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Join Yale Public Humanities for a monthly discussion with renowned academic minds about current events regarding American democracy.
NHFPL Intro: Seth Godfrey, Adult Services Manager, Ives Main Library
Guest speaker: Crystal Feimster (Yale, African American Studies and History)
Join Crystal Feimster, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at Yale, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
NHFPL Intro: Delaney Kelly, Reference Staff Member
Guest speaker: Laura Briggs (UMass Amherst, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Join Laura Briggs, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
NHFPL Intro: Emmett McMullan, Reference Staff Member
Guest speaker: Laura Barraclough (Yale, American Studies)
Join Laura Barraclough, Professor of American Studies at Yale, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
NHFPL Intro: Isaac Shub, Reference Staff Member
Guest speaker: Josh Glick (MIT's Open Documentary Lab Fellow)
Join Josh Glick, MIT's Open Documentary Lab Fellow, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
NHFPL Intro: Luis Chavez-Brumell, NHFPL Deputy Director
Guest speaker: Courtney Martin (Yale Center for British Art Director)
Join Courtney Martin, Director of the Yale Center for British Art, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
NHFPL Intro: Emily Raymond, Reference Staff Member
Guest speaker: Jennifer Tucker (Wesleyan University, History)
Join Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of History at Wesleyan University, in conversation with Matthew Jacobson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program and the Sterling Professor of American Studies, History & African American Studies at Yale University.
AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Education and Lifelong Learning | Civic and Community Engagement |
TAGS: | Yale | Politics | Humanities | DIA | Democracy In America | Current Events |
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.
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