Ukraine Study Group

Olena Nikolayenko, Visiting Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Paul D'Anieri, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost of University of California, Riverside

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies and Book Talk

Martin Blackwell, Associate Professor of History, University of North Georgia in Dahlonega

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Adam Teller, Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Brown University

Abstract

When Ford Madox Brown first had the idea for his self-described “magnum opus” Work in 1852, it was a pioneering venture in the painting of modern life; by the time he finished it in 1863 and exhibited it in 1865, interest in this new type of subject matter had grown, flourished and then withered. In this talk, I read Work in the light of the history of the Victorian painting of modern life, arguing that in its very belatedness, it offers a meditation not only on the value and meaning of labor in the modern world, but also on the...

A two-day symposium exploring the long, rich, and complex history of Christian beliefs, institutions, and communities in Africa between Late Antiquity and the seventeenth century CE, bringing together an international group of researchers in medieval studies, African studies, Byzantine studies, archeology, book history, and the history of religion.

Keynote address on Thursday, 2 November (5:00 pm) in CGIS S020 by Stephen Davis, Professor of Religious Studies and History at Yale University and director of the Yale Monastic Archeology Project. Reception to follow. On Friday...

Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South (Black Studies and Critical Thinking)

Co-sponsored with the Harvard Coop Bookstore

Co-sponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for African Studies.

We hope you were able to join us on Thursday for our 2017 Hutchins Forum, Race and Racism in the Age of Trump. Whether you were one of the lucky 500 people who were able to get into the Old Whaling Church, or one of the 250,000+ people to watch the PBS NewsHour stream live (1.1m total reach), you helped make this our most wide-reaching and engaging forum to-date. If you haven't had a chance to watch the Hutchins Forum, please find a link to the full discussion below, as well as a write-up from yesterday's Boston Globe....

The Harvard Cubans (Los cubanos de Harvard) is a documentary film produced by the Cuba Studies Program and directed by Danny González Lucena. Following the premiere screening of the film, a question-and-answer session will be held with the director. Please note the 58-minute film is in Spanish with English subtitles. Reception to follow.

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