THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

 All events are free and open to the public at the location indicated.

For information, dinner reservations and directions, phone the CAAS office at (203) 432-3113 ext. 2 or email to:
caas.membership@yale.edu.
 

Dinner reservations are required by Thursday prior to meeting. Any cancellations must be received by that date in order for us to refund dinner cost.    

 

Click here for Past Meeting Minutes & Lecture Précis



Wednesday, September 14, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"Who Won the Second World War? The Role of Middle Management"

Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"Robert Hooke, London's Leonardo"

J. Michael McBride, Richard M. Colgate Professor of Chemistry, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 New Haven Lawn Club

"The Chinese Idyll of Franklin D. Roosevelt"

Ronald Heiferman Professor of History, Quinnipiac University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Our Polarized Party System and the Election of 2012:the Outlook for American Democracy"

Arthur Paulson, Professor of Political Science, Southern Connecticut State University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Subject to be announced"

Robert Stepto, Professor of English and African American Studies, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

"Unsolved Problems in Elementary Mathematics"

Dr. Jeremy Teitelbaum, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut

Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)

Bishop Center, Room 7
University of Connecticut
1 Bishop Circle
Storrs, CT 06269
(parking available on-site)


Following the lecture all are invited to join us (Dutch) at Blue Oak Café at the Nathan Hale Inn at the University of Connecticut, 855 Bolton Road, Storrs 06268. Reservations are required by 2:00 p.m. on March 20. Call U.Conn. to reserve, not the restaurant.
TELEPHONE the U.Conn. office at 860/486-3639 or EMAIL maryann.markowski@uconn.edu (Telephone for Blue Oak Café : 860-427-7888; but call U.Conn., to reserve.)

This website provides a map and tabs for directions to the University of Connecticut: http://admissions.uconn.edu/virtualtour/search/
Parking: available on-site


Directions from New Haven, CT to 1 Bishop Circle (Bishop Center), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT About 60 miles.
Take I-91 N toward Hartford go 36.2 mi total 37.0 mi.
Take exit 29 to merge onto CT-15 N/US-5 N toward I-84 E/E Hartford/Boston go 0.5 mi
Continue onto CT-15 N About 2 mins go 1.5 mi
Merge onto I-84 E About 17 mins go 16.1 mi
Take exit 68 for CT-195 toward Tolland/Mansfield go 0.2 mi Turn right onto CT-195 S/Merrow Rd (signs for Connecticut 195 S/Mansfield/University of Connecticut)
Continue to follow CT-195 S About 14 mins go 7.6 mi
Turn left at Mansfield Rd About 1 min go 302 feet
Take the 1st left onto Bishop Cir. Destination will be on the right go 141 ft.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Wesleyan University

"Why the Tea Party of 1773 Achieved More Than the Tea Party of 2012"

Elvin Lim, Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
location to be announced.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 New Haven Lawn Club

"Gold"

Brian Skinner Professor Emeritus, Geology, Yale University

Reception (cash bar) at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. for members and guests ($45 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.