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2017 Sep 23

HLS Conference: Populist Plutocrats: Lessons from Around the World

8:30am to 6:00pm

Location: 

Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West AB (2019) Harvard Law School

The conference, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 23, is entitled “Populist Plutocrats: Lessons from Around the World.” The conference theme will emphasize what Americans might learn about the current political situation here from other countries (such as Italy, Thailand, the Philippines, Peru, and South Africa); speakers include leading scholars, politicians, journalists and activists from around the world (including, among others, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the former Prime Minister of Thailand, and Jose Ugaz, the Chair of Transparency International who...

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2017 Oct 16

HLS: Book Talk: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

12:00pm

Location: 

WCC 1010 (Harvard Law School)

Award-winning historian Nancy MacLean will talk about her new and provocative book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. The book connects the mid-twentieth-century backlash to the New Deal and school desegregation and the anti-democratic policies favored by many of today's economic and political elites.

2017 Sep 05

HLS: The History of Harvard Law School followed by a Dedication to the Enslaved who Helped Build Harvard Law School

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Law School, Milstein West

we begin the formal observance of our Bicentennial by remembering and honoring the enslaved whose labor created wealth that made possible the founding of Harvard Law School. Please join President Drew Faust, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor Janet Halley, and me at the Law School’s Crossroads at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday for the dedication of a memorial in their honor. The dedication immediately follows a talk and panel discussion open to all members of the Harvard Law School community on The History of Harvard Law School (Milstein West, 5 p.m.)....

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2018 Apr 17

Radcliffe/MHS: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the High School U.S. History Curriculum: A Conversation - Please RSVP

5:30pm

Location: 

Sherr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

The Boston Seminar on the History of Women, Gender & Sexuality:

Wendy Bergeron, Winnacunnet High School; Marlin Kann, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School; Miriam Morganstern, History UnErased; and Susan Zeiger, Primary Source
Moderator: Victoria Cain, Northeastern University

Sessions are held on Tuesdays at 5:30 PM; light refreshments follow. Attendance is free and open to all. Subscriptions are available ($20 per year) for online access to any pre-circulated materials.

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