Panel Discussion: Shifting Shelves—Libraries of the 19th-Century Islamic World
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 1:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 115, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 1:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 115, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
This panel discussion invites three case studies about specific libraries, collections, collectors, or books from the 19th-century Islamic world. The participants will begin to map the changing notions of libraries in the Islamic world and shift their scholarly focus to the libraries and the systems of knowledge that the exiled Islamic manuscripts left behind.
Artist Talk: Gary Red Oak O’Neil with J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Artist Gary Red Oak O’Neil will discuss his exhibition Excavations with curator J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, reflecting on his practice in relation to the history of the Wangunk (the Indigenous people of central Connecticut) and the power of art in cultivating belonging. Prior to the talk, there will be a screening of the senior thesis short film Piece by Piece by Eiley Doyle ’25, a work centered on O’Neil. A reception will follow in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery’s South Gallery Reading Room.
New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Established in 2023, the New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative will perform a concert of traditional Chinese and Taiwanese music.
Student-Led Exhibition Tour
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Wesleyan student gallery assistants will lead a guided tour of the current exhibitions in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. Explore the artists, themes, and curatorial context behind each show, and take part in a conversation about the work on view. Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.
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