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A Musical Night in the Coffeehouse: Ottoman Melodies, Hebrew Poetry, and Mystical Histories

May 7, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
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Great Space, Robinson Hall Robinson Hall, Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Please join us for A Musical Night in the Coffeehouse: Ottoman Melodies, Hebrew Poetry, and Mystical Histories The Ottoman world witnessed the unstoppable proliferation of an infectious novelty in the sixteenth century: coffee as a social beverage...

Garod (Longing): A Film Screening and Discussion with Onur Günay and Cemal Kafadar

May 5, 2026
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
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CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
CMES presents Onur Günay is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work moves across political and medical anthropology, critical theory, Middle Eastern studies, and visual ethnography. He is currently Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate...

Christianizing Coffee: a Maronite Origin of the Devilish Drink

May 1, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:45PM EDT
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This is a hybrid event.
Sponsors: Harvard Early Modern Workshop and Harvard Mahindra Humanities Seminar on the History of the Book Speakers: Ida Beckett, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Jin-Woo Choi, History Department, both Harvard University This is a hybrid event. In...
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Past and Present: Cultural Politics in Byzantium and Beyond

May. 1 - May 2, 2026
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All day
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Multiple Locations (See Posting for More Information)
Past and Present: Cultural Politics in Byzantium and Beyond May 1-2, 2026 Convenors: Panagiotis Roilos and Dimiter Angelov Friday, May 1 Fong Auditorium Boylston Hall 110 9:20 Welcome ELIZABETH KAMALI, Chair of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies...

Decolonization at 100: Centenary Reflections, 1926-2026

April 23, 2026
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All day
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History Department Conference Room (#125)
Please Note: Registration for this event is now closed. However, it will be live streamed in an adjacent seminar room in Robinson Hall (Warren Center Conference Room B21), or you can follow the discussion live on Zoom. More information to follow...

Fantasies of Latin and Nahuatl in Clement VII's Rome

April 22, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Early Modern Workshop in the Department of History, Harvard. Speaker: Byron Hamann (University of Pennsylvania)

HAM: Gallery Talk: American Works of Art at the 250th

April 18, 2026
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12:30PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
This event does not require registration; see further details below. From late January to early July 2026, curator of American art Horace D. Ballard will lead a series of gallery talks to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the...

Harvard Wind Ensemble presents Spring Concert: The Sounds of Liberty

April 17, 2026
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8:00PM - 9:30PM EDT
The Harvard Wind Ensemble presents "The Sounds of Liberty," a concert celebrating the 250 th Anniversary of the US on April 17 th at 8pm in Lowell Lecture Hall. The Harvard Wind Ensemble will be joined by the Middlesex Concert Band presenting music that...