Ranjani Mazumdar, “Slums in the Cultural Imaginary”

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

The slum has been a visual force in a number of city films from across the world. The use of certain geographical locations and popular discourses about crime and poverty have given shape to a diverse range of images that are at once powerful, mythic and disturbing. This event, which will kick off a two-day conference on “Slums: New Visions for an Enduring Global Phenomenon,” will explore the perceptions that have fuelled the imagination of the cinematic slum.

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

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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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Lecture: Alison Brooks

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

Alison Brooks, Principal and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects, is one of the leading architects of her generation. She has developed... Read more about Lecture: Alison Brooks

Kees Christiaanse, “Inversion and Subtraction in Urban Design”

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

The European city is a nucleus in a network of approximately 500 cities with an average population of 50.000-1.000.000 inhabitants and an... Read more about Kees Christiaanse, “Inversion and Subtraction in Urban Design”

Feminisms Now!

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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 21^st 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 19^th- and 20^th-century foremothers as they work to move society forward.

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Anna Puigjaner, “Kitchen Stories”

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

Anna Puigjaner is an architect, editor and researcher. Co-founder of the architectural office MAIO, which works on spatial systems that allow theoretical and practical positions converge. MAIO’s works have been published in international magazines such as Domus, Monocle, Plot, Frame and Detail among others; exhibited at Biennale di Venezia,...

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen, “Deciduous Plan”

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

Through a selection of detached houses in remote natural settings produced by the studio, the lecture will examine the temporal dimension of... Read more about Pezo von Ellrichshausen, “Deciduous Plan”

Perspectives on New Media in Museums

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Kate Lewis, the Agnes Gund Chief Conservator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will discuss the challenges of caring for time-based media art. Conservators must... Read more about Perspectives on New Media in Museums

Translating into Colors: Van Gogh’s Copies after Millet

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Van Gogh Museum curator Nienke Bakker will explore Van Gogh’s copies after the French artist Jean-François Millet, one of which is now ... Read more about Translating into Colors: Van Gogh’s Copies after Millet

Cambridge Open Archives

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

The Harvard Art Museums Archives is participating in Cambridge Open Archives, an annual event that offers the rare chance to visit... Read more about Cambridge Open Archives

Cambridge Open Archives

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

The Harvard Art Museums Archives is participating in Cambridge Open Archives, an annual event that offers the rare chance to visit a... Read more about Cambridge Open Archives

50 Years a Curator: Whatever Happened to the Art World We Knew?

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., curator of American art, emeritus, at the Harvard Art Museums, and former curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,... Read more about 50 Years a Curator: Whatever Happened to the Art World We Knew?

Photography as Performance: A Conversation with John Schabel and Gary Schneider

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

To mark the opening of the exhibition Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001 (May 19–August... Read more about Photography as Performance: A Conversation with John Schabel and Gary Schneider

Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts

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Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

Princeton curator Alan Stahl explores how ancient, Islamic, Byzantine, and medieval contexts have affected the interpretation of coin finds.... Read more about Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts

Red Sox Nation: Exploring Sports and Citizenship

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

Sports and community identity are deeply linked. What happens on the field and in the stands draws attention to larger issues confronting society, and compels... Read more about Red Sox Nation: Exploring Sports and Citizenship

Stig L. Andersson

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

Stig L. Andersson founded SLA Architects in 1994. Having studied nuclear physics, Japanese culture and chemistry before becoming an architect,... Read more about Stig L. Andersson

Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture: Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby with Jessica Morgan

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

Please join us for our final Rouse Visiting Artist program of the spring, an evening with Raf Simons, Chief Creative Officer at Calvin Klein, and LA-based... Read more about Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture: Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby with Jessica Morgan

Dr. Yvonne Cagle

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

Dr. Yvonne Cagle is a NASA Astronaut and Family Physician. In 2008, Dr. Cagle retired as a Colonel in the USAF where she served as a Senior... Read more about Dr. Yvonne Cagle

Henry N. Cobb, Peter Eisenman, and Rafael Moneo, “How Will Architecture Be Conceived?”

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

Please join us for an evening with Rafael Moneo, Henry N. Cobb, and Peter Eisenman as they investigate the question, “How will architecture be conceived?” Each... Read more about Henry N. Cobb, Peter Eisenman, and Rafael Moneo, “How Will Architecture Be Conceived?”

Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”

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

What can be done to reduce the cost of housing, particularly in the United States? To help answer this question, we will bring together a diverse mix of people... Read more about Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”

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