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Upcoming Events

Doing Better: MONUMENTS and the Ownership of Civic Landscapes

October 1, 2026
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12:45PM - 2:45PM EDT
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Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St, Basement Conference Room B21
Speaker: Kristin Hass (University of Michigan) Title: "Doing Better: MONUMENTS and the Ownership of Civic Landscapes." Presented by the Warren Center’s Workshop on “Commemorative Acts” This event is being hosted elsewhere on campus, and not by the History...

Public Research Talk: Choosing Good or Evil—Royce and Emerson on Knowing the Difference with Scott Pratt

October 5, 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
In Studies of Good and Evil, Josiah Royce argues that moral agents must know both good and evil: One can act morally only by choosing good despite temptation. Yet Royce’s own framework complicates this distinction. Although he establishes the necessity of...

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
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...

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