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New Members 2010
Rhea Hirshman is a highly accomplished writer, editor, and teacher with wide-ranging interests. Her professional expertise extends to the fields of health, science, medicine, law, education, and public policy. She teaches women's studies on the college level as well as conducting discussion groups at two senior citizen residences. On another front, she founded and ran the Golden Thread Booksellers in New Haven.
Anne-Marie Foltz is currently writing a memoir, using her parents' letters, which she has translated from the Norwegian, and to that end she has joined the Center's newly formed writing group. Her professional work is centered on child health, and she has done fieldwork in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The author of books and numerous articles, at present she is on the faculty of Yale's School of Public Health as well as serving as an adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Public Health.
Anne-Marie Foltz is currently writing a memoir, using her parents' letters, which she has translated from the Norwegian, and to that end she has joined the Center's newly formed writing group. Her professional work is centered on child health, and she has done fieldwork in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The author of books and numerous articles, at present she is on the faculty of Yale's School of Public Health as well as serving as an adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Public Health.
Member News 2010
We are sad to report the death of Center member Mary Weigand. Please see the Newsletter for information.
Karyl Evans has been named Linsley Award Winner by the Association for the Study of Connecticut History for her documentary film Grove Street Cemetery: City of the Dead, City of the Living.
Gwen Huess-Severance explored ancestry and reasearch into ancestry with a group of teens at risk in an enrichment program in Hamden last summer.
Leslie Jackson exhibited paintings last summer in Provincetown and in Truro on Cape Cod.
Constance Sherak will present a paper on anachronism and the memory crisis in 19th-centruy France at the annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies meeting from October 23 to 25, 2010 in Salt Lake City.
Christina Spiesel is the coauthor of Law on Display, an analysis of the ways digital visual technology is used in trials.
Karyl Evans has been named Linsley Award Winner by the Association for the Study of Connecticut History for her documentary film Grove Street Cemetery: City of the Dead, City of the Living.
Gwen Huess-Severance explored ancestry and reasearch into ancestry with a group of teens at risk in an enrichment program in Hamden last summer.
Leslie Jackson exhibited paintings last summer in Provincetown and in Truro on Cape Cod.
Constance Sherak will present a paper on anachronism and the memory crisis in 19th-centruy France at the annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies meeting from October 23 to 25, 2010 in Salt Lake City.
Christina Spiesel is the coauthor of Law on Display, an analysis of the ways digital visual technology is used in trials.
Member News 2009
Teri Dykeman was invited to participate in a symposium on Judith Sargent Murray held on March 14-15, 2009. The symposium was sponsored by a State of Massachusetts Humanities Grant and took place at the Sargent House museum in Gloucester, MA.
In September Patricia Klindienst spoke about her book The Earth Knows My Name at a benefit for the Hagaman memorial Library in East Haven. In this book she weaves together the fascinating stories of 15 ethnic Americans who transmitted their cultural heritage through their gardens.
Gwen Heuss-Severance had an exhibit, Landscape Photography by Gwen Heuss-Severance in the Art Space 12th Annual City-Wide Open Studio.
Constance Sherak presented a paper on anachronism and the memory crisis in 19th century France at the annual Nineteenth Century French Studies meeting on October 23-25, 2009, in Salt Lake City.
In September Patricia Klindienst spoke about her book The Earth Knows My Name at a benefit for the Hagaman memorial Library in East Haven. In this book she weaves together the fascinating stories of 15 ethnic Americans who transmitted their cultural heritage through their gardens.
Gwen Heuss-Severance had an exhibit, Landscape Photography by Gwen Heuss-Severance in the Art Space 12th Annual City-Wide Open Studio.
Constance Sherak presented a paper on anachronism and the memory crisis in 19th century France at the annual Nineteenth Century French Studies meeting on October 23-25, 2009, in Salt Lake City.
New Members 2008-2009
William Brainard is an economist at Yale University who has strong interests in history and literature.
Jane Hersey is a former editor and teacher of English who is interested in reading works in translation and the poetry of Eugenio Montale.
Gwen Heuss-Severance lives in Hamden and recently retired from the Choate faculty, where she was an outstanding history teacher. At present she is pursuing her interest in genealogy, with the specific goal of exploring her own family in depth. She hopes to give her findings a permanent form in sketches that locate family history within the wider context of American social and technological history.
Patricia Klindienst is an interdisciplinary scholar who writes for a broad audience on topics in cultural studies.
Jane Hersey is a former editor and teacher of English who is interested in reading works in translation and the poetry of Eugenio Montale.
Gwen Heuss-Severance lives in Hamden and recently retired from the Choate faculty, where she was an outstanding history teacher. At present she is pursuing her interest in genealogy, with the specific goal of exploring her own family in depth. She hopes to give her findings a permanent form in sketches that locate family history within the wider context of American social and technological history.
Patricia Klindienst is an interdisciplinary scholar who writes for a broad audience on topics in cultural studies.
New Members 2007-2008
Joan Channick has been appointed Associate Dean at the Yale School of Drama. Her primary fields of interest are theatre(particularly how it fits our rapidly changing and increasingly technological world), law, and not-for-profit organizations.
Patricia DeMaio is currently working on a biography of the French actress, political activist, and author, Simone Signoret. In her day job, Pat is a cofounder and the executive director of the New Haven Public School Foundation, Inc., which identifies and supplies volunteers to the schools. She previously worked in a number of nonprofit organizations in management positions. Her writing and research on Signoret suggested to her that the Center for Independent Study offered an appropriate home for her avocation.
Sylvia Forges-Ryan, who has joined the reading group, is a poet. Her work is particularly focused on haiku, which are collected in Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, published in the United States, Japan, and Russia. Her work has also appeared in numerous journals and magazines, and she has garnered poetry awards from 1989 right up to this year. On another front, Sylvia's poetry and acting ability contribute to the play Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti, which has been performed in a number of venues.
David Levinson is an anthropologist who is interested in issues of race and ethnicity. He is also co-Founder and President of the Berkshire Publishing Group in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Patricia DeMaio is currently working on a biography of the French actress, political activist, and author, Simone Signoret. In her day job, Pat is a cofounder and the executive director of the New Haven Public School Foundation, Inc., which identifies and supplies volunteers to the schools. She previously worked in a number of nonprofit organizations in management positions. Her writing and research on Signoret suggested to her that the Center for Independent Study offered an appropriate home for her avocation.
Sylvia Forges-Ryan, who has joined the reading group, is a poet. Her work is particularly focused on haiku, which are collected in Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, published in the United States, Japan, and Russia. Her work has also appeared in numerous journals and magazines, and she has garnered poetry awards from 1989 right up to this year. On another front, Sylvia's poetry and acting ability contribute to the play Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti, which has been performed in a number of venues.
David Levinson is an anthropologist who is interested in issues of race and ethnicity. He is also co-Founder and President of the Berkshire Publishing Group in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Member News 2008
Elizabeth Wellesis serving as a consultant to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (an organization that conducts summer institutes in "strategic" languages abroad.
We are sad to report the death of Center member Huynh Sang Thong. He was involved actively with the Center in the early eighties, was a noted translator of Vietnamese Literature, and the winner of many honors.
Film-maker Karyl Evans, who won a New England Emmy for her work on the documentary "Creating the Peabody's Torosaurus: Dinosaur Science, Dinosaur Art," has a new film,"The Rise and Fall of Newgate Prison: A sory of Crime and Punishment in Connecticut." This project was funded by the CT Humanities Council and broadcast on CPTV. It has been selected to win the American Association for State and Local History's national award this year.
KARYL EVANS RECEIVES THREE REGIONAL EMMY NOMINATIONS
The Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on April 15, 2009 that Connecticut filmmaker Karyl K. Evans received three Regional Emmy Award Nominations for her work.
She received one nomination as the Producer/Director/Editor for "Grove Street Cemetery: City of the Dead, City of the Living" about the history of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut. This film was nominated in the “Best Informational Program” category which appears on page 5 of the attached official list of nominations.
Ms. Evans was also nominated in the “Best Director: Individual Achievement” category for directing the Grove Street Cemetery film as seen on page 7 of the nomination list.
In addition, Karyl was nominated as the Producer/Director/Editor in the “Best Educational Program” category for a short documentary she created about the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Youth Orchestra Festival.
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on May 30th in Boston.
The paintings of Jan Cunningham were on view from May 22-October 31, 2008, at the Bistro des Artistes of the Union League Cafe, 1032 Chapel Street, New Haven. Her work was also featured in the September 2008 issue of New Haven Magazine in an article by Michael Harvey entitled, "Not Representation, But Re-Presentation". Currently (March 5-April 30, 2009) Jan is exhibiting her work at Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University. Details on this show, entitled "Painting is a Language", can be found in the CIS April Newsletter.
Teri Dykeman has a chapter, "Kant and Van Schurman," in An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers, edited by Karen J. Warren. The book will be published this fall by Rowman and Littlefield.
Renee Hartman read from her book of poetry, "Wounded Angels," on May 6, 2008, at the Slifka Center.
Recent work by Leslie Jackson.
Barbara Currier Bell joins the Connecticut Siting Council.
We are sad to report the death of Center member Huynh Sang Thong. He was involved actively with the Center in the early eighties, was a noted translator of Vietnamese Literature, and the winner of many honors.
Film-maker Karyl Evans, who won a New England Emmy for her work on the documentary "Creating the Peabody's Torosaurus: Dinosaur Science, Dinosaur Art," has a new film,"The Rise and Fall of Newgate Prison: A sory of Crime and Punishment in Connecticut." This project was funded by the CT Humanities Council and broadcast on CPTV. It has been selected to win the American Association for State and Local History's national award this year.
KARYL EVANS RECEIVES THREE REGIONAL EMMY NOMINATIONS
The Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on April 15, 2009 that Connecticut filmmaker Karyl K. Evans received three Regional Emmy Award Nominations for her work.
She received one nomination as the Producer/Director/Editor for "Grove Street Cemetery: City of the Dead, City of the Living" about the history of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut. This film was nominated in the “Best Informational Program” category which appears on page 5 of the attached official list of nominations.
Ms. Evans was also nominated in the “Best Director: Individual Achievement” category for directing the Grove Street Cemetery film as seen on page 7 of the nomination list.
In addition, Karyl was nominated as the Producer/Director/Editor in the “Best Educational Program” category for a short documentary she created about the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Youth Orchestra Festival.
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on May 30th in Boston.
The paintings of Jan Cunningham were on view from May 22-October 31, 2008, at the Bistro des Artistes of the Union League Cafe, 1032 Chapel Street, New Haven. Her work was also featured in the September 2008 issue of New Haven Magazine in an article by Michael Harvey entitled, "Not Representation, But Re-Presentation". Currently (March 5-April 30, 2009) Jan is exhibiting her work at Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University. Details on this show, entitled "Painting is a Language", can be found in the CIS April Newsletter.
Teri Dykeman has a chapter, "Kant and Van Schurman," in An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers, edited by Karen J. Warren. The book will be published this fall by Rowman and Littlefield.
Renee Hartman read from her book of poetry, "Wounded Angels," on May 6, 2008, at the Slifka Center.
Recent work by Leslie Jackson.
Barbara Currier Bell joins the Connecticut Siting Council.
