“Does Post-Democracy Need Universities? Higher Education After 2020”
Christopher Newfield in Conversation with Matt Jacobson.
Part of the ongoing “Democracy in America” @ the NHFPL series
Christopher Newfield is a professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class and Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
Login: Link to join Webinar April 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
https://yale.zoom.us/j/97114054393
For more info contact Seth Godfrey
203-946-7450
AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-17) | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Education and Lifelong Learning | Civic and Community Engagement |
TAGS: | Universities | politics | history | Democracy in America | cultural history | book discussion |
The Ives Main Library, designed by renowned architect, Cass Gilbert in 1911, is a cornerstone of the historic New Haven Green. The facility is a community treasure and features unique design details, including several WPA-era murals. Ives is open 54 hours a week, Monday-Saturday, and houses major public service departments for children and teens as well as adult reference, a computer tech center and Ives Squared, a newly renovated space for innovation and entrepreneurship.