French-language novelist will give talk at Humanities Center
French-language novelist Maryse Condé will present a lecture in French on Tuesday, March 3, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 208 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The talk, titled "Les Voyages d'un écrivain caribéen" ("The Travels of a Caribbean Writer"), is being organized by the Graduate Association of French Students and is made possible by support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
The author of more than a dozen major works, Condé is also a literary critic and a professor of French and francophone literatures at Columbia University. Born and raised on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Condé completed her education in Paris, then spent time as a teacher in the Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Ghana. Her novels include "Hérémakhonon," "Segu," "The Children of Segu," "Tree of Life," and "I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem." Her works have earned her the Grand Priz Littéraire de la Femme, the Priz de l'Académie Française and, most recently, the Priz Carbet for "Désirada."
Lecture will explore advertising geared toward gays/lesbians
Alexandra Chasin, director of the Program in American Studies and assistant professor of English at Boston College, will present a talk on "Interpenetrations: The Gay/Lesbian Movement Meets the Gay/Lesbian Niche Market" on Tuesday, March 3, at 4 p.m. in the romance languages lounge, on the third floor of 82-90 Wall St. The event, sponsored by the Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies, is free and open to the public.
Through her research, Chasin has concluded that advertising to gays and lesbians promotes assimilation by offering private consumption as a route to full citizenship. Chasin is author of the forthcoming book "Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market." She is a member of the advisory council of the Global Fund for Women.
Talk to focus on university-based technology incubators
Jonathan Gorham, managing partner of Gorham Associates, will be the next speaker in the Yale-New Haven Biotechnology Enterprise Forum series. His talk, titled "University Based Technology Incubators and Venture Funds," will be presented Tuesday, March 3, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Bass Hall at the Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, 266 Whitney Ave. Refreshments will be served in the foyer outside Bass Hall 4-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Gorham, who received his master's degree in public and private management from Yale, founded Gorham Associates in 1997. His firm specializes in economic development consulting and management of innovation centers. He and his team have played a leading role in the establishment of several such centers. Previously, Gorham was co-founder and managing partner of Science Park Associates, a consulting firm affiliated with Science Park in New Haven. For more information, call 432-5446.
Johnson & Johnson CEO is next Gordon Grand Lecturer
Ralph Larsen, chair and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, will present the Gordon Grand Lecture, "Marketing Challenges in a Global Economy," Wednesday, March 4, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. The event, presented by the Office of External Affairs at the School of Management, is free and open to the public.
Larsen assumed his current responsibilities at Johnson & Johnson, a diversified international health care company, in 1989. Hired as a manufacturing trainee with the Johnson & Johnson Domestic Operating Company in 1962, Larsen advanced through a series of increasingly responsible assignments. He became vice president of marketing for the McNeil Consumer Products Company in 1980 and president of Johnson & Johnson's Chicopee subsidiary in 1983. He was elected to the board of directors in 1987.
Human rights advocate to give Law School Dean's Lecture
"Equality, Liberty and Due Process: The Insularity of American Law" is the title of
a talk being presented on Wednesday, March 4, by Anthony Lester, Lord Lester of Herne Hill Q.C., a constitutional and human rights lawyer. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 12:10 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St.
Lester has argued many important cases before the European Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Justice, British and Commonwealth courts. His best-known cases have concerned free speech and discrimination. He has also argued some recent cases concerning "the right to die" and medical ethics. He is the president of Interights (The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights). Lester's books include "Justice in the American South," "Race and Law" and "Constitutional Law and Human Rights."
Law School event will explore function of independent counsels
The Knight Journalism Fellows at the Law School will present a program on "Independent Counsels: From Watergate to Whitewater, and Beyond" on Wednesday, March 4. Participants will include current and former independent counsels. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Law School, 127 Wall St.
The program participants are: Donald Smaltz, an independent counsel who since 1994 has been investigating former Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy on charges relating to illegal gratuities; Lanny Davis '67, '70 LAW, a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Patton, Boggs and who is former special counsel for the Clinton White House; Mark Tuohey III, former deputy independent counsel (1994-95) for the Whitewater investigation who is now a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm of Vinson & Elkins; and Katy Harriger, associate professor of politics at Wake Forest University and author of "Independent Justice: The Federal Special Prosecutor in American Politics."
For more information, contact Michael Doyle via e-mail at Michael.Doyle@Yale.edu or send e-mail to Matthew Heimer at Matthew.Heimer@Yale.edu.
Expert on Florida flora will speak in series on water restoration
George Gann, director of the Institute for Regional Conservation and president of Ecohorizons Inc., will be the next speaker in the semester-long series "The Restoration Agenda: Water!" presented by the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His talk, "Extirpation Rates: Lake Okeechobee to the Keys," will be given on Wednesday, March 4, 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St.
An open forum follows from 1 to 2 p.m. during an informal luncheon. Brown-bag lunches are welcome; hot beverages are provided. The series is free to all Yale students, faculty, staff and alumni. Community members are welcome; there is a registration fee. For information, contact Aimlee Laderman at 432-3335 or via e-mail at aimlee.laderman@yale.edu.
Gann currently serves as chair of the Society for Ecological Restoration and is director of The Institute for Regional Conservation. He has conducted extensive field research on the native and exotic flora of south Florida. His testimony to the Endangered Plant Advisory Council contributed to the proposed listing of some 80 additional species of native plants to the Florida endangered and threatened species list.
New Haven mayor to address Medical School Council
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. will address the Medical School Council on the topic "The State of New Haven 1998: the View from the Mayor's Office" on Thursday, March 5, noon-1 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Lunch will be provided at the event, which is free and open to the public.
DeStefano has been the mayor of New Haven since 1993. His priorities since taking office have included improving city finances, rehabilitating blighted housing and promoting family-centered human service delivery and quality in public school education. He formerly was chief administrative officer and development administrator for the City of New Haven.
'Faith and social action' is topic of talk by former Yale trustee
Paul Moore, a retired Episcopal bishop and a former member of the Yale Corporation, will speak on "Faith and Action" on Thursday, March 5, at 4 p.m. in the common room of Dwight Hall, 67 High St. His talk, sponsored by the Magee Fellowship and the Dwight Hall Leadership Institute, is free and open to the public.
Moore, who served in the ministry since 1949, was the 13th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. His books have dealt with such issues as modern cities, the ordination of women and homosexual liberation. He has been an active advocate of human and civil rights and was a member of the Governor's Council on AIDS. Chosen as a successor trustee in 1964, he served for many years on the Yale Corporation.
Scholar of medieval history to discuss the first millennium
R.I Moore, professor of medieval history at the University of Newcastle, England, will deliver a free, public lecture on "The First European Revolution: The Contribution of Millennialism" on Thursday, March 5, at
4 p.m. in Rm. 203 of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. He is visiting the campus as part of the semester-long series on Millennialism held in conjunction with the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series sponsored by the Council on Middle East Studies and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
Moore, a noted authority on popular religion and social change in western Europe in the 10th-12th centuries, will explore whether the course of European history changed so sharply after 1000 A.D. that it could be called a "revolution," and whether the changes that took place could be associated with the anxieties and expectations associated with the millennium. Moore's books include "The Birth of Popular Heresy" and "The Origins of European Dissent."
Noted cancer specialist/surgeon to speak at tea
Dr. Harold P. Freeman, who is considered a leading authority on the interrelationships between race, poverty and cancer, will be the guest at a tea and will inaugurate the Bouchet/Mellon Lecture Series during a visit to the campus on Thursday, March 5.
The tea will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 189 Elm St. At 7 p.m., Freeman will deliver the Bouchet/Mellon Lecture on the topic "The Meaning of Race in Science and Society" in the Faculty Room of Connecticut Hall, 344 College St. Both events are free and open to the public.
Freeman is the director of the department of surgery at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City and professor of clinical surgery at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. A former national president of the American Cancer Society, he is the chief architect of the society's initiative on cancer in the poor. He has served since 1991 as chair of the President's Cancer Panel. In 1990, the American Cancer Society established the annual Harold P. Freeman Award in his honor, which is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the fight against cancer in the poor.
Talk to explore work of women missionaries in India
The complex motives of women physicians who traveled to colonial India as missionaries will be the focus of a talk on Thursday, March 5, by Maneesha Lal, visiting professor in the history of medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her talk, titled "Mission Impossible? American Medical Women in British Columbia," will begin at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, the event is free and open to the public.
Lal has researched such topics as conceptions of health and healing in Hindi-language publications, medical research in colonial India, and AIDS and epidemic disease in India. She has written about women's medical missions and the politics of gender and medicine in colonial India, among other topics.
Collective bargaining rights of NBA to be debated by lawyers
The Yale Entertainment and Sports Law Association will sponsor a debate on the topic "The Balance of Power: Collective Bargaining Rights in the NBA" on Thursday, March 5, at 5 p.m. in Rm. 119 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. Panelists at the event, which is free and open to the public, include Jeffrey Mishkin, chief legal officer for the National Basketball Association, and James Quinn, a partner in the firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, outside counsel for the National Basketball Association Players Association. Their debate will focus on legal issues in professional sports.
Quinn heads Weil Gotshal's litigation department and has counseled professional football, basketball and hockey player associations for nearly 20 years. Most recently he was the lead trial counsel in the NFL players successful antitrust challenge to the player restriction in the National Football League. Mishkin has been executive vice president and chief legal officer of the NBA since 1995. For the past 20 years, he has been involved in every major legal decision made by the NBA league and has had a major role in collective bargaining negotiations be-tween the NBA and the Players Association since 1976.
Ambassador to discuss prospects for long-term peace in Bosnia
Ambassador Robert Frowick, Bosnia mission chief for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who headed the international effort to conduct democratic elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will discuss the long-term prospects for peace in the region on Tuesday, March 10. His talk, titled "A Report from Sarajevo: The Future of the Bosnian Peace Process," will take place 4-5:30 p.m. in Rm. 125 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
Frowick, an American career diplomat, was appointed as Bosnia mission chief of the OSCE, a 54-member European-Russian security framework, in 1996. In mid-1996, he took the heralded step of excluding indicted war criminal and nationalist party chief Radovan Karadzic from the Bosnian national election process. Frowick has engaged in day-to-day negotiations with Croats, Serbs and Bosnians over steps toward democratization, including how to guarantee displaced persons the right to vote in the areas from which they were forced to flee. Frowick formerly headed the CSCE mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and served as chief of the political section in the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels. He has also served in Rome, Prague, Paris, Bucharest and Montreal. He was an Overbrook Fellow at Yale 1958-60.