Events

    2023 Nov 03

    Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond

    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

    This conference, “Responsibility and Repair”—led by Harvard University’s Native American Program in collaboration with Harvard Radcliffe Institute—will bring together Native and university leaders to advance a national dialogue, expand research, and establish and deepen partnerships with Indigenous communities. Using the landmark Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (2022) as a starting point, the conference and its participants—activists, scholars, Native leaders, tribal historians, and others—will explore the responsibility of...

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    2023 Nov 02

    Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond Evening Event

    7:30pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

    This conference, “Responsibility and Repair”—led by Harvard University’s Native American Program in collaboration with Harvard Radcliffe Institute—will bring together Native and university leaders to advance a national dialogue, expand research, and establish and deepen partnerships with Indigenous communities. Using the landmark Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (2022) as a starting point, the conference and its participants—activists, scholars, Native leaders, tribal historians, and others—will explore the responsibility of...

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    2023 Sep 22

    Black in Design 2023: The Black Home

    Fri Sep 22 (All day) to Sun Sep 24 (All day)

    Location: 

    Gund Hall, 42-48 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Yaad, ile, lakay, all languages have a word for home, shelter, a claim to a place, to a delineated territory of heritage. However, the experience of Black people across the world has created a unique yet divergent practice of creating and claiming home.

    This year's Black in Design conference explores the Black home's multidimensionality — as a literal structure that shelters, as a reflection of culture and traditions, and as spaces that are not entirely physical. The conference brings together keynote panels, workshops, and conversations that discuss and expand these...

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    2023 Feb 06

    There is No Table for My Seat

    4:00pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Center for African Studies, 1280 Massachusetts Ave., 3rd Floor, Cambridge

    On Monday February 6 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm the Center for African Studies will host their African Studies Workshop. The workshop is open to the public and focuses broadly on the general theme of Reflections on Africa's Political Economies and Cultures and their Global Implications. South African scholar and curator, Khanyisile Mbongwa, will present a paper and Peabody curator, Sarah Clunis, will moderate a discussion drawing on Mbongwa's current work.

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    2022 Oct 14

    Beyond Recovery: Seizing Opportunities to Transform Education in a Post-Covid Era

    9:30am to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

    After nearly three years of tumult caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and massive disruptions to learning, the education sector stands at a crossroads. With growing achievement and opportunity gaps, deep concerns about mental health, and stark pressures on teachers and education leaders throughout the country, the repercussions of the crisis are now evident. But the past three years have also shown surprising innovation, resilience at all levels of the education system, and a renewed commitment to supporting students, families, and educators. Today, there are new opportunities for...

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    2018 Nov 16

    Accessibility & Art-Making: A Talk on Inclusivity in the Arts

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St., Cambridge, MA

    A panel discussion with Professor Michael Stein, Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and one of the world’s leading experts on disability law and policy; Heidi Latsky, dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of Heidi Latsky Dance, a physically-integrated dance company; Tiffany Geigel, dancer with Heidi Latsky Dance; Dr. Debra Levine, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Lecturer on Theater, Dance & Media; and other Harvard faculty. This event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required due to...

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    2018 Nov 09

    Conference: Disability and Citizenship: Global and Local Perspectives

    9:00am to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    This conference will explore the ways in which contemporary notions of disability are linked to concepts of citizenship and belonging. Leaders in advocacy, education, medicine, and politics will consider how ideas of community at the local, national, and international levels affect the understanding of and policies related to disability—and how this has manifested itself, in particular, in higher education.

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    2018 Sep 19

    The Open University’s Course A305 and the Future of Architecture Education

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Gund Hall, Stubbins Room 112 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138

    Taking The Open University's Course A305 as a starting point, this panel discussion will interrogate the role of online learning in the future of architecture education. Participants include Lisa Haber-Thomson, K. Michael Hays,...

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    2018 Sep 13

    Feminisms Now!

    4:15pm

    Location: 

    Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

    What do millennial feminists want? This panel invites rising artists, thinkers, and organizers to share their visions of gender equality for the 21st century. Panelists will reflect on their art and activism in the service of intersecting and sometimes competing feminisms. They’ll also discuss the ways they do—and don’t—engage the legacy of their 19th- and 20th-century foremothers as they work to move society forward.

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    2018 Sep 06

    Translating Research for Better Policy

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Leadership Studio, 10th floor Kresge Building, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA

    Join us for the first “Voices in Leadership” event of the fall semester, featuring Dr. Patricia García, current Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow and former Minister of Health of Peru. During her appointment as Minister, she introduced new public health policies in sexual and reproductive health, HPV vaccination, food labelling, cervical cancer, electronic medical records, telemedicine etc. Prior, Dr. García served as Dean of the School of Public Health at UPCH (2011-2016), and as chief of the Peruvian National Institute of Health (2006-2008). She will be interviewed by Dr. Rifat Atun....

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