With Jonathan Brent, former editorial director of Yale University Press
Jonathan Brent, the first publisher granted access to Stalin's personal archive, brings us a provocative and insightful portrait of modern Russia. In his recent book Inside the Stalin Archives, Brent draws on fifteen years of unprecedented access to high-level Soviet Archives to examine Stalin’s enduring legacy. He shows us a Russia in which, in 1992, used toothbrushes were still sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods and streets jammed with Mercedes.
Jonathan Brent is currently the visiting Alger Hiss Professor of History and Literature at Bard College and the executive director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. As editorial director of Yale University Press, he founded the distinguished Annals of Communism series. Professor Brent holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is currently writing a biography of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel.
Come join fellow alumni as Jonathan Brent presents a vivid portrait of Russia in the twenty-first century. RSVP to Stuart at shudson7@comcast.net.
Date: January 13, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1 pm
Venue: La Colombe d’Or, 3410 Montrose Blvd
Price: $30 members, $20 young alumni, $40 non-members
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Around the World with Chip Goodyear, ’80
Yale alum Charles “Chip” Goodyear has lived and worked around the world as a distinguished energy industry executive. Chip recently retired as CEO of BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resources company. During his nine years with BHP Billiton, the organization grew at an astounding rate, with it market capitalization climbing from US$12 billion to US$220 billion. As CEO, he was early in the identification of China and other developing countries as drivers for future resource demand. During his tenure, BHP Billiton’s volumes grew by 55% as significant project investment and acquisition activity positioned the company to benefit from the growing demand for commodities. The company has also been recognized for its leadership in the areas of health, safety and the environment.
Chip holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology & Geophysics) from Yale and an MBA from Wharton. He has served on the International Council on Mining and Metals and the National Petroleum Council.
Register now to secure your spot for this fascinating discussion of multinational leadership. Send e-mail to Stuart at shudson7@comcast.net.
Date: January 7, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1 pm
Venue: La Colombe d’Or, 3410 Montrose Blvd
Price: $30 members, $20 young alumni, $40 non-members
Chip holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology & Geophysics) from Yale and an MBA from Wharton. He has served on the International Council on Mining and Metals and the National Petroleum Council.
Register now to secure your spot for this fascinating discussion of multinational leadership. Send e-mail to Stuart at shudson7@comcast.net.
Date: January 7, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1 pm
Venue: La Colombe d’Or, 3410 Montrose Blvd
Price: $30 members, $20 young alumni, $40 non-members
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Mary Miller, Ph.D. ‘81
Mary Miller, Ph.D. ‘81
Dean of Yale College,
award winning Mayan Art History expert
Please join us for Margaritas and Mexican food
Mary Miller, Sterling Professor of History of Art, became dean of Yale College on December 1, 2008. A prominent art historian, Miller has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1981. She was the Vincent J. Scully Professor of History of Art from 1998 until her appointment to the Sterling Professorship ten years later. Prior to assuming the deanship, Miller served as master of Saybrook College for nearly a decade. Her husband, Edward Kamens, is the Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies and served as acting master of Saybrook from December 2008 through the end of the 2008-2009 academic year.
Miller earned her A.B. from Princeton in 1975 and her Ph.D. from Yale in 1981. She has served as chair of the Department of History of Art, chair of the Council on Latin American Studies, director of Graduate Studies in Archeological Studies, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women Faculty Forum at Yale.
Specializing in the art of the ancient New World, in 2004 Miller curated The Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. For that exhibition, she wrote the catalogue of the same title with Simon Martin, senior epigrapher at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. She is also completing the work of her archaeological project to document and reconstruct the Maya wall paintings at Bonampak, Mexico.
For her work on the Maya, Miller has won national recognition including a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. She has been chosen to deliver the two most prestigious lecture series in her discipline: she will give the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in spring 2010 and the Slade Lectures at Cambridge University in 2014-2015.
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Bayou Club, 8550 Memorial Dr.
Cost: $50 members, $25 young alumni
Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn at cjuhn@uh.edu
RSVP by Friday, January 1 to
713-668-4702 or shudson7@comcast.net
Make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
Please return the following information with your check:
Name(s): ______________________________
Phone # _______________________________
E-mail: ________________________________
Members attending
____ @ $50 per person = Total enclosed $______
Young alumni attending
___ @ $25 per person = Total enclosed $______
Dean of Yale College,
award winning Mayan Art History expert
Please join us for Margaritas and Mexican food
Mary Miller, Sterling Professor of History of Art, became dean of Yale College on December 1, 2008. A prominent art historian, Miller has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1981. She was the Vincent J. Scully Professor of History of Art from 1998 until her appointment to the Sterling Professorship ten years later. Prior to assuming the deanship, Miller served as master of Saybrook College for nearly a decade. Her husband, Edward Kamens, is the Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies and served as acting master of Saybrook from December 2008 through the end of the 2008-2009 academic year.
Miller earned her A.B. from Princeton in 1975 and her Ph.D. from Yale in 1981. She has served as chair of the Department of History of Art, chair of the Council on Latin American Studies, director of Graduate Studies in Archeological Studies, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women Faculty Forum at Yale.
Specializing in the art of the ancient New World, in 2004 Miller curated The Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. For that exhibition, she wrote the catalogue of the same title with Simon Martin, senior epigrapher at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. She is also completing the work of her archaeological project to document and reconstruct the Maya wall paintings at Bonampak, Mexico.
For her work on the Maya, Miller has won national recognition including a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. She has been chosen to deliver the two most prestigious lecture series in her discipline: she will give the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in spring 2010 and the Slade Lectures at Cambridge University in 2014-2015.
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Bayou Club, 8550 Memorial Dr.
Cost: $50 members, $25 young alumni
Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn at cjuhn@uh.edu
RSVP by Friday, January 1 to
713-668-4702 or shudson7@comcast.net
Make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
Please return the following information with your check:
Name(s): ______________________________
Phone # _______________________________
E-mail: ________________________________
Members attending
____ @ $50 per person = Total enclosed $______
Young alumni attending
___ @ $25 per person = Total enclosed $______
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