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November Friday Luncheon
November 6, 2009
The Manning House
450 Paseo Redondo
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Afghanistan : A Fork in the Road, which Path to Take?
Lunch at 12:00 noon
$20 per person
Guest Speaker: Professor Leila Hudson
Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona
Professor Hudson has extensive knowledge of the peoples and countries of the Middle East. She has been active in teaching and developing courses in the history of the Middle East, Issues in Islamic Law and Society, and Nationalism and Islam. Her writings include numerous published articles and recently a book – Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City (2008). Leila regularly makes presentations at national conferences and local organizations, including a prior visit to our Yale Club in October 2005.
Her career in Middle Eastern scholarship began at Yale where Leila graduated in 1989 in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She continued at the University of Michigan adding a Masters degree in Anthropology, then earning her PhD in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan.
Professor Hudson's CV may be accessed here.
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November
The Game
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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The Yale Harvard Game
Saturday, November 21
The Yale Club will host the 2009 Yale/Harvard Game
at
Risky Business
250 South Craycroft
(West side just South of Broadway and just past Cooper Street)
The festivities begin at 9:45 AM
Cheer the Yale Bulldogs to victory over Harvard in the 126th playing of "The Game"!
Kick-off time is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. EST.
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