Democracy in America Film Series
(USA, 2012) 106 min.
Talk back with Kathryn Dudley, Anthropology and American Studies
(320 York Humanities and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
For a list of films and speakers for the full series, click here, http://democracyinamerica.yale.edu/
Democracy in America Film Series
(USA, 1974) 113 min.
Talk back with Michael Denning, American Studies and English
(320 York Humanities and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
The Franke Visiting Fellow Lecture
Steven Meyer, Washington University
“Spiral to the Stars: Mvskoke Tools of Futurity”
Dr. Laura Harjo (Mvskoke)
Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico
Tuesday, December 3
4:30pm
WLH 116
Inquiries to: laura.barraclough@yale.edu
Gallery Talk with Michelle Morgan and Martha Wilette Lewis (resident curator at the Institute Library and past Artist-in-Residence at the Yale Quantum Institute)
(Gallery at the Whitney)
Professor Mary Lui’s lecture at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, originally scheduled for this evening, has been POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. An alternate date and time will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Mr. Saund Goes to Washington” This talk discusses the historic 1956 election of Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Congress. Mary Lui will discuss the political, cultural, and social significance of Saund’s campaign and victory in the context of the 1950s Cold War.
“Democracy in America: The History of Our Time and Place” provides two years of linked programming, research projects, performances, installations, seminars, panels, workshops, and interdisciplinary courses that convene the community for important intellectual and civic exchanges.
