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Exploring the Expansion of Philosophical Colleges within and beyond Central Tibet
October 30, 2026
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1:15PM - 2:30PM EDT
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CGIS-S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Gray Tuttle Exploring the Expansion of Philosophical Colleges within and beyond Central Tibet In October, IAAS will welcome Prof. Gray Tuttle (RSEA'96, IAAS '02) from Columbia University . He will present his work " Exploring the Expansion of...

From Vineyard to Ballot: Agriculture, Inheritance, and the Puzzle of Rural Socialism
October 28, 2026
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2:00PM - 3:15PM EDT
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Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
In Person
New Research on Europe Seminar Speaker Antoine Boucher Postdoctoral Researcher, Aix-Marseille School of Economics; Visiting Scholar 2026-2027, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University Chair Nathan Perl-Rosenthal Senior Research...

The Capitalist Era
October 28, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Lee Gathering Room (S-030), CGIS South Building
Hybrid
Joint Center for History and Economics Online Seminar Jeremy Adelman The Capitalist Era What does it mean for distant peoples to need each other without knowing each other, for "us" to need "them," and vice versa? Since Adam Smith, interdependence between...

Sex, Drugs, and AI: On the Importance of Being Human
October 27, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:30PM EDT
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Science Center 469
In Person
Noah Feldman is the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor, Chair of the Society of Fellows, and founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, all at Harvard University. He specializes in constitutional studies, with...

Comparative History, Then and Now (1928-2026)
October 27, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
In Person
The Marc Bloch Seminars in Comparative History Speakers Isabel Frey Ribeiro Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University Peter E. Gordon Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center...

Passionate Micrology: Thoreau and Nietzsche’s Erotics of the Closest Things
October 26, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Philosophers are often caricatured as having their heads in the clouds, their mind’s eye focused inwardly on far-off visions of “the good,” “the beautiful,” and “the true.” But Friedrich Nietzsche and Henry David Thoreau, the two greatest philosophical...

Fashionable Rebellion: The Confederate Flag 'Fad' and Youth Culture at Midcentury
October 22, 2026
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12:45PM - 2:45PM EDT
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Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St, Basement Conference Room B21
In Person
Presented by the Warren Center’s Workshop on “Commemorative Acts” Title: " Fashionable Rebellion: The Confederate Flag 'Fad' and Youth Culture at Midcentury." Karen L. Cox Visiting Scholar in the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History...

Center for History and Economics Tea Talk with Lori M. Bondioli
October 19, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT
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CGIS S-050
In Person
The next Center for History and Economics Tea Talk will be given by Lori M. Bondioli ( Harvard | History) on Monday, October 19, 2026 at 4:30pm, CGIS S-050. Talk Title: The Commercial Revolution of Medieval Egypt These informal gatherings, on Monday...

The Reformist Language of Plants: Marianne Dwight’s Botanical Watercolors
October 19, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Shortly after moving to the Transcendentalist utopian community of Brook Farm in April 1844, Marianne Dwight Orvis joined the “Fancy Group,” a collective of women who hand-painted goods for sale in Boston. She described the project as seeking the...

The Tobacco Takers: Puritans, Pipes, and Bodily Care
October 13, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:00PM EDT
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Hybrid
Free Hybrid Lecture Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers: Diana DiPaolo Loren, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator, Peabody Museum, Harvard University Stephen W. Silliman, Professor...