Urban Intermedia: City, Archive, Narrative

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Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Please join us for a conversation among the curators, Eve Blau and Robert Pietrusko, and invited media theorists, Laura Kurgan,...

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Ancient Engineering Family Class

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA

Native Americans built different types of homes to address the challenges of widely varied environments.... Read more about Ancient Engineering Family Class

Palace Walls

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge

Four Day Program For Students in Grades 3-4

 

Explore art using old and new technologies to learn more about life in ancient kingdoms.... Read more about Palace Walls

Vacation Week Activities

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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 Vacation Week Activities

Where the Girls Are: Arts activism around the globe

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Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA

With the rise of the #metoo and Time's Up movements, what is the role of the arts and artists in supporting the education, agency and self-expression of young females globally?... Read more about Where the Girls Are: Arts activism around the globe

Analyzing Egyptian Pyramids in the Digital Age

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge MA

Current studies of pyramids in the Memphis area of ancient Egypt are being conducted from multiple perspectives, and archaeological data about them is now available from both texts and excavations.... Read more about Analyzing Egyptian Pyramids in the Digital Age

Keys to Responsible Leadership in Troubling Times

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Livestream: hsph.me/Jenkins-Scott

Join us for the next “Voices in Leadership” event of the Spring semester, featuring Jackie Jenkins-Scott, 13^thPresident of Wheelock College.... Read more about Keys to Responsible Leadership in Troubling Times

Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave.

Harvard archaeologists and students will bring history alive for families by presenting hands-on activities, sharing their research, and providing demonstrations of ancient and up-to-the-minute technologies...... Read more about Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard

WHEREAS: A Poetry Reading and Discussion with Layli Long Soldier

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Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Layli Long Soldier is an American poet and author of WHEREAS and Chromosomory.... Read more about WHEREAS: A Poetry Reading and Discussion with Layli Long Soldier

Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA

The earliest evidence of artwork made by modern humans, Aurignacian art, was created more than 35,000 years ago and has been found in French, German, and Romanian archaeological sites.... Read more about Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries

Materials Lab Workshop: Direct Animation & Cameraless Filmmaking

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA

In this workshop, Grant Hamming, the Inga Maren Otto Curatorial Fellow in the Harvard Art Museums’ Division of Academic... Read more about Materials Lab Workshop: Direct Animation & Cameraless Filmmaking

Empowering Girls, Transforming Communities: The Power of Grassroots Leadership

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Livestream: hsph.me/Ntaiya

Please join us for the next “Voices in Leadership” event of the Spring semester, featuring Kakenya Ntaiya, Founder of the Kakenya Center for Excellence.... Read more about Empowering Girls, Transforming Communities: The Power of Grassroots Leadership

WHEREAS: A Poetry Reading and Discussion with Layli Long Soldier

Location: 

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA

Layli Long Soldier is an American poet and author of WHEREAS and Chromosomory...... Read more about WHEREAS: A Poetry Reading and Discussion with Layli Long Soldier

RUN AMOC! at Harvard

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Various Locations across Harvard's Campus

The American Modern Opera Company, an ensemble of cross-disciplinary artists, will participate in a nine-day teaching, performance and program... Read more about RUN AMOC! at Harvard

February Vacation Week Activities

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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 tablets, or decode... Read more about February Vacation Week Activities

Norton Lectures: Frederick Wiseman The Search for Story, Structure, and Meaning in Documentary Film: Part I

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Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry was endowed in 1925. Harvard's preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities, the Norton... Read more about Norton Lectures: Frederick Wiseman The Search for Story, Structure, and Meaning in Documentary Film: Part I

December Vacation Week Activities

Location: 

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

Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

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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

Writers Speak: Michael Ondaatje in conversation with Claire Messud

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Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Michael Ondaatje is the author of five novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. His novel The... Read more about Writers Speak: Michael Ondaatje in conversation with Claire Messud

Decoding Maya Hieroglyphs with 3D Technology

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

The Peabody Museum has conducted archaeological research in the Maya site of Copan, Honduras, since the 1890s. One of... Read more about Decoding Maya Hieroglyphs with 3D Technology

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