Elsewhere at Harvard

2015 Apr 02

Colloquium for Intellectual History: "The Dark Cradle of Modernity: Burckhardt, Nietzsche, and the Idea of the Renaissance." | Martin Ruehl

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Busch Hall, Cabot Room

"The Dark Cradle of Modernity:
Burckhardt, Nietzsche, and the Idea of the Renaissance."

Martin Ruehl (Trinity Hall, Cambridge University)

2014 Oct 22

CES: Variations on Simone Weil: European and North American Receptions of Her Antisemitica

4:15pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Center for European Studies, Cabot Room, Busch Hall

Speaker(s): Benjamin Braude, Professor of History, Boston College

Sponsor(s): Jews in Modern Europe; Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History; Contemporary Europe

Paradoxically Simone Weil was both one of the most polarizing thinkers in the twentieth century and an important unifying figure for both left and right in post-war France. Some called her a pacifist saint and others as bad as Hitler. This talk will argue that Weil's...

2014 Aug 07

South Asia Institute Summer Film Series: Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)

5:30pm

Location:

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010 - 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA

The Clay Bird movie poster The film is set against the backdrop of unrest in East Pakistan in the late 1960s leading up to the Bangladesh War of Liberation. In this setting, a small family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the...

2014 Aug 14

The 2014 Hutchins Forum: A Panel Discussion: RACE-ing Obama

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location:

Old Whaling Church, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Free tickets available July 28th at:
Alley's General Store: 1045 State Rd. West Tisbury
Bunch of Grapes - 44 Main St. Tisbury
C'est La Vie - 51 Circuit Ave. Oak Bluffs
Edgartown Books - 44 Main St. Edgartown...

2014 Sep 30

CES: Catherine Gallagher: "A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Revenge"

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Thompson Room, Mahindra Humanities Center

Catherine Gallagher (University of California at Berkeley):

2014 Sep 29

CES: Martin Jay: "Walter Benjamin and Isaiah Berlin: Modes of Jewish Intellectual Life in the 20th Century"

4:15pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Center for European Studies, Harvard University

See the University of California at Berkeley website for information on Martin Jay.

2014 Aug 04

Visualizing Global Studies: A Mapping Workshop for Educators

Mon - Thu, Aug 4 to Aug 7, 8:30pm - 4:00pm

Location:

Thompson Room (Room 110), Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

In partnership with other international studies centers across the university, the Davis Center will be offering a four-day intensive summer workshop on the use of digital media and mapping resources in the classroom. Geared toward secondary educators in the humanities and social sciences but open to those in all...

2014 Mar 24

CES: Prosecuting Nazi Perpetrators in German Courts During the Occupation Period, 1945-1950

4:15pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Adolphus Busch Hall, Cabot Room

Trials of Nazi perpetrators conducted in German courts during the occupation period. I compare the trials of the three western zones to those of the Soviet zone,...

2014 Nov 07

CES: Exclusion and Inclusion Seminar Event on Berlin Wall Anniversary

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location:

Busch Hall, Lower Level Conference Room

Contact: Jonathan Mijs, mijs@fas.harvard.edu

2014 Sep 26

Chinese Language Program: First Harvard International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy (Harvard ICCP)

(All day)

Location:

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA

The Harvard International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy (Harvard ICCP), hosted by the Chinese Language Program, will be Harvard’s first international conference on Chinese language pedagogy. The conference will be aimed at promoting dialogue among top scholars from around the world on current issues related to teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language. The theme of this year’s conference is “Pedagogical Expertise from Multidisciplinary Perspectives.” More information, a list of panelists, and a full schedule may be found in the attached itinerary. To register, please visit the...

2014 Jul 08

Indonesia Votes: Twitter Q&A with Vikram Nehru

10:00am to 11:00am

Location:

Twitter.com

Read the announcement on the Carnegie Website

Indonesia is at a crucial moment in its history. On July 9, outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will hand the reins to one of two candidates standing in the country’s presidential election. Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo both have the capacity to bend Indonesia’s arc of history—but each in a...

2015 Apr 15

Mahindra Humanities Center: The 2015 Tanner Lectures on Human Values by Carlo Ginzburg

Wed Apr 15 (All day) to Fri Apr 17 (All day)

More information available at:
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/tanner-lectures

The 2015 Tanner Lectures on Human Values
by Carlo Ginzburg

...

2014 May 30

From Civil War to Civil Rights: The Unending Battle to Vote - In Celebration of the Work and Life of Drew Gilpin Faust

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location:

Knafel Center and Agassiz Theater Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Registration is required. Please register here.

Ever since the ratification of the 15th amendment in 1870, the United States has grappled with the ideal of universal suffrage. Recent obstacles...

Elsewhere at Harvard

Colloquium for Intellectual History: "The Dark Cradle of Modernity: Burckhardt, Nietzsche, and the Idea of the Renaissance." | Martin Ruehl

Location:

CES: Variations on Simone Weil: European and North American Receptions of Her Antisemitica

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South Asia Institute Summer Film Series: Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)

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The 2014 Hutchins Forum: A Panel Discussion: RACE-ing Obama

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CES: Catherine Gallagher: "A Tale of Two Cities and the History of Revenge"

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CES: Martin Jay: "Walter Benjamin and Isaiah Berlin: Modes of Jewish Intellectual Life in the 20th Century"

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Visualizing Global Studies: A Mapping Workshop for Educators

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CES: Prosecuting Nazi Perpetrators in German Courts During the Occupation Period, 1945-1950

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CES: Exclusion and Inclusion Seminar Event on Berlin Wall Anniversary

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Chinese Language Program: First Harvard International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy (Harvard ICCP)

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Indonesia Votes: Twitter Q&A with Vikram Nehru

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Mahindra Humanities Center: The 2015 Tanner Lectures on Human Values by Carlo Ginzburg

From Civil War to Civil Rights: The Unending Battle to Vote - In Celebration of the Work and Life of Drew Gilpin Faust

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Robinson Hall
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-2556
Email: history@fas.harvard.edu