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Visiting Student Days - 2017

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Welcome Students! This web page will serve as an interactive guide to help you find your way around campus, and to become acquainted with the Department of History at Harvard University.

BU: Radio ‘Apostles’: AcciónCultural Popular, Rural Development, and the Cold War in Colombia,1947-1974 | Mary Roldán

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Mary Roldán, Professor of Latin American History, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center In the 1950s and 1960s, the Catholic organization ACPO and its radio station Radio Sutatenza trained peasant leaders to do rural outreach in the wake of violence...

BCC: Crimes Against Humanity: A Conference on Native American Genocide (Conference)

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Keynote Address : History of Violence, The Violence of History: Native American Genocide Dr. Karl Jacoby, Ph. D. Dr. Jacoby is a History Professor at Columbia University, an author, and a specialist in environmental, borderland, and Native American...

History of Art+Architecture: "Fear of The Unseen:" Geology, (Paleo)Anthropology, and Inhabitation in Frederick Kiesler's Magic Architecture

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Harvard University History of Art + Architecture Graduate Student Lecture Series "Fear of The Unseen:" Geology, (Paleo)Anthropology, and Inhabitation in Frederick Kiesler's Magic Architecture Spyros Papapetros Associate Professor, History and Theory of...

President Drew G. Faust argues for continued funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities [NYTimes]

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"From Rome to Rwanda: The Centuries-Long Effort to Define Civil War" [Weatherhead Center]

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Jane Kamensky Wins Historical Society Book Prize [New York Times]

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Boston College: Jeffrey Sachs:  Economics and Ethics for the Anthropocene

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The Boston College Lowell Humanities Series will present: Jeffrey Sachs: Economics and Ethics for the Anthropocene Friday, March 24 at 4:30 p.m. Devlin Hall, Room 008 Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable...

Harvard Book Store: Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era by Ben Goossen

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History Department affiliates are invited to attend the launch of Ben Goossen's book, Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era, at the Harvard Book Store on Friday, May 5 at 3pm. The event includes a talk and book signing. It is open to the...

CES: Who Speaks for the Poor: Electoral Geography, Party Entry and Representation?

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Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 Who Speaks for the Poor: Electoral Geography, Party Entry and Representation? Karen Jusko Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Please note: there is no paper for this talk This talk...

Harvard Art Museums: From  Byrsa to Tiber: Carthaginian Coins and History

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Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture Paolo Visonà associate professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington In this lecture, Paolo Visonà, will discuss how these coins provide essential information on the history and the economy of Carthage...

Asia Studies in Asia - Roundtable Discussion

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Panelists: Hirano Kenichiro (Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University and of Waseda University, Executive Director of Toyo Bunko (education and employment)) Park Hyungji (Professor of English Literature, Yonsei University) Wang Hui (Professor of Literature...