Mondays at Beinecke: Revisiting Jethro Luke and Race and Slavery in 18th Century New Haven and Yale with Michael Morand
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3r0HHhk
General Public
Mondays at Beinecke: New Haven 1831 & What Could Have Been with Tubyez Cropper, Charles Warner, Jr., and Alvin Ashiatey
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A Mondays at Beinecke online gallery talk considering the story of the 1831 proposal for a college in New Haven that would have been America’s first HBCU. The talk is in conjunction with the release of a new documentary short film directed by Tubyez Cropper and narrated by Charles Warner, Jr., with design assistance from Alvin Ashiatey. Watch & share the short documentary on the Beinecke Library YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/gmXF3N62Olo
“Abolition: Where Do We Go From Here?”
A roundtable discussion with Robin D.G. Kelley, Derecka Purnell, and Garrett Felber
Moderated by Elizabeth Hinton
Mondays at Beinecke: Love Letters and Valentines from the Collections
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/33VvWjL
Will you be our Valentine?
Join us as library staff and friends will share some lively selections of love letters and valentines from the collections for you.
Mondays at Beinecke: Yale & Slavery Research – Student Perspectives, Part 1
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A presentation of research findings from three students in the Yale College fall 2021 seminar, “Slavery, Race, and Yale.”
Nathan Alan Davis: Windham-Campbell Prizes Virtual Festival
The sixth in a weekly series on Wednesdays at 12 noon ET featuring 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize Recipients in a 30-40 minute pre-recorded streaming video presentation featuring a live chat box, followed by a Zoom Q&A with that week’s featured writer. Future sessions include:
10/27 – Kate Briggs
11/3 – Dionne Brand
11/10 – The Windham-Campbell Lecture by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.
Mondays at Beinecke: Rachel Carson Notecards on Climate Change with Claire Barnes
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3vpl5br
Claire Barnes, a graduate student at Yale Divinity School, pursuing a Masters of Arts in Religion and Ecology, will discuss materials from the Rachel Carson Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Mondays at Beinecke:"Conditions of Contingency - a Convening" with Kenturah Davis
Zoom webinar link: https://bit.ly/3oWTayv
Kenturah Davis will discuss her artist book, “Conditions of Contingency - a Convening” (2021).
Davis is an artist working between Los Angeles and Accra (Ghana). Davis earned her BA from Occidental College and MFA Yale University School of Art. Davis was an inaugural artist fellow at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT. More information at her website: http://www.kenturah.com/-bio
Mondays at Beinecke: Science & Slavery at Yale with Eric Herschthal
Zoom webinar link: https://bit.ly/3mnU8kl
Mondays at Beinecke: Ron Padgett in Conversation with Karin Roffman
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A conversation flowing from “Dear Ron and Pat: Letters from Joe Brainard,” a case study drawn from the Ron Padgett Papers and part of the current exhibition, “Road Show: Travel Papers in American Literature,” curated by Nancy Kuhl.
