Income Inequality in the US: Economics, History, and Social Impact

Thursday, February 22 Income Inequality in the US: Economics, History, and Social Impact A panel discussion with Beverly Gage - American Studies, History Jacob Hacker - Political Science, Center for the Study of Inequality Robert Shiller - Economics Moderated by Matt Jacobson - American Studies, History (Departments of American Studies, Economics, History, and Political Science; Institution for Social and Policy Studies; and Whitney Humanities Center) In conjunction with the gallery exhibit “Trapped in the Middle: Photographs by Julian Fisher” 5:00pm, Auditorium

Wednesday, February 07 Seventh Satellite, Directors Aleksei German & Grigori Arnov Red Century: The Russian Revolution on Film (USSR, 1967) Introduced by Valeriia Mute, Slavic Languages and Literatures (Carnegie Corporation, European Studies Council, Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, MacMillan Center, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) Poster 7:00pm, Auditorium       Thursday, February 08 Atlantic Contradictions: The Spread of Democracy, Imperialism, and Independence in the American World Participants: Hugo Drochon, University of Cambridge, and Marcela Echeverri, Yale University (Jack Miller Center, Thomas W. Smith Fund, Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions, and Whitney Humanities Center) Read more 4:00pm, Room 208       Thursday, February 08 to Saturday, February 10 The Christians by Lucas Hnath A Senior Project in Theater Studies for  Hershel Holiday Directed by Hershel Holiday (Theater Studies and Whitney Humanities Center) Saturday performances at 2 and 8 pm For tickets and information, visit Yale Theater Studies’ page http://yaledramacoalition.org/thechristians Poster 8:00pm, Whitney (Black Box) Theater         Saturday, February 10 Being John Malkovich, Director Spike Jonze ((USA, 1999) 112 min. 35mm. print courtesy of the Yale Film Archive Introduced by a member of the Yale Film Society (Yale Film Society, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 7:00pm, Auditorium         Sunday, February 11 The Wedding Banquet, Director Ang Lee Treasures from the Yale Film Archive (Taiwan, 1993) 106 min. 35mm. (Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 2:00pm, Auditorium       Wednesday, February 14 Raymond Aron, Liberalism, and the Question of Antisemitism The Benjamin (Yale 1962) and Barbara Zucker Lecture Series Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Yale University (Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism and Whitney Humanities Center) Read more 4:00pm, Romance Language Lounge, 82-90 Wall St       Wednesday, February 14 The Emperor Jones, Director Dudley Murphy Treasures from the Yale Film Archive (USA, 1933), 80 min. 35mm. (FSC print) (Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 7:00pm, Auditorium       Thursday, February 15 Botticelli’s Dante: The Lost Drawings and the Discovery of the Renaissance Joseph Luzzi, Bard College (Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund at Yale University, Department of Italian, and Whitney Humanities Center) Read more 5:30pm, Room 208       Friday, February 16 Cheap Nature and Its Discontents: Toward an Ecology of Hope CHESS Workshop Jason W. Moore, Binghamton University (European Studies Council at the MacMillan Center, and Whitney Humanities Center) Read more 12:00pm, Room 208         Friday, February 16 Sound of Ill Days, Director Rojo Robles CLAIS Filmmakers Series (USA, 2017) 81 min. Introduced by the director (Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at The MacMillan Center, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 7:00pm, Auditorium       Saturday, February 17 to Sunday, February 18 Imaging Encounters: Documentary Impulses and Biomedical Tracings The Aggressive Image: A Film and Media Studies Graduate Conference Keynote Address: Rahul Mukherjee, University of Pennsylvania (Council on East Asian Studies, Film Study Center, Film and Media Studies Program, History of Art, Dean’s Fund for Student Symposia, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) Full program on Saturday Full program on Sunday Poster Auditorium       Thursday, February 22 Income Inequality in the US: Economics, History, and Social Impact A panel discussion with Beverly Gage - American Studies, History Jacob Hacker - Political Science, Center for the Study of Inequality Robert Shiller - Economics Moderated by Matt Jacobson - American Studies, History (Departments of American Studies, Economics, History, and Political Science; Institution for Social and Policy Studies; and Whitney Humanities Center) In conjunction with the gallery exhibit “Trapped in the Middle: Photographs by Julian Fisher” 5:00pm, Auditorium       Thursday, February 22 Native Son, Director Pierre Chenal (USA, 1951) 107 min. 35mm, preserved by Library of Congress Introduced by Melissa Barton, Curator of American Prose and Drama, Beinecke Library, with discussion to follow In conjunction with “Native Son on Stage and Screen” in “  : The Art of Collaboration” on view at Beinecke Library January 19–April 15 (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 7:00pm, Auditorium       Sunday, February 11 The Wedding Banquet, Director Ang Lee Treasures from the Yale Film Archive (Taiwan, 1993) 106 min. 35mm. (Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale) 2:00pm, Auditorium Read more