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2017 Nov 01

Peabody Museum: Day of the Dead Museum Open House and Evening Celebration at the Peabody Museum

4:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
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Special Event

Remember and celebrate your departed loved ones at this year’s Día de los Muertos altar, savor traditional Mexican hot chocolate and pan de muerto, and enjoy a presentation by Harvard Professor Davíd Carrasco as...

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2017 Oct 09

Peabody Museum: Zooarchaeology Laboratory Open House

12:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Special Event (all ages)

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes visit to a major museum lab that helps archaeologists identify excavated animal bones. Are the bones from an ancient human occupation site or last year’s picnic? Researchers will demonstrate techniques using skeletons of modern animals. This is a popular event for school-age children. If you have found a bone in your backyard, bring it with you and have it identified!

Regular museum admission rates apply.

2017 Sep 19

Weatherhead Center Open House Reception for Undergraduates

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel, Fisher Family Commons, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA

We warmly welcome students of Harvard College to our annual Open House for Undergraduates.

Meet Weatherhead Center faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars, fellows, staff, and IRoC members. Learn about Weatherhead Center grants and opportunities for undergraduates including:

  • Summer travel grants for thesis research
  • Research internships in France
  • Study groups led by Weatherhead Center affiliates
  • Winter-break grants for research and travel
  • Research assistant positions to faculty...
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2017 Oct 17

HLS: Law and History Program Fall Reception

12:00pm

Location: 

Hauser Hall Rm. 102, Harvard Law School

This Fall's Law and History Program Reception will focus on the history of the American criminal justice system. The reception is open to students and faculty from across the university who are interested in the study of legal history, broadly construed. Three scholars will briefly present their research and talk about the practice of legal history. All are welcome and a non-pizza lunch will be provided.

Presenting at the reception will be: 

Heather Ann Thompson, professor of History at the University of Michigan and author of the Pulitzer...

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2017 Aug 30

CAS: African Language Program Open House

12:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
The African Language Program Open House is a chance to learn about Harvard's many African language courses, meet the ALP's language instructors, and decide on class meeting times for the upcoming semester. Come to learn more about the most linguistically-diverse program on campus (the ALP hopes to offer over 20 African languages this semester!), and to meet the ALP's talented language instructors.
2017 Sep 06

CES Open House

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Adolphus Busch Hall Atrium, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us for refreshments and meet our faculty, visiting scholars and students interested in Europe from Harvard and the area’s many universities. Find out about our programming, upcoming events, internships & grants! Open to the public.
2017 Sep 05

SAI: Welcome Back Mixer

5:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Celebrate the start of the school year with SAI! The Welcome Back Mixer is a chance for students to enjoy delicious South Asian food while meeting SAI’s Visiting Fellows and faculty, learning about student funding opportunities, and meeting with representatives from Harvard South Asia student groups.
2017 Sep 28

MHS: Graduate Student Reception - Please RSVP

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Calling all graduate students and faculty in history, American Studies, or any related field! Please join us for our eighth annual Graduate Student Reception.

Starting at six pm, you can enjoy free drinks and hors d’oeuvres as you meet students and professors from other universities working in your fields. At 6:30 or a little later, set down your glass and take a behind-the-scenes tour to learn more about the Society's collections as well as the resources available to support your scholarship, from research fellowships to our five different seminar series.

Faculty,...

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2017 Sep 06

Hutchins Center: Welcoming Event

4:00pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Co-sponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for African Studies.

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