Three Faces of Gandhian Nonviolence
Robert P. Benedict Lectures in the History of Political Philosophy 
Presented by: Karuna Mantena

10/28, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Lecture 1: Critique of Civilization
Location: CGS 527, 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

10/29, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Lecture 2: Hazards of Action
CGS 129, 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

10/30, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Lecture 3: Means and Ends of Swaraj
Kenmore Room, 1 Silber Way, Boston, MA

10/30 6:00 - 7:30pm
Reception
Kenmore Room, 1 Silber Way, Boston, Ma

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Speaker: Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University

There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).

Edward J. Logue was a giant of 20th-century East Coast urban redevelopment. From the 1950s through the 1980s, he worked to revive a declining New Haven, became the architect of the “New Boston,” led New York State’s Urban Development Corporation, and ended his career working to turn around the South Bronx. Prizewinning historian Lizabeth Cohen analyzes Logue’s complicated legacy in urban renewal as a dramatic story of heart- break and...

Join Harvard University professor and author Lizabeth Cohen for a conversation about her latest book, "Saving America's Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age."

The conversation will be moderated by Chris Grimley, an architect and designer at OverUnder, an architecture and design firm in Boston, Massachusetts. He has taught at the University of British Columbia, Rhode Island School of Design, Northeastern University and Wentworth Institute of Technology. He is coauthor of "...

Fifty Shades of Green: Sexing Economics
Tuesday, September 24 5:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St, Boston, MA
Speaker: Bethany Moreton (Dartmouth College)
Respondent: Nancy Cott (Trumbull Research Professor of American History, Harvard)

From the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship to the Chicago School, thinkers on the Right have vigorously theorized the foundational connections between sexual and economic ideologies, even while self-identified partisans of labor...

Housing as History: New Directions for Boston’s Subsidized Housing: Learning from the Past
At the Massachusetts Historical Society
(http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2995)
November 20, 2019 - Wednesday, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30...

Housing as History: the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Orchard Gardens
At the Dewitt Center
(http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2991)
November 13, 2019 - Wednesday, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30)

• Karilyn...

Housing as History: Villa Victoria and the Fenway Community Development Corporation
At Blackstone Community Center
(http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2988)
October 16, 2019 - Wednesday, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30)

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Housing as History: Columbia Point and Commonwealth
A the Massachusetts Historical Society
(http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2987)
October 2, 2019 - Wednesday, 6:00PM - 7:00PM (There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30)

• Lawrence Vale, Ford...

(See event flyer here)

Join us for a thought-provoking roundtable discussion on the upcoming centennial of 19th Amendment.

About this Event

August 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, when women won the right to vote. During this discussion we will ask: which women?

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Book talk with author Yossi Harpaz.

Sponsored by: Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion

Panel:
Harvey Molotch, Emeritus Professor, New York University
Davide Ponzini, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Neil Brenner...

The department of Historical Studies would like to invite you to our...

The Boston University Department of Classical Studies would like to invite you to our next lecture in the Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World lecture series. Nina Papathanasopoulou (Connecticut College) will be presenting "Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea (Cave of the Heart)."

When: Wednesday, November 28th
Where: Boston University School of Theology Building, Room 409/Arrowsmith Library
745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Sponsored by...

Monday, November 19

Making Places in New Spaces:  Circassian Forced Migrants in the late Ottoman Empire

Dawn Chatty

Emeritus Professor in Anthropology and Forced Migration

University of Oxford, UK  

6 pm in MIT Room 3-133

Free and open to the public.

Abstract

Refugee studies rarely address...

The Worcester Art Museum...