International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Citizenship has been the underlying theme of much of our national conversation in recent months. Beyond the legal sense of “membership in a particular nation state,” citizenship has broader meanings that encompass belonging, self-definition, inclusion, and exclusion. This interdisciplinary panel discussion moderated by Dr. Michael Rowe, explores the idea of citizenship: who has it, who grants it, and why?

Panelists:

Amal Azzudin

Madelon Visintainer Baranoski

Dr. Charles C. Dike

Jaak Rakfeldt

John Fabian Witt

Join Nicholas Dawidoff, writer, Lisa Kereszi, critic, photographer, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Art, Elihu Rubin, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, for a discussion about the city of New Haven and how one engages with it, tries to capture it, and learns from it.

Introduced and moderated by Pamela Franks, Senior Deputy Director and Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. In collaboration with the book and exhibition Candy/A Good and Spacious Land.

Following a joint artist residency at the Yale Art Gallery in 2013, photographers Jim Goldberg and Donovan Wylie began collaboration on a book project to explore New Haven’s urban landscape. The project grew to include writings by Christopher Klatell, Yale School of Law J.D. ’99, School of Law Senior Research Scholar, and writer, and Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Co-Chair of the Women’s Faculty Forum at Yale, and an introduction by Pamela Franks, Senior Deputy Director and Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Presented in collaboration with the newly published book, Candy/A Good and Spacious Land, and the current exhibition of Goldberg and Wylie’s work at the Yale Art Gallery, join these two artists and two writers as they explore the concept of the “model city” through the lens of New Haven.

In the wake of the 2015 climate change summit in Paris, and increasing acknowledgement of the dangers facing our planet, the push has become more urgent to move toward renewable energy. John Dankosky, WNPR Host, and Executive Editor of the New England News Collaborative leads a discussion with local experts about how our state and region are taking advantage of renewable energy as an economic, cultural, and technological opportunity.

Philanthropist and long-distance bike pilgrim Dan Austin riffs on the impact of bikes given to formerly trafficked women and girls around the world

How is the U.S. serving or not serving its young people, and how will this shape the upcoming election, given that millennials constitute the country’s largest demographic?

Moderated by Carolyn DeWitt, Rock the Vote Chief Operating Officer.

Chef and author López-Alt dispels common cooking myth and frees you from previous culinary constraints using science!

When, if ever, is it ethical to view images of famine, poverty, and violence, and what is our relationship to these images?

Moderated by James Silk, Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, Director of JUNCTURE

Three contemporary Latin American writers discuss how the cities, languages, personal histories, and politics of our past inform the narratives we construct today. Presented in collaboration with PEN AMERICA.

In the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since World War II, how can culture aid the absorption of displaced people?

Moderated by:

Jennifer Sime, Senior Vice President of U.S. Programs for the International Rescue Committee

Featuring:

Claudia Connor, President and CEO, International Institute of Connecticut

Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer for the Building Bridges Program (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art)

Sokeo Ros, administrator, creator, performer, teacher