The Free State of Bavaria was established in November 1918 by the Berlin Jewish socialist Kurt Eisner. After his assassination in February 1919, Bavaria went through political infighting. Jewish politicians were also prominent in two short-lived efforts to establish a socialist Soviet republic in Bavaria. Following their failure, the conservative government of Bavaria identified Jews with left-wing radicalism. Munich became a hotbed of right-wing extremism, with synagogues under attack and Jews physically assaulted in the streets.

This seminar will discuss the Jewish...

The event, moderated by Bruno Carvalho and Diane Davis, will bring together perspectives from different regions of the globe. AbdouMaliq Simone, Eric Klinenberg, and Hiba Bou Akar will present their views of the connections between the ongoing pandemic and urbanization. They will respond to questions from the moderators as well as attendees. Audience members will have a chance to present questions to the speakers during the event, and in advance at registration.

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Speakers: 
Christiane Taubira
Minister of Justice of France (2012-2016)

Aminata Touré
Vice President, Schleswig-Holstein Parliament

Chair:
Mary D. Lewis
Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

When George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis last year, Black Lives...

Speaker:John Mulhall (Harvard University)

Classics Department John Duffy Society lecture

To register for this...

Ahmed El Shamsy, University of Chicago

Organized by:

Hakki Arslan (Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1385) at the Münster University)

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This panel will present academic and grassroots research about the impacts of speculation with farmlands in Brazil by international pension funds and endowment funds, as in the case of TIAA and Harvard University. Negotiations of farmland as a financial asset cause deforestation of the Cerrado biome, which is the most biodiverse savanna in the world, and intensify violence against indigenous, quilombola (Rural Afro-Brazilian), and peasant communities.

Panelists:

Maria Luisa Mendonça: Research scholar at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics,...

Welcome to the annual ARTS FIRST Festival, which celebrates the artmaking of all members of the Harvard Community. This year, our virtual program, produced by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, welcomes artists and audiences worldwide to experience video performances by Harvard students, faculty and alumni/ae, presented in spaces on campus, outdoors around Cambridge and across the globe.

Join us April 19-30 for live events and dynamic student showcases celebrating a wide variety of music, dance, theater and additional art – plus three nights of conversations with past Harvard...

Register in advance for this webinar: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iGSEDzTmTla0KBROgrcC7g

Panel Discussion with:

• Keisha N. Blain, University of Pittsburgh
• Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University

Moderated by Jarvis R. Givens, Harvard University

Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois...

Moderator: Allison Puglisi (Harvard University)

Opening Remarks: sadada (embodied healing justice teacher, nipmc)

Roundtable:
Christy Clark-Pujara (Dept of Afro-American Studies, UW Madison)
Anna-lisa Cox (Hutchins Center, Harvard University),

Diane Miller (National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, National Park Service)
Barbara Norman (Farmer and Founder of S.M.A.R.T.)

Shakara Tyler (Detroit Black Community Food Security Network)

Monica White (Dept. of Community & Environmental Sociology, UW Madison)

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Even in a highly polarized era, many Americans agree that democracy is the essence of the American experience; they just can’t agree on what democracy is. Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a facilitated panel discussion surrounding major debates, disagreements, and practices which have animated democracy from colonial times to the present. Reflect on what democracy means to you and who it is for, as these experts on history, philosophy, and institutions of self-government discuss their insights. Engage with panelists and fellow participants by asking questions and sharing thoughts...

"From the Ground Up: Mapping an Approach to Property Formation in Settler Colonies"
Michael Borsk, WIGH Global Fellow; PhD Candidate in History, Queen's University, Canada

Chair: Charles Maier, Research Professor of History, Harvard University

What - and where - is property in settler colonies? Taking the work of British and American land surveyors in the Great Lakes region together with the literature on law, colonialism, and state formation, this paper maps a new approach to...

History of Global Capitalism Student Presentations

"A British Slaveowner in Suriname: Trans-imperial Plantation Politics and the Creation of the Second Slavery"
Marten Dondorp, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University
Commentator: Valerie Werder, PhD Candidate in Art, Film, and Visual Studies, Harvard University

"Quantifying Rural Surplus Labor in China: Economic Thought in the Reform Era"
Ziwei Zhang, PhD...