Hear expert academic job search advice from Dr. Karen Kelsky, the author of The Professor Is In. Dr. Karen will discuss the essential advice every tenure-track job seeker needs to know. Book signing to follow presentation.

Register at tinyurl.com/kelsky

Co-sponsored by African and African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, English, Graduate Student Council, Graduate Commons Program, Henry Adams Society, History, and the...

John Robertson, Professor of the History of Political Thought at Cambridge

John Robertson, Professor of the History of Political Thought at Cambridge

John Robertson, Professor of the History of Political Thought at Cambridge

Russell Berman,
Stanford University

Jodi Magness
Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism
UNC - Chapel Hill

For more information, see the NELC website. 

Ann Killebrew
Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, and Anthropology
The Pennsylvania State University

For more information, see the NELC website. 

David Schloen, 
Associate Professor of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
The University of Chicago

For more information, see the NELC website. 

University communities generate huge numbers of ideas with commercial potential, and that potential is becoming increasingly realized. You might be familiar with high profile start-ups with university roots (e.g., Genzyme, Akamai, Google, Facebook) and the associated ‘creation stories’ (e.g., “Genius researcher spins-out breakthrough scientific discovery”, “Computer Science whiz drops out and moves to Silicon Valley”). The reality is more varied, with new companies emerging from all disciplines, including the social sciences. These companies commercialize academic research, internally...

Akif Ercihan Yerlioǧlu (Harvard, History & Middle Eastern Studies) “Paracelsus Goes East: Ottoman Medicine in the Early Modern Period”

Co-sponsored by the Early Sciences working group and the History of Medicine Working Group

A conversation with
Garry McCarthy
Former Superintendent, Chicago Police Department

DeRay McKesson
Co-Founder, Campaign Zero

Tom Jackman
Reporter, The Washington Post

Annise Parker
Mayor of Houston (2010- Jan. 2016)
IOP Fellow, Spring 2016

Candy Crowley (Moderator)
Former Anchor and Journalist, CNN
IOP Fellow, Fall 2015

Tuesday, March 8th, 6:00pm

What messages are you sending through your non-verbal communication? In this workshop, discuss how body language is expressed and interpreted differently in various cultural contexts. With a special emphasis on the academic environment here at Harvard, participants will have the opportunity to practice nonverbal communication that will enable them to more effectively connect with others, engage students, and exude openness and confidence.

Enrollment for this workshop ...