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Uyen Nguyen Among Winners of OUP First Book Prize 2026

October 26, 2026

Fredrik Logevall Discusses JFK’s Legacy on WorldViews Podcast

October 05, 2026

Professor Fredrik Logevall joins Stephen Kennedy Smith in the WorldViews Podcast episode “Kennedy and Today: A Fireside Chat on JFK and Us with Fred Logevall and Stephen Kennedy Smith.” Moderated by Hansong Li, the conversation examines President John F...

Excerpt: Jill Lepore's Pulitzer Prize-Winning “We The People”

June 29, 2026

Black-and-white portrait of an author with dog beside the cover of Jill Lepore’s We the People, about the Constitution. Photo by Richard Renaldi

Life on Bussey Hill: the Giles-Bancroft Family

June 26, 2026

Students laugh together in a damp wooded area, wearing winter coats, with a bright red umbrella on the leaf-covered ground.

HIGHS Seminar: “Remaking the Economy: Performing Digital Sovereignty in Postcolonial Kenya”

November 18, 2026

3:45PM - 5:45PM EST

Lower Library/History Department Conference Room (Robinson Hall 125)

In Person

The Harvard International and Global History Seminar (HIGHS) https://highs.fas.harvard.edu/highs “Remaking the Economy: Performing Digital Sovereignty in Postcolonial Kenya” Bulelani Jili (Georgetown) Comment: Emmanuel Akyeampong (Harvard) Wednesday...

Global History Seminar: World War I and its Aftermath in the United States, Europe and Asia

November 30, 2026

3:45PM - 5:45PM EST

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Room 125

In Person

TOPIC: World War I and its Aftermath in the United States, Europe and Asia Aniket De , Assistant Professor of History, University of California- San Diego Commentator: TBA This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested...

Center for History and Economics Tea Talk with Fei-Hsien Wang

November 30, 2026

4:30PM - 5:30PM EST

CGIS S-050

In Person

The next Center for History and Economics Tea Talk will be given by Fei-Hsien Wang ( Radcliffe / Indiana University | History) on Monday, November 30, 2026 at 4:30pm, CGIS S-050. Talk Title: TBD These informal gatherings, on Monday afternoons from 4:30-5...

HIGHS Seminar: “From Law to Force: Ending the Ottoman Capitulations, 1914-1923”

December 2, 2026

3:45PM - 5:45PM EST

Lower Library/History Department Conference Room (Robinson Hall 125)

In Person

The Harvard International and Global History Seminar (HIGHS) https://highs.fas.harvard.edu/highs “From Law to Force: Ending the Ottoman Capitulations, 1914-1923” Aimee Genell (Boston University) Comment: Jamie Martin (Harvard) Wednesday, December 2, 3:45...