Jean Wyllys is an Afro-Brazilian, openly gay Federal Congressman from the state of Rio de Janeiro, representing the Party of Socialism and Freedom (PSOL). Wyllys has a history of involvement in movements for social justice in Brazil, first as a youth activist in the progressive wing of the Brazilian Catholic Church and later as a partner of the LBGT, Black and Women’s movements in Brazil. As a Federal Congressman, he is one of the most visible national figures in the fight against homophobia, intolerance and religious fundamentalism...

Adria Lawrence
Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University

When European imperial powers expanded into Africa, Asia, and the Americas, they began ruling diverse populations that differed from them along ethnic, linguistic, and religious lines. To manage this diversity, they articulated two distinct ideologies: direct and indirect rule. Advocates of direct rule envisioned a colonial project that would modernize and transform colonial territories; proponents of indirect rule favored preserving tradition...

Philipp Ther
Professor of History and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna

The talk deals with the intellectual history, the political practice and the social consequences of neoliberalism. The main pillars of this ideology are an idealization of unrestrained, free markets, in the belief that they create an equilibrium for all sorts of market imbalances, an irrational faith in the rationality of market agents, and a libertarian antipathy toward the state, as expressed in the myth of “big government”. It also...

Civil Evasions: Slavery, the Founders, and Rules of Religious Tolerance

Join us for the CAPS Seminar with Christopher Beneke as he presents his talk, "Civil Evasions: Slavery, the Founders, and Rules of Religious Tolerance."

This talk is free and open to the public.

Chris Beneke is associate professor of History at Bentley University. He is the author ofBeyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism (Oxford, 2006), and co-editor of The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Religious...

Garth Risk Hallberg is author of the best-selling book City on Fire, which was named a best book of 2015 by the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His book has been translated into 17 languages.

In this event, Hallberg will explore the affinities between the modern social novel and the modern city. From Dickens’s London to Richard Wright’s Chicago, from the Paris of Les Misérables to the Boston of The Bostonians, the two have...

On November 15 at noon, Professor Nancy F. Cott will host a student-faculty lunch. Professor Cott is the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard. Her scholarship includes Public Vows, which explores the history of marriage as a public institution in the U.S. She subsequently participated in writing several historians' amici briefs on same-sex marriage and on abortion restrictions.

David Blight, Professor of American History, Yale University

 (moderated by Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin)

This year's Biddle Lecture will be hosted by Harvard Law School's Dean's Office on November 9 at noon. David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University, will deliver a lecture titled: "Douglass! Douglass! Writing the Life of Frederick Douglass: Why, and Why Now?"

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"The Trials of Constance Baker Motley," a film screening and Q&A with Joel Motley

Moderated by Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Event info here: http://hls.harvard.edu/event/the-trials-of-constance-baker-motley-a-film-screening-and-qa-with-joel-motley/ 

Film info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2444440/

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This talk is part of the Diversity and U.S. Legal History Series. Lunch will be provided. http://hls.harvard.edu/event/social-movements-and-social-change-in-twentieth-century-america/ 

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On Tuesday, November 1 at noon, Professor Michael Klarman will join us for lunch to discuss his new book: The Framer's Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution.

Attendees are encouraged to read the book's 24-page conclusion in advance to provide a starting point for our conversation (a PDF will be provided upon RSVP).

Space is limited, so please reserve your spot and note any dietary restrictions by emailing...

Pre-Election Panel
With Jill Lepore, Morris Fiorina, and Stephen Ansolabehere

Please join us for a discussion on the upcoming U.S. presidential election with Jill Lepore and...

See the HURI Website for the most up-to-date information. 

Every two years, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute holds a special lecture in honor of Zenovia Sochor Parry, a former professor at...