*2-part lecture rescheduled from February 9^th.

“Slavery, Dissent, Reconciliation: Harvard Histories,” a wide-ranging public conversation about Harvard’s relationship to the many legacies and memories of the Civil War, featuring Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard University), Professor Kellie Carter Jackson (Hunter College), Professor Salamishah Tillet (University of Pennsylvania), and artist Brian Knep (Deep Wounds). Moderated by Timothy Patrick McCarthy.

Admission is free.

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Author’s Talk at the Ash Center

 Leah Wright Rigeur
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

 The Loneliness of the Black Republican

Co-sponsored by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy,...

W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Spring Colloquium

Kate Masur

Associate professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University
Fellow’s Bio

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Universities aggregate knowledge and specialists, but they also aggregate historical artifacts. Using Harvard University’s extensive collections as a starting point, this conference will assemble its own collection of specialists to explore the history and mission of universities through “university objects.” Each presenter will examine one exemplary holding at Harvard to consider the insights its presence offers into the world of knowledge. Speakers from a wide array of Harvard communities will also address larger questions about universities as unique collecting...

The Parry Lecture

Brian P. Owensby
Director, Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation
Professor, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia

Roquinaldo Ferreira (Brown University)

This talk (based on a pre-circulated paper) will examine the social and cultural foundations of the slave trade between the Bight of Benin and Brazil in the first half of the eighteenth century, focusing on imperial politics by the kingdom of Whydah and Dahomey towards Brazil, as well as the intense competition  pitting Portuguese against other European merchants.

A copy of the pre-circulated paper can be downloaded at:
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Speaker: Sophia Beal,
Assistant Professor of Portuguese, University of Minnesota

See the Brazil Conference website for schedule and venues.

In its first edition, the student-organized Harvard Brazil Conference aims to debate perspectives, issues, and challenges that Brazil shares with the world. The event wants to put together academics and doers to debate with students and the international community.

The conference is organized by the Harvard-Wide Brazilian Student Association, which was created in 2015. This vibrant community hopes to create a platform...

Speaker:
James N. Green, 
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Chair in Latin American History, Brown University

Speaker: Devyn Spence Benson,
Assistant Professor of History and African and African...

Marc A. Hertzman
Vising Scholar, Harvard Law School; Assistant Professor, University of Illinois

Speaker: Manuel Barcia Paz, University of Leeds

Manuel Barcia is a Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Leeds. He's the author of three books and several articles focusing on the experiences of the African Diaspora in Cuba and Brazil. His most recent book, West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844, was recently published within the prestigious Past & Present book series of...

Reception: April 1, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Exhibit: March 23 - Jun 15, 2013

An exhibition presented by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and made possible in part by generous support from the Brillembourg and Brodsky Endowment Funds at DRCLAS.

For more information, see the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies website.

Laura Chinchilla Miranda was the first woman to be elected to the Costa Rican presidency (2010-2014).

Her election as President of the Republic of Costa Rica was preceded by a successful political career and service in the public sector which began with her appointment as Minister of Public Security - the first woman to hold that...