Harvard Book Store welcomes writer, historian, and Smith College professor DANIEL HOROWITZ for a discussion of his latest book, Happier?: The History of a Cultural Movement That Aspired to Transform America. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities.

About Happier?

When a cultural movement that began to take shape in the mid-twentieth century erupted into mainstream American culture in the late 1990s, it brought to the fore the idea that it is as important to improve one's own sense of pleasure as it is to manage...

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Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated writer and journalist WALTER ISAACSON—author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin—for a discussion of his latest biography, Leonardo da Vinci. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities.

About Leonardo da Vinci

He was history’s...

Harvard Book Store welcomes the host of MSNBC's The Last Word LAWRENCE O'DONNELL for a discussion of his latest book, Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities.

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About Playing with Fire

The 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O’Donnell’s...

Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed writer and Harvard Law professor NOAH FELDMAN for a discussion of his latest book, The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities.

About The Three Lives of James Madison

Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician he co-founded the...

Harvard Book Store and the Mahindra Humanities Center welcome award-winning author and Harvard University Professor of History MAYA JASANOFF for a discussion of her latest book, The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.

About The Dawn Watch

Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces shaped Joseph Conrad’s destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in modern literature, Maya Jasanoff...

The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is organizing a benefit concert on Sunday, November 12 to raise funds for organizations providing humanitarian relief for communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria. The concert is co-sponsored by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the Texas Club of Harvard College.

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Marie-Hélène Huet
M. Taylor Pyne Professor of French and Italian, Emeritus, Princeton University

It is no coincidence that both the story of Medusa dnt he theory that the maternal imagination could produce monstrouos progeny were...

Our Gonson Daytime Lecture Series begins next week, covering a wide range of topics, from history to civic engagement. The second lecture in the series, “Preserving History: Public Media Archives at WGBH” may be of interest to you and your students. This interactive presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 a.m. at 56 Brattle Street in Harvard Square and is open to the public with $5 admission.

Karen Cariani, Senior Director, WGBH Media Library and Archives and Casey Davis Kaufman, Associate Director, WGBH Media Library and Archives, will highlight the...

Boston University’s weekly Walter Rodney seminars are held Mondays in the B.U. African Studies Center. This week’s seminar features Andrew Bank, Professor of History at the University of the Western Cape, presenting "Pioneers of the Field: South Africa's Women Anthropologists."

ORGANIZER(S): African Studies Center at Boston University
EVENT WEBSITE: https://www.bu.edu/africa/events/rodney/

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Boston Area Early American History Seminar

Matthew Kruer, University of Chicago
Comment: Linford Fisher, Brown University

Tuesdays at 5:15 PM, except as noted. A light sandwich supper follows. Attendance is free. Subscriptions are available ($25 per year) for online access to the pre-circulated essays in 3 series.
RSVP to seminars@masshist.org. Follow us on Twitter @MHS_Research.
Sponsored and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston
Other seminar series feature items of interest to...

Boston Area Early American History Seminar

Brendan McConville, Boston University
Comment: Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut

Tuesdays at 5:15 PM, except as noted. A light sandwich supper follows. Attendance is free. Subscriptions are available ($25 per year) for online access to the pre-circulated essays in 3 series.
RSVP to seminars@masshist.org. Follow us on Twitter @MHS_Research.
Sponsored and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston
Other seminar series feature items of...

Boston Area Early American History Seminar

Laurel Daen, MHS-NEH Fellow
Comment: Cornelia H. Dayton, University of Connecticut

Tuesdays at 5:15 PM, except as noted. A light sandwich supper follows. Attendance is free. Subscriptions are available ($25 per year) for online access to the pre-circulated essays in 3 series.
RSVP to seminars@masshist.org. Follow us on Twitter @MHS_Research.
Sponsored and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston
Other seminar series feature items of interest...