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Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series: Is This Fascism?
April 16, 2026
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
In Person
Join Nancy Fraser, Peter E. Gordon and Daniel Ziblatt for an open conversation regarding the question of whether political developments in the U.S. and elsewhere are tending towards the emergence of some forms of fascism in politics and society. About...

The Cold Standard: Climate Information and Memory in the Great Winter of 1709
April 14, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
In Person
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar Historians of the early modern world have recognized the "Little Ice Age" — a period of regional cooling that occurred primarily in Europe and North America from the early 14th century through the mid-19th century...

The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs
April 13, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262
Hybrid
Speaker Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University Moderator Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University Hybrid Event: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737...

CMES Disaster Studies Initiative Spring 2026 Colloquium
April 10, 2026
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1:00PM - 7:00PM EDT
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History Dept Conference Room, Robinson Hall 125, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
In Person
1:00–2:30pm Visualizing Disaster Evangeline McGlynn (convener), Stephen Guerin, Edanur Kuntman 2:40–4:10pm Researching and Writing (the) Disaster Elif Irem Az (convener), Peter Habib, Richardine Mamam Nbiba 4:30–6:00pm The History of Seismicity Cemal...

Inventing Urban Futures: Lessons from Three Centuries of City-making
April 9, 2026
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12:00PM EDT
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Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
In Person
Inventing Urban Futures: Lessons from Three Centuries of City-making Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EST at the Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School As cities face rapid change and growing uncertainty, questions...

The Russo-Ukrainian War through the Eyes of a Historian
April 8, 2026
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5:30PM - 7:00PM EDT
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Belfer Case Study Room (#S020 )
Hybrid
2026 Petryshyn Memorial Lecture by Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University Moderated by Terry Martin , George F. Baker Professor of Russian Studies, Department of History, Harvard University and Director...

Measuring Inequality in Fifteenth-Century Venice: New Evidence from Venetian Chronicles
April 7, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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History Department Basement Conference Room, B21
In Person
Next week on Tuesday, April 7, at 5 PM, join the Medieval History Workshop for a talk from Giorgio Lizzul! Lizzul is an intellectual and economic historian of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance specializing in the history of economic thought and public...