Co-sponsored with the Harvard Book Store – ...

Venezuela today is a country mired in turmoil. But thirty years ago the story was different. Back then Venezuela stood for many as an inclusive democracy in a region where dictatorship and civil war reigned. Enlightened leaders, strong parties, powerful unions – all spoke of a stable political system that for decades managed to ensure social peace. Or so it seemed. As historian Alejandro Velasco argues in his new book – Barrio Rising – the conflicts that grip Venezuela today aren’t a departure from but a continuation of decades-long struggles over what kind of democracy would emerge after...

Timothy Nunan,, Harvard Academy
"Eurasian Crossings: The Soviet Union, the Left, and 'Eurasia' in the Twentieth Century"

Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS)...

Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern
"How to Hide an Empire: Geography and Power in the Greater United States"

Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS)

Co-chairs: ...

Elizabeth Borgwardt, Washington University in St. Louis
"'Thinking Humanity': The Nuremberg Idea in History, Law & Politics"

Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS)

Co-chairs: ...

Arnulf Becker Lorca, Brown University
"Critical Rather than Realist or Idealist Histories; and Global Rather than International History: Beyond Mestizo International Law"

Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS)

Co-chairs: David Armitage and Erez Manela

The Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS) is a forum for cutting-edge work in the fields of international and global history. The...

It is our pleasure to share with you the announcement of a public symposium of the International Catacomb Society and Providence College Faculty of Arts & Sciences on Saturday, September 26, in cooperation with the Center for Catholic & Dominican Studies and the Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange:

 International Catacomb Society Public Symposium (abbreviated program)

Free and Open to the Public (RSVP to: info@catacombsociety.org)

Session 1 (introduction: Annewies van den Hoek...

Alice Goffman is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her book, On The Run: Fugitive Life in an American City examines the largely hidden world of police beatings, court fees, sentencing hearings, and low level warrants...

In this workshop, Prof. Martinez will provide the teacher of Spanish for heritage learners with an overview of the theoretical struggles surrounding the value of the different language varieties that are used, privileged, or even ridiculed in the Spanish for heritage learners classroom. We will consider various approaches to the...

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The “Observatorio” is hosting an Open House at Harvard to share its projects mapping the Spanish language and Latino Culture in the United States. The Open House will pay tribute to Miguel de Cervantes, on the 400th anniversary of his death, including statements by experts, as well as Gypsy, Jewish, Arabic, and Christian...

Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital and Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine present:

COLLOQUIUM ON THE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE

David G. Satin, M.D., DLFAPA Director

Open to students of history and those valuing a historical perspective on their professions.

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James Q. Whitman, Ford Foundation Professor Of Comparative And Foreign Law,
Yale Law School

Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor Of Law,
Florida State University College Of Law