topic "Disabilities and the Law" on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 4:30 p.m. at a tea in the Calhoun College master's house, 189 Elm St. His talk is free and open to the public.
Mr. Kennedy earned his master's degree at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1991 and served 1992-97 on the research faculty at the School of Medicine. During those years he also was director of the New Haven Lead Safe Home and Community Health Project, a comprehensive, community-based initiative addressing pediatric lead poisoning. He currently practices at the New Haven law firm of Wiggin & Dana, with an interest in health law and disability law. Over the past several years, Mr. Kennedy has been an advocate for the civil rights of people with disabilities. He served as executive director of Facing the Challenge, a nonprofit advocacy and public policy office on disability-related issues, and was a teaching fellow on disability policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. On the national level, he served on the executive committee of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. He was recently appointed to serve as a member of the board of Connecticut's Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.
Bush Center talk features
expert on adoption
Psychologist Betty Jean Lifton of New York City will give a talk titled "Adoption Today -- Opening a Closed System" on Friday, Dec. 5, at noon in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. The event, sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, is free and open to the public.
Ms. Lifton is an adoption counselor who has written extensively on adoption issues, both for adults and for children. She is the author of "Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness," "Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience" and "Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter." Her books for young adults include the novel "I'm Still Me" as well as "Children of Vietnam" and "Return to Hiroshima." Ms. Lifton, who teaches at the New School for Social Research in New York City, has also written articles for the New York Times Magazine, Seventeen and Saturday Review.
For further information, call 432-9935.