THE YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE
October 12, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Academic Information. 1
Important Dates and Deadlines for Fall Semester 2008. 2
Application for Extended Concentrated MAR Program.. 2
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Day at YDS. 2
Lectures and Events. 2
Annand Programs: 2
Office of International Students and Scholars: Winter
Clothing Drive. 3
Ministry Resource Center 3
Dean’s Monthly Open House Reception. 3
Accordance Bible Software Training Seminar is coming to
YDS! 3
ISLAMophobia! And the US Presidential Elections: Panel
Discussion on Obsession Video and Ohio Mosque Attack 3
Library Flash Drive Raffle. 3
Upcoming Events at the Overseas Ministry Study Center 3
Lecture: "An Almost Christian Nation? Constitutional
Consequences of the Rise of the Religious Right" by Rogers Smith 3
UNION DAYS: Exciting Events at Union Theological Seminary. 3
Help Needed for Veteran’s Day Activities at Somersville
Church. 3
1936: Film Fronts: A conference hosted by the European
Studies Council at Yale University. 3
Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South Essay
Contest 3
Prayers for Lifting Women’s Voices. 3
Rumi and The Whirling Dervishes from Turkey. 3
Thomas Lecture: “Re-Envisioning the Civil Rights
Movement: Courts, Communities, and Legal Liberalism” by Professor Tomiko
Brown-Nagin. 3
STOMP the VIOLENCE II: Greek Step Show.. 3
Take Back the Night: Breaking the Silence. 3
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- October 22
is the last day to drop a course. Courses dropped after October 22 will
have a grade of “F” or “NC” automatically recorded.
- December
19 is the official end of the term, and all work is due by that date.
Faculty may set earlier deadlines if they wish. In exceptional
circumstances, such as illness or family crisis, the instructor may grant
an extension until February 9. After February 9, all requests for further
extensions must be submitted to the Professional Studies Committee
An application for admission to
the extended degree program must include:
1. Your name.
2. Address and e-mail
address.
3. Area of concentration.
4. A statement
explaining why you wish to extend a concentrated M.A.R. program.
5. A letter of
recommendation from at least one faculty member in the field in which the
degree program is concentrated.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
TO GRACE CHAO, ROOM N122, SEABURY 1st floor, BY October 15, 2008. -- Emilie
Townes, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
CPE centers are now receiving
applications for Summer 2009. If you are considering CPE for this summer, or
any time during your YDS career, you should attend this meeting; it’s only
offered once a year. For application forms and directories, see www.acpe.edu.
Wednesday,
November 5, 2008
12:30 –
Informational meeting in Niebuhr Hall
1:00 –
Individual conversations in the Sarah Smith Gallery with CPE supervisors from Connecticut and New York
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- Quiet Day: A brother from the Society of St. John the
Evangelist (SSJE) will lead a retreat open to the entire YDS community for
prayer and renewal.
Saturday
November 1 (8:00-2:30 PM)
- Art and Soul Workshop: Annand Spiritual Director, Harriet
Carew, will again offer this popular workshop in which artists and
non-artists alike may discover freedom in creating soul art as a focus for
individual meditation and inner journeying.
Saturday, October
25
- Second and Third Year Students: Spiritual Direction:
Annand connects students with trained spiritual directors from a variety
of theological traditions all of whom share a commitment to the
confidentiality and boundaries. Meetings are monthly.
For all Annand programs contact: Jane Stickney (jbstickney@juno.com or sign-up sheet near
S-105)
Divinity School donations for the OISS Winter Clothing Drive
can be left with Dale Peterson or Mike Giaquinto in the Office of Student
Affairs through Monday, October 27.
Ministry Resource Center
For your planning:
For you papers, projects, internships…..ask us for what you
need!
Come take a Time Out from the books and get to know your
Associate Deans: You are invited to join us for the Deans' Monthly Open House,
a reception hosted by Dean Peterson, Dean Ramirez, Dean Townes. Come for food,
fellowship, and fun.
Monday, October 20 (4:00-5:00PM)
Student Services Wing (1st Floor
Seabury)
Sessions are *FREE* for YDS students & faculty, if you
pre-register at least 5 days in advance. Seating is limited, however, so
register with Suzanne.Estelle-Holmer@yale.edu as soon as possible. You can
register for the morning or the afternoon session or both. This is a wonderful
opportunity to learn the program with the people who developed it and know it
best. (www.accordancebible.com)
Saturday, November 15 (9:00AM –
5:00 PM)
Morning: Interface
concepts and basic searching
Afternoon: Advanced searching,
Greek and Hebrew tools and graphic sources
Niebuhr Hall, Yale Divinity School
ISLAMophobia!
And the US Presidential Elections: Panel Discussion on
Obsession Video and Ohio Mosque Attack
- "Extreme Right Wing Group Dumps 28 Million Terror
Scare DVDs in Swing States"
- "Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Ohio Mosque"
- "Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?"
Tuesday, October 14, (7:00-9:00 PM)
LC 317
Refreshments Will Be Served
Library Flash Drive Raffle
In celebration of Theological Libraries Month, the Divinity
Library will be raffling off 20 red and blue flash drives inscribed with the
library's name and web address. Each drive holds 512 MB. You can enter the
drawing to receive one these flash drives by attending one or more of the
library instructional sessions (see below) being offered throughout the month
of October, including the weekly drop-in hours in Room L-107 on Tuesdays, 4-5
pm and Thursdays 9-10 am. The Divinity Library will be offering the following
instructional sessions in October:
How to Find Journal Articles
Tuesday, October 21 (12:30-1:20PM)
RefWorks
Thursday, October 23 (12:30-1:20PM)
BibleWorks
Tuesday, October 28 (12:30-1:20PM)
Research and Writing Tips
Thursday, October 30 (12:30-1:20PM)
Dr. Jesudas Athyal,
Department of Social Analysis, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and
Research Institute, Chennai, India. The Conversion Debate in India: >From Tambaram to the Present.
October
17 (12:30PM)
Dr. Volker Küster, Protestant
Theological University, Kampen, The Netherlands. The Many Faces of Jesus Christ
in Asian Christian Art.
October
21, (7:30PM)
Professor Andrew F. Walls,
Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. World War II and the Transformation of the
Church: The Importance of the First Post-War Generation.
November
7 (12:30PM)
Dr. Maina Chawla Singh,
College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, India, Spatializing Mission: Understanding Gender and Space in Cross-cultural Missionary Encounters in
Colonial India.
November 11
(7:30PM)
Dr. Diane B, Stinton,
Theology in African Christianity program, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya, and OMSC senior mission scholar. Mary of Nazareth: Exemplar of Biblical Spirituality for Africa Today.
November
18, (7:30PM)
Dr. Dong Wang, East-West
Institute of International Studies, Gordon College,Wenham, Massachusetts.
“Protestantism and the Chinese Communist Party as an Issue in U.S.-China
Relations.”
November 21
(12:30PM)
The public is invited to the
Overseas Ministries Study Center Christmas Reception.
December
10 (4:00-6:00PM)
All events at 490 Prospect St (www.OMSC.org).
The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, &
Society (www.yale.edu/macmillan/rps)
welcomes: Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of
Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Penn
Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism. He was elected as an
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow in 2004. Professor Smith centers
his research on constitutional law, American political thought, and modern
legal and political theory, with special interests in questions of citizenship,
race, ethnicity and gender. His recent publications include "Religious
Rhetoric and the Ethics of Public Discourse: The Case of George W. Bush,"
Political Theory 36 (2008).
Tuesday, October 14th
(12:00-1:20PM)
8 Prospect Place, Room 119
A series of upcoming concerts and lectures at Union Theological
Seminary throughout the month of October (www.utsnyc.edu/uniondays), including
former YDS professors and Union President, Serene Jones.
Following a flag ceremony a Somersville church, whose
resources are spread very thin will host a Church Supper for all members of the
Somersville community. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/schummi/sets/72157607420136602/
)/ Contact Brent Damrow for more information (brent.damrow@yale.edu)
November 8 (8:00AM-2:00PM)
Newsreels and rare archival prints from across Europe in the
year of the Spanish Civil War, the Berlin Olympics, the Soviet Show Trials, and
the Popular Front. Films are subtitled in English or translated. Open to the
public for free. (http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/europeanstudies/#)
October 16 - 18, 2008
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South Essay Contest
The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South is
sponsoring its sixth essay contest. Women eighteen years of age and older may
submit previously unpublished nonfiction essays of 1400 words or less. Essays
should focus on or exemplify feminist perspectives on spirituality and daily
life. We want women to write about their lives, grace, how they experience God,
or how they make it through the hard places. No sermons, please. The limit is
two essays per person. Submit four double-spaced copies of each essay. Do not
put your name on the essay. Attach a cover letter with the title of the essay(s),
your name, address, phone number, and e-mail. Submissions must be made by mail
and will not be returned. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Submissions must be postmarked by November 15, 2008. Mail
submissions to:
RCWMS Essay Contest
1202 Watts Street
Durham, NC 27701
The book of prayers Lifting Women’s Voices is a way
that all of us can pray for a creative realization of the Millennium
Development Goals, which affect women everywhere. You can connect with women
across the globe, and turn your prayer into a powerful witness for the MDGs, by
submitting your prayer by October 15. Please see the email below for more
information. Send your prayer to prayers@cpg.org.
The internationally recognized sacred Whirling Ceremony,
known as SEMA, will be preceded by a dramatic reading from the poetry of one of
the world's great poet-saint-geniuses, Jelaluddin Rumi. This event centers
around the unique expression of a deep love between human and divine, between
lover and Beloved, communicated through the remarkable poetry of Rumi and the
spiritual practice of whirling that he inspired almost eight hundred years
ago. This event is presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and is made
possible with the support of the Mayor and City of Konya, Turkey and the International Mevlana Foundation.
October 26 (4:00PM)
Tomiko Brown-Nagin ’97 Professor of Law, Professor of
History and the F. Palmer Weber Research Professor in Civil Liberties and Human
Rights University of Virginia Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American
Legal History at Harvard Law School will deliver the Thomas Lecture,
“Re-Envisioning the Civil Rights Movement: Courts, Communities, and Legal
Liberalism.”
Monday, November 3, 2008 (4:30PM)
Yale Law School (Room 127)
The proceeds go towards many community programs including Delta Academy which is a mentoring program for adolescent girls 11-18 that takes place monthly
at Celentano Academy. This year there are over 50 girls involved in the
program. At the step show, there will be high school, collegiate and alumnae
teams, so it is for all ages. Although I will not be stepping, I have
choreographed the routine for the Delta Academy Team. So come out and see them
all. Tickets: $20 (Adults) $10 (12 and under). For tickets, just email me by
Oct. 20 at shakira.sanchez-collins@yale.edu
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Hillhouse High School Auditorium
480 Sherman Parkway
New Haven, CT
Take Back the Night service and candlelight vigil to break
the silence in open prayer and reflection. All students, faculty and staff are
invited to offer testimonials of their own or on behalf of others who have
experienced sexualized violence. Readings of poetry, sacred texts, short
stories are welcome as well. If you would like someone to read your
testimonial on your behalf, you may submit your reflection in one of the
testimonial boxes around the quad. Boxes will be located in the Common room,
outside Marquand Chapel, outside the Annand room, and in the Chaplain’s office
downtown. Contact sv223@pantheon.yale.edu or rpl24@pantheon.yale.edu if you
would like to offer other readings of your choice.
Thursday, October 23 (7:00-9:00PM)
Sterling Divinity Quad