Friday Forum

 

Harvard Book Store welcomes HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.—the founding Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, author or co-author of twenty-one books, and Emmy Award-winning creator fifteen...

Read more about Harvard Book Store/Hutchins Ctr: The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In conversation with Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Harvard Book Store welcomes National Jewish Book Award–winning...

Read more about Harvard Book Store: The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution w/ Yuri Slezkine in conversation with Terry Martin

Harvard Book Store welcomes Harvard Kennedy School's ODD...

Read more about Harvard Book Store: The Cold War: A World History w/ Odd Arne Westad

Tuesday Seminar Series

Peter Andreas, John Hay Professor of International Studies, Brown University

Peter Andreas will discuss his new book, a political memoir described by the New York Times as "thoroughly engrossing," about his childhood on the run in South America with...

Read more about DRCLAS: Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution

Presentation by Dr. Shan Jiang, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning

 

 Abstract: Cities are growing at an unprecedented speed: by 2050 the urban population will grow to 6.4 billion, and over 60% of new urban areas will be built (United Nations, 2014). As a result, human beings are facing enormous challenges such as traffic congestion, environmental degradation, increased energy consumption, decreased quality of life, and climate change. Meanwhile, the explosion of urban sensors, mobile phone traces, social...

Read more about CFGA: Data-Driven Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities

Inaugural Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series

Chair: Professor Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute

Professor Mark Elliott, Vice Provost of International Affairs; Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University

Professor Michael Szonyi,  Professor of Chinese History; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Dr. William Overholt, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center

Sponsored by...

Read more about Asia Center: One Belt/One Road in Historical and Global Context

EU Study Group and the American Council on Germany, Boston Warburg Chapter

 

Thomas Matussek, Senior Advsor, Flint Global, Berlin

 

The historical promises of European integration, peace, prosperity and a powerful voice in a globalized world, seem to have lost their appeal. War in the east, economic and social meltdown in the south, millions of refugees, xenophobia and nationalism have a led to Brexit, Le Pen and the AfD, but have the elections in The Netherlands, France and...

Read more about CES: Three Elections and a Brexit: The Unraveling of Europe?

 

Quinn Slobodian, Associate Professor of History, Wellesley College; Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University

 

The intellectual history of neoliberalism is often told as one of conviction, consistency and coherence with notes of inevitability. As neoliberalism shows its cracks, it is a good time to revisit the problems that have dogged the leading thinkers of the circle around F. A. Hayek for the last seven decades. Some problems are predictable: securing...

Read more about CES: A Brief History of Neoliberal Problems

Join us for refreshments and meet our faculty, visiting scholars and students interested in Europe from Harvard and the area’s many universities. Find out about our programming, upcoming events, internships & grants! Open to the public.

Sonia Netto Salomão, Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Literature, Department of Humanities, Sapienza University, Rome

 

Sonia Netto Salomão, Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Literature, Department of Humanities, Sapienza University, Rome

"The Italian presence in Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro: adaptations, translations and filigrees"

The lecture will demonstrate recurrent Italian themes ranging from opera as a structure and a motif, namely Verdi’s Othello...

Read more about RLL: The Italian presence in Machado de Assis’s Dom Casmurro: adaptations, translations and filigrees

Robert Arthur Davidson, University of Toronto

Francesc Trabal, a well-known figure in Catalan letters during the first half of the twentieth century and a key member of the group “La Mirada,” won the Crexells Prize in 1936 for his book Vals [Waltz]. While that work has received considerable...

Read more about RLL: Misplaced Things: Trabal’s Odd Economy in The Man Who Lost Himself (1929)

ACSAA symposia occur in alternating years, and serve as opportunities to meet colleagues, reconnect with mentors and graduate school cohorts, and share one’s current research with the field.

A book talk on India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971
Dr. Arjun Subramaniam, Asia Center Fellow; Faculty Member, National Defence College, New Delhi; Air Vice Marshal, Indian Air Force

Chair/Discussant: Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner...

Read more about Asia Center / SAI: Book Talk: India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971

Celebrate the start of the school year with SAI! The Welcome Back Mixer is a chance for students to enjoy delicious South Asian food while meeting SAI’s Visiting Fellows and faculty, learning about student funding opportunities, and meeting with representatives from Harvard South Asia student groups.