Initiative for Science of the Human Past: (SoHP):
Tues. 4/14/15
5:00pm - 7:00pm
CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room

Cyprian Broodbank
University of Cambridge

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Sponsored by: The Hutchins Center, The Weatherhead Center, & the Center for African Studies.

Free and Open to the public. Seating is limited. mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu

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Thursday, April 16, 4:00 pm
Harvard University Loeb House

Over fifty Harvard professors, students, administrative staff, and medical practitioners made the pilgrimage to Allahabad, India, to the Kumbh Mela site in 2013, to analyze issues that emerge in any large-scale human gathering. The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard.

Welcome: Tarun Khanna, Director,...

A Lecture by Professor Ufuk Kocabas, Istanbul University

Salvage excavations at Yenikapi in Istanbul, Turkey, have unearthed in the Theodosian Harbor the largest collection of medieval ships ever uncovered at an excavation site - 37 ships from the 5th to 11th century CE.

See more in the attached pdf.

Reception in Yenching Library Common Room following the lecture.

Lecture by Martha Hodes, Professor of History, New York University
For details, see the Radcliffe Website: http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-martha-hodes-lecture 

Memorial Service:
3pm at Memorial Church, Harvard Yard

Reception:
4:30pm at Boylston Hall, 4th Floor

* Please note: This event is for Harvard Faculty and Students only.

The Burmese conquest of Ayutthaya in 1767 entailed the transfer of hundreds of Thai artisans to Burma’s capital, including palace dancers, musicians, and other performing artists. The result was a large-scale transfer of Thai performing arts traditions, such as the masked dance version of the Ramayana, into the Burmese royal setting...

Neus Ballús, Spanish filmmaker, will be presenting her film "La Plaga,” which was released in 2013, and premiered at 63rd Berlinale. “La Plaga” is a film of intertwining stories that offers a moving portrait of life in the outskirts of Barcelona. The screening will be followed by a film discussion.

 La directora de cine española Neus Ballús presenta su película "La Plaga", estrenada en la 63 Berlinale en 2013. "La plaga" es una película de historias entrelazadas que muestra un conmovedor retrato de la vida a las...

Prof. Dr. med Frank Ruehli, MD PhD
Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich

King Tutankhamen, Oetsi ‘the Iceman’ from the Alps, Iranian salt mummies, mummies from Peru – Prof. Dr. med Frank Ruehli has examined and written about them all.  Prof. Ruehli is the Director of the University of Zurich’s Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, a world-renowned research institute that focuses on the interdisciplinary study of the...