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Public Humanities @ Yale | E-Newsletter | September 2021


Greetings from the Public Humanities @ Yale team! We are excited to kick off our fall 2021 programming with four virtual conversations in our Democracy in America series, an ongoing collaboration with the New Haven Free Public Library.

On September 28, join Gabriel Winant (University of Chicago) and Matt Jacobson for a discussion on Winant's research into the U.S. health care economy and deindustrialization: "From Factory Town to Hospital Town: Labor and Democracy in the Rustbelt." More details and Zoom registration link below. 

Stay tuned for more Democracy in America conversations throughout the fall with Daniel HoSang, Elizabeth Hinton, and Mia Bay. Dates/times and more information listed below.

We are also excited to share this month's new "Puzzling the Humanities" crossword, "Residential Collage," created by Matthew Stock, Yale College '18, and Rachel Fabi, Yale College '11.

As always, please don't hesitate to contact us at publichumanities@yale.edu. We look forward to hearing from you.

North Side of Crown Street, Between Temple and Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1959
"North Side of Crown Street, Between Temple and Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1959," New Haven Free Public Library Digital Collections.

Fall Webinar Events

WEBINARS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Photo of Gabriel Winant

Tuesday, September 28  |  7:00–8:00pm EDT
"From Factory Town to Hospital Town: Labor and Democracy in the Rustbelt"

Gabriel Winant in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Part of the ongoing Democracy in America @ the NHFPL series.

Photo of Daniel HoSang

Tuesday, October 26  |  7:00–8:00pm EDT
"A Wider Type of Freedom: How Struggles for Justice Liberate Everyone"

Daniel HoSang in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Part of the ongoing Democracy in America @ the NHFPL series.

Registration link available soon.

Photo of Elizabeth Hinton

Tuesday, November 9  |  7:00–8:00pm EST

"America on Fire: Police Violence and Black Rebellion since 1968"

Elizabeth Hinton in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Part of the ongoing Democracy in America @ the NHFPL series.

Registration link available soon.

Photo of Mia Bay

Tuesday, December 7  |  7:00–8:00pm EST

"Traveling Black: Race and Resistance on on the Road, the Rails, and the Skyways"

Mia Bay in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Part of the ongoing Democracy in America @ the NHFPL series.

Registration link available soon.

News

Some highlights of Public Humanities affiliated faculty,
graduate students in the certificate program, and alumni:

Nancy Kuhl, Curator of Poetry at the Beinecke Library's Yale Collection of American Literature, has opened a new exhibition, Road Show: Travel Papers in American LiteratureThe exhibition was the subject of a Public Humanities micro-credential on digital exhibitions in the spring 2021 semester. Kuhl will discuss the exhibition in the Mondays at Beinecke series on Monday, September 20, 2021 (today!), at 4:00pm EDT. More details and registration available here.

Paul Sabin, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale, published a new book this summer, Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism. The book was reviewed by The New York Times, which also ran a recent op-ed from Sabin, "How Liberals Can Attack From the Left — and Win." Sabin was the featured speaker in our January 26, 2021, Democracy in America event, "Thinking Historically about the Future of Energy and Climate."

Andy Horowitz, Associate Professor of History at Tulane University, recently published an op-ed in The New York Times, "Hurricane Ida Offers a Glimpse of the Dystopia That’s Coming for All of Us." Horowitz was the featured speaker in our September 22, 2020, Democracy in America event, "Katrina, A History: 1915–2015."

Daphne Brooks, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Music at Yale, has won the 2021 MAAH STONE book award for her book, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound. Read the award announcement here. Brooks was the featured speaker in our February 23, 2021, Democracy in America event, "The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound."

Puzzling The Humanities

Click the "START THE PUZZLE" button below to play our September crossword puzzle: "Residential Collage." This month's puzzle was created by Matthew Stock, Yale College '18, and Rachel Fabi, Yale College '11.

Monthly puzzler

From The Archive

Culture and Its Publics: Museums and Pedagogy
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From the Archive

In March of this year, Key Jo Lee joined 2020–21 Public Humanities Fellow Swagato Chakravorty in a dialogue on "Museums and Pedagogy," as part of the series Culture and its Publics, conceived and organized by Chakravorty. Their conversation offers rich reflections on the changing role of education in art museums and its complex relationship to curatorial work, DEIA initiatives, and public history.

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