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Mary Newell and Dr. Carolyn Cates Kovel, who are members of the clinical faculty in the department of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, will be the featured speakers in the Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology's fall conference. The conference, titled "Sadomasochism Reconsidered," will explore the notion of "perversity" in relation to sexuality and psychopathology. It will take place on Saturday,
Sept. 27, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave. The event is open to all members of the society. Membership is open to all mental health professionals for $40 and to graduate students for $20. For further information on the conference, call Angelica Kaner, conference registrar, at 776-1499.

Members of the faculty will be the speakers in seven out of the eight talks in the fall series of "Books Sandwiched In," noon-hour book discussions sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. Upcoming book discussions, which take place on Thursdays, will be presented by Cynthia Russett, professor of history, who will discuss Sam Tanenhaus' "Whittaker Chambers" on Oct. 2, and Gaddis Smith, the Larned Professor of History, who will talk about Alan Gurney's book "Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699-1839" on Oct. 9. The book discussions, which are free and open to the public, are held 12:10-
12:50 p.m. at the United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets. Those attending are invited to bring their own lunch; coffee, tea and cookies will be available in the basement of the church 11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Dr. Benjamin S. Carson '73, the world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon who was recently elected an alumni trustee of the University, will be the featured speaker Oct. 5 at "Beautillion 1997," an event presented by the Mount Zion Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the Rose Cotillion Committee to raise funds for the building of the Mt. Zion Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Hamden. The event will be held 1-
6 p.m. at Woodwinds, 29 Schoolground Rd., Branford. Dr. Carson, who heads the department of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, gained worldwide attention when he successfully separated conjoined twins. He is also well-known for his charitable and community service work. Tickets to "Beautillion 1997," are $50; $100 for VIP tickets, in advance. For ticket reservations, call 288-1136.

President Richard C. Levin has appointed T.N. Srinivasan, the Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics, as chair of the department of economics, effective through June 30, 2000. Professor Srinivasan has served as director of the division of social sciences and more recently was director of the Economic Growth Center. Economics professor Robert Evenson will succeed Professor Srinivasan in that post. In addition, President Levin has announced that Merton J. Peck, the Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Professor of Economics, will assist Professor Srinivasan in his new post as deputy chair of the economics department.

Also appointed to a new post at the University is David Ake Sensabaugh, who has been named curator of Asian art at the Yale University Art Gallery. Mr. Sensabaugh comes to Yale from Columbia University, where he was assistant professor in the department of art history and archaeology. At Columbia, he curated the exhibition "'O Soul, Come Back!' The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb," and he has written and lectured extensively on Chinese art. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Life at Jade Mountain: Painting and Scholarly Life in Late Yuan China."

Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English, received a prestigious honor this summer when he became only the second American to win the Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Prize (former Yale faculty member Karl Young won the prize in 1941). The prize, established in 1924, is awarded by The British Academy for either published work or original investigations connected with English language or literature. In presenting the award, Sir Keith Thomas, president of The British Academy, called Professor Robinson "the leading scholar concerned with Anglo-Saxon literature currently working in the United States," adding, "his work combines philological expertise with critical originality."


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