April 24, 2019 | Meeting 1474 | "Clear Light and Shining Ruins" presented by Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Wesleyan University

Within a few months after its invention in 1839, photography was being used to depict the monuments of Classical antiquity...
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March 26, 2019 | Meeting 1473 | "Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France" presented by Vincent J. Pitts, Quinnipiac University

Vincent J. Pitts, Department of History, Quinnipiac University will speak about the trial (1661-1664) of Nicolas Fouquet.  ...

February 21, 2019 | Meeting 1472 | David Pettigrew, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University will present, "Trouble in the Balkans: Republika Srpska and the Failure of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina"

In 1992, Republika Srpska declared itself as an autonomous territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the next three years...

January 16, 2019 | Meeting 1471 | “Garbing Gods on the Big Screen: Cultural Nationalism and Fashion in Hip-Hop Cinema" presented by Siobhan Carter-David, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, SCSU

“Garbing Gods on the Big Screen: Cultural Nationalism and Fashion in Hip-Hop Cinema” explores how film directors in the...

November 14, 2018 | Meeting 1470 | Dr. Springer, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease will present “The Intersection of the criminal justice system, HIV, and the opioid epidemic in the United States"

Dr. Springer, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, is an expert in...
Lila Wolff-Wilkinson, M.A., M.F.A., D.F.A.

October 9, 2018 | Meeting 1469 | Lila Wolff-Wilkinson presents "Theatre Skills Are Life Skills: Performing Medicine"

Lila Wolff Wilkinson, M.A., M.F.A., D.F.A. is Founder & Director of Performing Your Profession. She has developed a...
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September 12, 2018 | Meeting 1468 | "A World of Eyes" Presented by Timothy Goldsmith, Yale University

This talk explored the diversity of eyes as a microcosm of how many morphological forms can evolve in the service of a...