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Upcoming Events

Center for History and Economics Tea Talk with Lori M. Bondioli
October 19, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT
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CGIS S-050
In Person
The next Center for History and Economics Tea Talk will be given by Lori M. Bondioli ( Harvard | History) on Monday, October 19, 2026 at 4:30pm, CGIS S-050. Talk Title: The Commercial Revolution of Medieval Egypt These informal gatherings, on Monday...

Fashionable Rebellion: The Confederate Flag 'Fad' and Youth Culture at Midcentury
October 22, 2026
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12:45PM - 2:45PM EDT
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Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St, Basement Conference Room B21
In Person
Presented by the Warren Center’s Workshop on “Commemorative Acts” Title: " Fashionable Rebellion: The Confederate Flag 'Fad' and Youth Culture at Midcentury." Karen L. Cox Visiting Scholar in the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History...

Passionate Micrology: Thoreau and Nietzsche’s Erotics of the Closest Things
October 26, 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
Hybrid
Philosophers are often caricatured as having their heads in the clouds, their mind’s eye focused inwardly on far-off visions of “the good,” “the beautiful,” and “the true.” But Friedrich Nietzsche and Henry David Thoreau, the two greatest philosophical...

Comparative History, Then and Now (1928-2026)
October 27, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
In Person
The Marc Bloch Seminars in Comparative History Speakers Isabel Frey Ribeiro Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University Peter E. Gordon Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center...

The Catholic Church and the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975–1982)
November 4, 2026
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2:00PM - 3:15PM EST
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Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Speaker: Santiago de Navascués Martínez, Assistant Professor, University of Navarra; Visiting Scholar 2026-2027, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. Chair: Jamie Martin, Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies...

Race in the Machine: The Making of Algorithmic Bias
November 4, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:15PM EST
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Zimmer Hall (formerly Science Center), Lecture Hall A
Hybrid
Free Hybrid Panel Discussion Location: Zimmer Hall (formerly Science Center), Lecture Hall A, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers: Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science; Professor of African and African...

Center for History and Economics Tea Talk with Karthik Sastry
November 9, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:30PM EST
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CGIS K-262
In Person
The next Center for History and Economics Tea Talk will be given by Karthik Sastry ( Princeton | Economics) on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 4:30pm, CGIS K-262. Talk Title: TBD These informal gatherings, on Monday afternoons from 4:30-5:30 pm, bring...

Center for History and Economics Tea Talk with Fei-Hsien Wang
November 30, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:30PM EST
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CGIS S-050
In Person
The next Center for History and Economics Tea Talk will be given by Fei-Hsien Wang ( Radcliffe / Indiana University | History) on Monday, November 30, 2026 at 4:30pm, CGIS S-050. Talk Title: TBD These informal gatherings, on Monday afternoons from 4:30-5...

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