Center for Independent Study

New Haven

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  • An affiliation for independent scholars and artists
  • An alternative milieu to traditional educational institutions
  • A forum for intellectual and creative effort
  • A community of colleagues for those whose work is done in solitude
  • A link with a nationwide network of similar organizations growing in response to the interests and needs of the independent scholar
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SPRING LUNCHEON AND MEETING
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 12–3 pm
Whitney Humanities Center, Room 108
53 Wall Street, New Haven



Please join us for luncheon and a conversation, "Life in the Independent Lane", featuring two Center members, Barbara Bell, environmental activist, and Rosalie Feldman, independent journalist. Ellen Brainard will moderate.
How did Barbara go from teaching English literature at Wesleyan to regulating the placement of power plants and cell towers as a member of the Connecticut Sitting Council? What led Rosalie to become a “newsroom coach,” helping reporters and editors hone their skills in newsrooms across the country, after years of editing stories for major national publications? We hope you will come and find out!
The cost of the luncheon is $20 per person for members and guests, who are welcome. Please respond by May 9th (acceptance only) to Constance Sherak (constance.sherak@yale.edu or 203-773-5242). Payment may be made at the luncheon or mailed in advance to Lauren Pinzka, 50 Cliff St., New Haven, CT 06511. Make checks payable to The Center for Independent Study.
Following the luncheon, there will be a short business meeting to elect officers for the coming year. The program will begin at approximately 1:30 for anyone wishing to join us then.

The Slate of Officers:
President -- Gwenith Heuss-Severance
Vice President -- Constance Sherak
Treasurer -- Lauren Pinzka
Corresponding Secretary -- Carol Ross
Recording Secretary -- Sara Ohly
Member-at-Large -- Nomination from the Floor




READING GROUP

For the past few years, Center members have met in a monthly reading group, devoting each year to a single work or a group of related works: one year, for example, a number of Greek plays; another year, Beowulf; another year, the group explored the writing of three women novelists spanning three centuries: George Eliot (Daniel Deronda), Virginia Woolf (The Waves), and Shirley Hazzard (/The Great Fire ).
This year two novels The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni and The Leopard by Guiseppe di Lampedusa that deal with historical perios in Italy have been selected for discussion.

(Interested in joining? Contact Ruth Schmitt, 203-865-1491, or ruth.hein@snet.net
The group usually meets once a month on Tuesday afternoons.

INTERESTED IN JOINING A HISTORY STUDY GROUP?

A new History Reading/Discussion Group will begin in the Fall of 2009. The readings will focus on the question: "How do societies evolve and cope (or fail to cope) with challenges?"
We welcome your participation.
For information, contact CIS member Richard Yanowitz (ryanowitz@clearwords.net)


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