Poynter Events

2020

Kate Kelly and Robin Pogrebin

Reporters, New York Times

February 18, 2020 - 6:30pm

A Conversation with Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly

WLH 207 See map

100 Wall St.

Co-sponsored by The Yale Politic

George Takei

Actor and Activist

February 18, 2020 - 4:30pm

Democracy Lost: George Takei’s Childhood Behind Barbed Wire

Pauli Murray Head of College House See map

100 Sachem St.

International Festival of Arts & Ideas 10th Annual Visionary Leadership Award

The annual Visionary Leadership Award is presented to a leader whose trailblazing work is impacting the world. It was created in honor of Arts & Ideas co-founder Jean Handley, a beloved champion of the arts in the New Haven community. Proceeds from the Visionary Leadership Award Luncheon support work that represents the values and passions of Handley, including world- and US- premieres and community-centered performances.

Additional details can be found at https://www.artidea.org/visionary-leadership-award-luncheon

Isaac Stanley-Becker '16

Reporter, Washington Post; Class of '16 Former Editor-in-Chief, YDN

February 17, 2020 - 4:00pm

Reporting on Politics Amid Disinformation and Fake News

Jonathan Edwards College See map

70 High St.

7:00pm

A conversation with Isaac Stanley Becker on covering the presidential campaigns

Co-sponsored by The Politic

LC 211 See map

63 High St.

Feras Fayyad

Syrian Film Director, Producer, Writer, Editor and Cinematographer

February 13, 2020 - 7:00pm

Screening of THE CAVE - 2020 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary; Q&A to follow with Dr. Amani Ballour and Director Feras Fayyad

Whitney Humanities Center See map

53 Wall St.

Co-sponsored by: National Geographic Documentary Film, Film and Media Studies Program, Whitney Humanities Center, Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale, the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration Program, Public Humanities at Yale, Yale Institute for Global Health, and MacMillan Center Council on Middle Eastern Studies

Meera Subramanian

Award-Winning Freelance Journalist

February 10, 2020 - 4:00pm

Eco Swaraj: Can India Achieve Environmental Self-Rule?

Sterling Memorial Library, Memorabilia Room See map

120 High St.

Dan Chiasson and Parul Sehgal

The Yale Review 200th Anniversary Festival

February 5, 2020 - 6:00pm

Writers at Work: Critics: Who Needs Them?

Branford Common Room See map

74 High St.

Parul Sehgal (New York Times) and Dan Chiasson (The New Yorker) discuss the role of public criticism. In the digital age, what should a critic be, and why? Moderated by Meghan O’Rourke

Stephanie Epner

Director, Climate in Foreign Policy Project

February 5, 2020 - 12:00pm

A Conversation on Climate Change and Foreign Policy

Jackson Institute, Horchow Hall GM Room See map

55 Hillhouse Ave.

Panelists:
Ambassador Robert Ford, Kissinger Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute
Stephanie Epner, Director, Climate in Foreign Policy Project, UN Foundation
Francisco Palmieri, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute

Please register for this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-on-climate-change-and-foreign-policy-registration-92244837793