Please join us for Greco-Roman Lunch on Monday, February 15th at 12:15pm. Chris Kraus will present.
The lunch will take place in the Fellows’ Dining Room at Saybrook College. The presentation begins at 12:15, and lunch is served starting from 11:45am.
Series on Jewish Thought in the Twelfth Century revolving around the issue of the creation of the world - introduction and Ibn Ezra, Judah Hadassi (the Karaite), Judah Halevi, & Rambam presented by Daniel Lasker, Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting Professor
A talk by Israeli journalist, scholar and author, RUVIK ROSENTHAL, on Wednesday, February 10th at 5 pm.
Professor Terry Lautz, Moynihan Research Fellow at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, will discuss his new book (Oxford, 2016), the first authoritative study of John Birch, who was a missionary and soldier in China during the Second World War.
Professor Jimmy Lee of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Dean of Students at New Asia College will take you through the unique community spawned out of the Umbrella Movement of 2014 in Hong Kong.
Lunarfest is a day-long event offering arts and cultural programs for adults and children of all ages in celebration of the Lunar New Year, kicking off with the Lion Dance down Whitney Avenue!
Peter Fenves of Northwestern University will deliver a lecture titled “Toward Messianic Nature: From Hermann Cohen’s Erkenntniskritik to Benjamin’s Untitle Fragments” on Thursday, February 4th at 11:30 am. Location TBA
Paul North (Germanic Languages and Literatures, Yale University)
in conversation with
Paul Franks (Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Judaic Studies, Yale University)
Session 1 (Wednesday, Feb 3rd): Black Athena, Predecessors, and Successors
