Bloomberg Financial Markets president to lecture at SOM
Michael R. Bloomberg, the president and founder of Bloomberg Financial Markets, will discuss the topic "Building the World's Leading Global Network" as part of the International Business Roundtable at the School of Management (SOM).
His talk will take place Tuesday, Sept. 16, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. SOM dean Jeffrey E. Garten will host the event, which is free and open to the public.
Mr. Bloomberg founded Bloomberg Financial Markets in 1981. His company provides multimedia, analytical and news services to more than 78,000 terminals at investment and securities firms in nearly every country with significant capital markets or money-management activities. Clients include most of the world's central banks, investment institutions, commercial banks, U.S. government offices and agencies, and news organizations.
Headquartered in New York City, the company also publishes Bloomberg Magazine and operates an all-news radio station and Bloomberg Television, a direct broadcast television channel delivering news, global market updates, sports and weather. Its show "Bloomberg Business News" airs on public television stations across the United States. The company also has launched "Bloomberg Small Business" and "Bloomberg Personal TV," two nationally syndicated news magazine programs airing on USA Network.
Mr. Bloomberg formerly was a general partner at Salomon Brothers, where he headed equity trading and sales, and later, systems development. He published his first book, "Bloomberg by Bloomberg," this year.
Christianity and Buddhism is topic of first Woodward Lecture
Joseph O'Leary, professor of English literature at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, will give the first Woodward Lecture of the year on the topic "The Crisis of Christianity and the Buddhist Response" on Wednesday, Sept. 17. His talk, sponsored by the religious studies department, will begin at 4 p.m. in Rm. 208 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The public is invited to the free event.
Born in Cork, Ireland, Professor O'Leary studied at Maynooth University in Ireland and at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in France. He has published both in French and in English on questions of literature and theology. His most recent work -- considered a radical breakthrough in ecumenical theology -- deals with religious pluralism, specifically the possible dialog between Buddhists and Christians. It appeared first in French under the title "La vétité chrétienne" and then in a substantially different version in English as "Religious Pluralism and Christian Truth." A member of the faculty at Sophia University since 1988, Professor O'Leary has been a visiting professor at Trinity College in Dublin, the University of Leuven in Belgium and Notre Dame University. He served 1984-86 as a research fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture.
Prize-winning author to speak as guest of Common Quest
Writer Madeleine L'Engle, author of the Newberry Award-winning children's book "A Wrinkle in Time," will give a free public talk on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Battell Chapel. Her lecture, titled "50 Billion Galaxies in a Grain of Rice," is presented by the Common Quest Foundation, an organization committed to deepening and broadening the spiritual life at Yale. Ms. L'Engle will also speak at a tea earlier that day at 4 p.m. in the Silliman College master's house, 71 Wall St.
In addition to "A Wrinkle in Time,"
Ms. L'Engle has authored more than 50 other books, ranging from science fiction to suspense and mystery novels, as well as poetry, plays, journals and personal reflections on Scripture and what it means to be Christian. Among her autobiographical works are "A Circle of Quiet" and "Two-Part Invention: The Story of Marriage," part of the four-volume "Crosswicks Journals." In addition to "A Wrinkle in Time," which along with "A Wind in the Door" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" is part of "The Time Trilogy," her other works of
fantasy are "The Sphinx at Dawn" and "Many Waters."
Her most recent works are "Bright Evening Star," about Scriptures, "Mothers and Daughters" and "Friends for the Journey," which she cowrote with Luci Shaw.
Ms. L'Engle has won numerous awards for her works, including the American Book Award and the National Religious Book Award. At age 79, she continues to write, and gives lectures throughout the country.
While on campus, she will also address students in the college seminar "20th-
Century Women's Spiritual Autobiography," taught by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Sister Jo-Ann Veillette and the Reverend Cynthia A. Terry.
Concert to feature Iranian classical composer
Hossein Alizadeh, who is considered one of the most prominent Iranian classical composers and virtuosos, will perform Persian classical music in a concert on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Performing with Mr. Alizadeh will be Kayhan Kalhor and pejman Haddadi. Tickets are $25. The event is sponsored by the Council on Middle East Studies, the Yale Persian Cultural Society and the Iranian Association of Connecticut.
Mr. Alizadeh's compositions and performances bring together classical Persian musical styles, as well as Iranian folk music and the musical expressions of the Sufi and other religious groups. He studied both in Tehran and Berlin, winning a position with the National Orchestra after completing his studies. He became the conductor and soloist of the Iranian National Orchestra of Radio and Television. He also has taught at Tehran University and the Tehran Music Conservatory. Since beginning a solo career he has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and has appeared on many radio and television programs, including Radio France and the BBC.
Recordings of his music are available on the compact discs "Neynava/Song of Compassion," "Raz-o-Niz," "Torkaman" and his latest work, the soundtrack for the movie "Gabbeh," which is now playing in the United States.
For more information and tickets, call Fereshteh Amanat at 776-1273.