Welcome Reception

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Welcome Address

Tamar Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Yale University

Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director, MacMillan Center, Yale University

Michael Cappello, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, and Chair, Council on African Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University

Live music by master kora player and griot Papa Susso, and master balafon player and griot Balla Kouyaté