2018 Mar 22

Thomas Phifer Evening Lecture

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

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

Since 1997, Thomas Phifer’s New York-based firm has designed numerous civic, cultural, and educational institutions including the Corning Museum of... Read more about Thomas Phifer Evening Lecture

2018 Mar 20

Persian New Year Celebration

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year and the beginning of spring, with poetry, music, traditional sweets, and an exploration of the traditional haft... Read more about Persian New Year Celebration

2018 Mar 20

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

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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
6:00pm
Location: 
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 02

Mark Joseph and Amy Khare, "Succeeding Where Mixed-Income Transformation Falls Short: A Path to Equity and Inclusion in Our Cities

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

Drawing on their work examining the costs and consequences of racial segregation and the concentration of poverty and affluence as well as the... Read more about Mark Joseph and Amy Khare, "Succeeding Where Mixed-Income Transformation Falls Short: A Path to Equity and Inclusion in Our Cities

2018 Mar 01

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

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

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 23
Keys to Responsible Leadership in Troubling Times
1:40pm
Location: 
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. Under Jenkins-Scott’s leadership, Wheelock strengthened its core undergraduate and graduate academic programs, enhanced the undergraduate experience, elevated community and civic engagement projects, and expanded the College’s reach internationally. A renewed interest in public policy has improved the reputation and influence of the College. She emphasized cross disciplinary collaboration and community partnerships. Ms. Jenkins-Scott... Read more about Keys to Responsible Leadership in Troubling Times
2018 Feb 22

Rouse Visiting Artist Screening: Kahlil Joseph

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

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

Kahlil Joseph is an American artist and filmmaker working in Los Angeles. In a cover profile of Joseph and his work, Art Papers writes:... Read more about Rouse Visiting Artist Screening: Kahlil Joseph

2018 Feb 22

The Difficult Miracle: The Living Legacy of June Jordan

4:15pm

Location: 

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

Location: 

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 09

Kiley Fellow Lecture: Danielle Choi

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

Danielle Choi is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She teaches in the Masters of Landscape Architecture core... Read more about Kiley Fellow Lecture: Danielle Choi

2018 Feb 07

Who Would Choose to Be LGBT and Nigerian!?

4:00pm

Location: 

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 29

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

4:00pm

Location: 

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

2017 Dec 16

From Stone to Silicone

(All day)

Location: 

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

Location: 

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

All the World is Here

6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the first American fair to feature anthropology. The new discipline had its own building,... Read more about All the World is Here

2017 Dec 06

Social Justice Action: How We Change the World

4:00pm

Location: 

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 Nov 30

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

6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

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

2017 Nov 20

Film: Earth

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Join us for a screening of Deepa Mehta’s Earth (1998; 110 min.), the third and final film in her acclaimed Elemental trilogy.... Read more about Film: Earth

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