Women and Culture in the Early Modern World

Kristen Abbott Bennett, Stonehill College

Erica Zimmer, Boston University

Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome

Johanna Hanink, Brown University

Eighteenth-Century Studies

Christie McDonald, Harvard University

Medieval Studies

Anne Broadbridge, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Michael Penn, Stanford University

Charles Stang, Harvard Divinity School

John Zaleski, Harvard University

Early colonial accounts of the conquest of Mexico meticulously inventory the gold and sundry tribute items (fine cloths, turquoise, jewels) acquired by conquistadors in the service of the Spanish monarchy. Yet, within these accounts, another set of gifts—indigenous tribute women—intermittently appear in...

In Conversation: Roberto Diago with 
Curator, Alejandro de la Fuente 
Friday, Feb 3, 12 noon The Cooper Gallery

Co-sponsored by the Cuban Studies Program, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

Juan Roberto Diago is a leading member of the new Afro-Cuban cultural movement, which has valiantly denounced the persistence of racism and discrimination in Cuban society. This exhibition of twenty-five mixed-media and installation artworks traces Diago’s vibrant career from the mid-1990s, when he began to...

Cornel West,
Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University

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The Trump Era: Hope in a Time of Escalating Despair

We celebrate Professor Cornel West’s return to Harvard at our inaugural Spring Colloquium. Just five days after Donald Trump takes office, Professor West will share his thoughts with us on where our country finds itself right now and the path forward for progressives and...

Fellows' Presentation, Lectures

War and the Soundscapes of Memory

2016–2017 Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and Humanities

As the generation with a living memory of the Second World War recedes, the critic and cultural historian Jeremy Eichler...

Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Speaker(s):

• Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History
• Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
• Daniel Carpenter, director of the social sciences program at the Radcliffe Institute and Allie S. Freed Professor of Government

Cost: Free

Contact Info: ...

Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Speaker(s):

• Jennifer Finney Boylan, Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence, Barnard College of Columbia University; Chair of the Board of GLAAD; Op-ed columnist, New York Times

Cost: Free

Contact Info: events@radcliffe.harvard.edu

Notes:  Jennifer Finney Boylan will speak about privilege, politics, and poetics. After the lecture, Harvard...

corp(u)s

An interdisciplinary graduate student conference in French and Francophone Studies

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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The Middle East Forum presents

Reese Erlich
Veteran Foreign Correspondent

Reese Erlich’s history in journalism goes back over 40 years. He worked as a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts, an investigative reporting magazine published in San Francisco. Today he works as a full-time print and broadcast, freelance reporter. He reports regularly for National Public Radio, ABC (Australia), and Radio Deutsche Welle. His articles appear in Vice News and Foreign...

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Ambassador Fareed Yasseen
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States

Educated in Iraq, Switzerland and the United States and trained as a Physicist, initially Ambassador Fareed Yasseen carried out research in Europe and the United States before getting involved in political activism and human rights advocacy. He has worked and consulted for various UN agencies and think tanks. He has served as Head of Policy Planning for the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Diplomatic Adviser to...

The Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies present

Philippe Fargues
Professor, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute; Associate, Harvard Kennedy School.

Demographic trends, such as fertility decline and delayed marriage, have freed individuals from the family constraints of earlier periods. They have produced the first generation of individuals enjoying freedom of movement. Underlying demographic changes,...