Harvard University Committee on Medieval Studies, Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room), Cambridge
Author Kisha Tracy, Associate Professor of English at Fitchburg State University, discusses her new book Why Study the Middle Ages? (ARC Humanities Press, 2022) with Sean Gilsdorf, Administrative Director and Lecturer on Medieval Studies at Harvard University. This event...
The Fall 2022 Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture at Houghton Library will be given by Linda Simpson, drag queen and editor/publisher of the underground gay magazine My Comrade, whose production archives were acquired by Houghton in 2021. My Comrade served as a symbol of hope and frivolity in New York City’s East Village during the AIDS crisis by celebrating the queer community in its cut-and-paste mishmash of articles and photo spreads. Simpson’s lecture will recall the zine’s history, New York’s avant-garde drag scene in the 1980s and 90s, and the queer activism and...
Ieva Jusionyte is the 2022–2023 Maury Green Fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, the Watson Family Associate Professor of International Security and Anthropology at Brown University, and an author. In this lecture, Jusionyte will present the findings from a multisited ethnographic and archival research project following guns that cross the US–Mexico border. She will examine the impact that American weapons leave on Mexican society—its body politic as well as individual lives—and grapple with US complicity in violence south of the border.
In this panel discussion, Black Radcliffe and Harvard alumni from different generations will explore and celebrate stories of resistance, excellence, resilience, and change-making from while they were students and after graduation.
Roe v. Wade has had an impact on American society, culture, and politics far greater than the simple wording of the decision in 1973. In the wake of the recent Dobbs decision overturning Roe, deeply felt debates on ideas of reproduction, rights, justice, and their practice continue. This virtual discussion seeks to enhance and challenge our understanding of the past and our present as we, together, begin to find ways forward.
The inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Harvard recognizes an individual who, through their activism, advocacy, scholarship, or service, has made an indelible contribution to advancing justice and equality.
The 2022 lecture honors civil rights and education leader Freeman A. Hrabowski III, PhD, who will deliver a keynote speech on October 12.
Widely acclaimed as one of the most transformative leaders in higher education, Dr. Hrabowski’s 30-year tenure as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) received national...
Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Phillips Brooks House Association, Ethnicity, Migration, & Rights, the Department of Romance Languages, and Fuerza Latina invite you to a documentary screening of "Latino Pioneers in Boston," a fireside conversation with documentary maker Blanca Bonillo and Latino Pioneers: Tony Molina, Jaime Rodriguez, Carmen Paola, Frieda Garcia, and Regla Gonzalez. There will also be a reception afterwards for students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members to socialize and eat delicious food...
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the most synchronous economic downturn in more than a century. Ninety-percent of countries posted a decline in real per capita GDP in 2020, more than any other year since 1900 -- including two world wars and the economic depression of the 1930s. The health crisis pushed an estimated 120 million people into extreme poverty. For Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) however, the setback in their development markers did not start with the pandemic. COVID-19 deepened and accelerated a troubling trend of economic backsliding that had appeared around...
CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge
What is the role of art in deeply unequal societies? Are aesthetics political? Can artists challenge dominant orders? Please join us for a conversation between eminent Carnatic vocalist and activist T.M. Krishna, social and cultural historian Shailaja Paik, lawyer and social critic Suraj Yengde, and jazz musician and scholar Vijay Iyer. The event will be moderated by Ajantha Subramanian, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University.
Caleb Gayle is the 2022–2023 Walter Jackson Bate Fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and an award-winning journalist who writes about the impact of history on race and identity. In this virtual discussion, he will talk about the little-known Black social and political leader Edward McCabe, who led the all-Black Kansan town of Nicodemus in the 1880s before attempting to establish an all-Black state in what is now Oklahoma.
Join curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin and Lissette Jiménez, assistant professor of museum studies from San Francisco State University, for a virtual conversation on how grief is expressed in ancient Egyptian portraits and teaching about loss.
Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward is a collaborative effort drawing from the expertise of staff across the museums and other members of our community. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect upon...
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge
At the top of a painting of a Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti (c. 1280–1348), an angel holds in one hand an unfurled scroll and in the other a bloody tunic. Never previously noted, let alone explained, this unique combination of motifs provides the key to understanding the panel’s unusual imagery. It sheds fresh light on the complex nexus between art, piety, and theology in 14th-century Italy, in particular at Assisi—the site of the mother house of the Franciscan order, where the panel most likely was made.
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Thu Oct 20 2022 .
10:00am to 1:00pm
10:00am to 1:00pm
Location:
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge
In this two-part workshop, join us first in the exhibition galleries with curator Susanne Ebbinghaus and conservator Kate Smith for a close look at the portraits and learn what our curators, conservators, and scientists have discovered about them. Then take that experience to the Materials Lab, where you’ll make your own version of an ancient tempera painting using some of the same materials and techniques used by Roman-period artists. This workshop aims to honor and remember the woman in the ancient portrait we will copy, and to celebrate the relationship between artist and sitter that...
Join paintings conservator Sally Woodcock and conservation scientist Narayan Khandekar for a virtual conversation on how grief is expressed in ancient Egyptian portraits and teaching about loss.
Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward is a collaborative effort drawing from the expertise of staff across the museums and other members of our community. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect upon objects that represent the deceased and were once...
Online or In-Person at Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge
In ancient Egypt, one of the final steps in the mummification process was to equip the body with a permanent face covering that helped protect the head and also ritually transform the deceased into a god. The earliest examples of these were stylized masks, later replaced by more realistically rendered painted portraits. Using evidence from the archaeological record and the Book of the Dead—a series of spells meant to guide the dead as they sought eternal life—art professor Lorelei Corcoran will discuss the production and function of the "mummy portraits" that were popular throughout...
