2017 Nov 08
A Conversation and Clinic with Jeff “Tain” Watts
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Leverett House Theater, 11 Mill Street, Cambridge
A conversation and clinic with drummer, composer and Grammy Award-winner Jeff“Tain” Watts, with live music provided by students... Read more about A Conversation and Clinic with Jeff “Tain” Watts
2017 Nov 07
Visiting Scholar Lecture: State of Clay: Bay Area Ceramics by Nancy M. Servis
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Ceramics Program, 224 Western Avenue, Allston
From pottery to sculptural expression, Nancy M. Servis unveils the dynamic variety of ceramics found in Northern California. Long... Read more about Visiting Scholar Lecture: State of Clay: Bay Area Ceramics by Nancy M. Servis
2017 Nov 06

What about Revolution? Three Lectures on Aesthetic Practices after 1917

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

On the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, this lecture series brings to campus three internationally distinguished... Read more about What about Revolution? Three Lectures on Aesthetic Practices after 1917

2017 Nov 04

Dutch Drawings on the Horizon: A Day of Talks in Honor of George S. Abrams

10:00am to 4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

This symposium brings together international experts on 17th-century Dutch drawings in honor of George S. Abrams (Harvard... Read more about Dutch Drawings on the Horizon: A Day of Talks in Honor of George S. Abrams

2017 Nov 02

Formal Forms

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Using the poetic sermon, artist Theaster Gates will share a monologue on the creation of temporary and semi-permanent structures... Read more about Formal Forms

2017 Nov 02

Does the Left Have a Future?

4:15pm

Location: 

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

Nearly everywhere in Europe and the United States, the left is mired in crisis: its intellectuals and activists strike defensive poses and... Read more about Does the Left Have a Future?

2017 Nov 02
Artist's Talk: Kippy Goldfarb
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
125 Arborway, Boston
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2017 Nov 01

Encyclopedia or Kaleidoscope? When Private Philosophy Chambers Go Public

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge

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2017 Oct 27
Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is it Legal? Is it Constitutional? Is it Just?
11:00am
Location: 
Science Center, Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
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2017 Oct 27
Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is it Legal? Is it Constitutional? Is it Just?
11:00am
Location: 
Science Center, Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
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2017 Oct 27

Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

9:00am to 5:00pm

Location: 

Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Epidemic disease spreads quickly in our interconnected, globalized world. This symposium looks at new ways of tracking epidemics using big data and social networks to predict and stem the rise of emergent diseases.... Read more about Contagion: Exploring Modern Epidemics

2017 Oct 19
Space Junk: A Traffic Crisis in Outer Space?
7:30pm
Location: 
Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St, Cambridge
It's been 60 years since the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and space is getting busier and busier.... Read more about Space Junk: A Traffic Crisis in Outer Space?
2017 Oct 19
2017 Beatboxing Residency at Harvard
6:00pm
Location: 
Various Locations
Beatboxer, film producer and Broadway actor Chesney Snow and film producer Rich McKeown will present their award-winning film American Beatboxer... Read more about 2017 Beatboxing Residency at Harvard
2017 Oct 18

Faculty Speaker Series: What Great Service Leaders Know and Do

6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

What is different about leading a breakthrough organization today than in the past? How are the new rules of service impacting our daily lives?... Read more about Faculty Speaker Series: What Great Service Leaders Know and Do

2017 Oct 17

The Border Wall: Life and Injury on the Frontlines

6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

The idea of building a wall on the U.S./Mexico border serves as a potent symbol across the political spectrum—a means of assuaging social and economic anxieties by placing them onto a remote frontier.... Read more about The Border Wall: Life and Injury on the Frontlines

2017 Oct 16

The Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center presents Prasenjit Duara (Duke University), “Spiritual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcendence in Contemporary Asia”

5:00pm

Location: 

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

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2017 Oct 12

Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

The relationship between humans and animals is complex, with mutual dependencies that are practical, psychological, and even theological. Ancient Egyptian animal mummies are a particular manifestation of this web of interrelations.... Read more about Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

2017 Oct 12

Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium

4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

The two-day symposium will include panel discussions and scholarly presentations that showcase new research on Pei’s manifold contributions to the built environment. Notable alumni from Pei’s office, including William Pedersen, will discuss the emergence of a new kind of architectural practice in the postwar era.... Read more about Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium

2017 Sep 28

Reception: Romance and Reality: Posters from the Russian Revolution

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Westen Ave, Allston

The Harvard Ed Portal and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies are proud to present the latest Crossings Gallery exhibition Romance and Reality: Posters from the Russian Revolution.... Read more about Reception: Romance and Reality: Posters from the Russian Revolution

2017 Sep 25

The Museum, the City, and the University: Boston Art Museum Directors in Discussion

4:15pm

Location: 

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

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