Undergraduate

Daphne A. Brooks in Conversation with Matt Jacobson.
Part of the ongoing “Democracy in America” @ the NHFPL series.
Zoom Webinar Link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/96709040404

The meritocratic ideal—that people should get ahead based on their own accomplishments rather than their parents’ social class—has become our age’s literal common sense. Both Democrats and Republicans, even as they agree on almost nothing else, insist that meritocracy gives everyone fair shot at success and place it at the heart of the American Dream. However, Markovits argues that meritocracy is a sham.

2019-20 Terry Lectures delivered by Karen Barad, Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Professor Mary Lui’s lecture at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, originally scheduled for this evening, has been POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. An alternate date and time will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Mr. Saund Goes to Washington” This talk discusses the historic 1956 election of Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Congress. Mary Lui will discuss the political, cultural, and social significance of Saund’s campaign and victory in the context of the 1950s Cold War.