All
events are free and open to the public at the location indicated.
Car-pooling: SCSU, Harvey Feinberg, (203) 389-2784; Trinity,
Jonathan Elukin, (860) 297-2388; UCONN, Bruce Stave, (860) 486-6102;
Quinnipiac, Kathleen McCourt, (203) 389-9665; Wesleyan, Peter
Frenzel, (860) 347-5180
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.
Previous
Meeting Minutes & Lecture Précis
Wednesday September 19,
2007, New Haven Lawn Club
"The Elusive Mr.
Kipling"
Paul Kennedy, The Richard
Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University
Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn
Club.
Meeting
Minutes & Lecture Précis
Sunday,
October 21, 2007, So. Conn. State University, New Haven
Free Classical Music
Concert
The two and one half hour
concert will feature twenty artists from the Yale School of Music,
Juilliard School, Moscow State Conservatory, Oberlin, SUNY, SCSU,
Mannes College, and faculty from the Neighborhood Music School,
Suzuki School of Music, Hartt School of Music and members of
an area Symphony and Chamber musicians.
The program will appeal to
all ages
Concert is at 2:30 pm in the Garner Recital Hall
in Engleman Hall on the
Campus of
Southern Connecticut State University
Fitch Street, New Haven, CT
Admission is free. Patron Donations
may be sent to CAAS, PO Box 208211, New Haven, CT 06520-8211.
Thursday, October 23, 2007,
Trinity College, Hartford
"Reflections of
Thirty Years at the Watkinson Library: Rare Books and the Liberal
Arts"
Jeffery Kaimowitz, Curator
of Rare Books, Watkinson Library, Trinity College
Lecture at 4:30 p.m.
(FREE open
to the public)
followed by reception and dinner at 6:15 p.m. for members and
guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Reese Room, Smith House, Vernon Street,
Trinity College, Hartford
Meeting
Minutes & Lecture Précis
Wednesday, November 7,
2007, Quinnipiac University, Hamden
"The Rhetoric of
Apartheid"
Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Scholar in Residence,
Quinnipiac University
Senior Lecturer, University of Tel Aviv
Research Fellow in the Program for Human Rights and Justice,
M.I.T.
Reception at 5:00
p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
Mancheski Seminar Room,
Lender School of Business
Quinnipac University,
Hamden
Meeting
Minutes & Lecture Précis
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, New Haven Lawn Club
"Violence and
Fear: Challenges to Listening and Recovering"
Lessons Learned From Collaborations Between Mental Health and
Law Enforcement
Steven Marans, M.S.W.,
Ph.D., Professor of
Child Psychiatry and Psychiatry
Director, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn
Club.
Wednesday, January
16, 2008, So. Conn. State University, New Haven
"The Cancer of
Ethnic Conflict Internationally: Causes and Cures"
Harvey M. Feinberg, Professor Emeritus of History
Southern Connecticut State University
The cancer of ethnic hatred
has affected millions of people during the past hundred years.
This disease has disrupted human existence around the world through
discrimination and forced migration or, in extreme cases, humiliation
and the slaughter of innocent civilians as a result of excessive
violence. This lecture will examine the causes of ethnic conflict
as well as the possibilities for diminished ethnic violence in
countries divided by race, religion, and culture.
Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
Wednesday, February 13,
2008, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
"Doing Evil for
Good Reasons: The Psychology of Legitimized Aggression"
Karl Scheibe, Professor of Psychology, emeritus,
Wesleyan University
Lecture at 5:15 p.m. (FREE
open to
the public) in the
McKelvey Room, 70 Wyllys
Avenue (Admissions Office), Wesleyan University
followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
Wesleyan University, Middletown
Tuesday, March 25, 2008, New Haven Lawn Club
"Babies BY Design"
Alan DeCherney, M.D., Director Reproductive Biology
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Reception at 5:00 p.m.
Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn
Club.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, University of Connecticut, Storrs
"Reading Teens Reading Shakespeare:
the Case of the Animated Tales"
Gregory Semenza,
Associate Professor of English, The University of Connecticut
Lecture at 4:30 p.m. (FREE
open to
the public)
followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp.
reservations required)
The University of Connecticut, Storrs
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, New Haven Lawn Club
"To be announced"
John Hollander, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English,
Yale University
Poet Laureate, State of Connecticut
Location: New Haven Lawn Club,
193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to
the public).
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations
required)
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn
Club.
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