2018 Mar 20

Suad Amiry, "Reclaiming Space: Riwaq’s 50 Village Project in Rural Palestine"

12:00pm to 2:00pm

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Stubbins Room 112, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

In 2005 Riwaq made a significant shift from the conservation of single building to the rehabilitation of entire historic centers.... Read more about Suad Amiry, "Reclaiming Space: Riwaq’s 50 Village Project in Rural Palestine"

2018 Mar 19
Ancient Egypt in Africa: New Excavations at the Island Fortress of Uronarti
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge
Ancient Egyptian kings conquered Lower Nubia—today northern Sudan—nearly 4,000 years ago, defending it with a string of monumental... Read more about Ancient Egypt in Africa: New Excavations at the Island Fortress of Uronarti
2018 Mar 01

Aaron Sachs, “A Common Treasury for All”: Toward a Deeper History of Environmental Justice"

6:30pm to 8:00pm

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

In recent years, environmental justice scholarship has exploded. But virtually every relevant piece of work has understood the history of... Read more about Aaron Sachs, “A Common Treasury for All”: Toward a Deeper History of Environmental Justice"

2018 Feb 22

The Difficult Miracle: The Living Legacy of June Jordan

4:15pm

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the arrival of the Papers of June Jordan at the Schlesinger Library, this panel discussion features scholars, poets, and activists... Read more about The Difficult Miracle: The Living Legacy of June Jordan

2018 Feb 15

The Racial Imaginary and American Poetry: A Lecture with Claudia Rankine

4:15pm

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Claudia Rankine is an American poet, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University. In this talk, Rankine... Read more about The Racial Imaginary and American Poetry: A Lecture with Claudia Rankine

2018 Feb 14
The Wrong Family Holocaust Story: Survival of Polish Jews in Stalin's Russia
4:15pm to 6:00pm
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CGIS South Building, Belfer Case Study Room (Room S020), Harvard University Campus, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge
Ellen G. Friedman’s presentation centers on the largely unknown story of Polish Jews who were saved from Hitler by Stalin. This story is at the center of her new book, The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story. Of the 3.3 million Jews in Poland before WWII, only about 350,000 survived, most of them by being banished to remote areas in the USSR. The reasons for the obscurity of this Holocaust narrative relate to its being the “wrong” story. Not about concentration camps, this story was buried by historians and by Polish Jews, themselves, who felt they were low on the “hierarchy of...
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2018 Feb 09

Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

The first exhibition of its kind, Inventur examines the highly charged artistic landscape in Germany from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. The exhibition... Read more about Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55

2018 Feb 07

Who Would Choose to Be LGBT and Nigerian!?

4:00pm

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Ifeoma Fafunwa RI ’18 is the creator of the popular stage play HEAR WORD! Naija Women Talk True. In this presentation, Fafunwa will speak about her latest production... Read more about Who Would Choose to Be LGBT and Nigerian!?

2018 Jan 25

US Foreign Policy from the Inside Out

4:00pm

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Former United Nations representative and member of President Obama’s cabinet Samantha Power will offer a comprehensive overview of US foreign policy.... Read more about US Foreign Policy from the Inside Out

2018 Jan 20

Fernando Bryce: The Book of Needs

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Fernando Bryce’s The Book of Needs is a multipart work comprised of 81 ink-on-paper drawings that explores issues of immigration, refugeeism,... Read more about Fernando Bryce: The Book of Needs

2017 Dec 26

December Vacation Week Activities

Repeats every weekday until Sat Dec 30 2017 .

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Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Free, fun, family activities allow visitors to explore arts from the ancient Near East. Activities change daily: make Egyptian accessories, inscribe clay... Read more about December Vacation Week Activities

2017 Dec 16

From Stone to Silicone

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Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

The Harvard Semitic Museum is reimagining its grand third-floor atrium gallery, featuring the arts of ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). This... Read more about From Stone to Silicone

2017 Dec 07

Garden Party: From Genesis to The Descent of Man

6:00pm

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Emerson Hall, 25 Quincy St, Cambridge

A discussion of origin stories with Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University), Meredith Reiches (University of Massachusetts Boston), and Richard... Read more about Garden Party: From Genesis to The Descent of Man

2017 Dec 06

Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

4:00pm

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First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Massachusetts Ave

The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Office of the President at Harvard present the Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Bryan... Read more about Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

2017 Dec 04

Of Monarchs and Milkweed: A Story of Coevolution, Cultural History, and Conservation

7:00pm to 8:30pm

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125 Arborway, Boston

What if your host truly didn’t want you to visit? Found you intolerable, in fact, and didn’t want you to stay? You’d think that you’d be kicked out, but... Read more about Of Monarchs and Milkweed: A Story of Coevolution, Cultural History, and Conservation

2017 Nov 30

“Let the Indian Paint His Own Picture”: Alice Fletcher and Cultural Representation Paradoxes

6:00pm

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

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2017 Nov 16

Hidden in Plain Sight: Family Secrets and American History

4:15pm

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

This panel brings together notable authors and academics to discuss the not-quite-secret stories of American families that, once... Read more about Hidden in Plain Sight: Family Secrets and American History

2017 Nov 14

Egypt's Old Kingdom

6:00pm

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Abusir, the “Place of Osiris,” is a necropolis (burial site) near the Old Kingdom’s city of Memphis, known for its pyramids and sun... Read more about Egypt's Old Kingdom

2017 Nov 14

Feminist Archaeology: Exhibition Opening Talk with Jennifer Bornstein

5:00pm

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

Jennifer Bornstein RI’15 is an internationally exhibited artist who works in diverse media, including video, 16-millimeter film, sculpture,... Read more about Feminist Archaeology: Exhibition Opening Talk with Jennifer Bornstein

2017 Nov 09

Official Military History Tour of Harvard

11:00am

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Harvard Information Center, 30 Dunster St., Cambridge

Harvard University has a long and distinguished history of military service. In honor of Veterans Day, come join a current Harvard... Read more about Official Military History Tour of Harvard

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