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MHS: Transcribe-a-thon - John Quincy Adams Diary

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What was it like to go from being President of the United States to serving as a representative in Congress? Find out by immersing yourself in the diary of John Quincy Adams (JQA). Join the Massachusetts Historical Society’s first transcribe-a -thon! Held...

Tempus Reception

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35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Early Modern Workshop: The Twelfth Annual Harvard-Princeton Graduate Conference in Early Modern History

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See the Earlymod Website for Schedule The Twelfth Annual Harvard-Princeton Graduate Conference in Early Modern History February 9-10, 2018 Robinson Hall, Lower Library Harvard University 35 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA

Warren Center: Global American Studies Symposium, featuring panels on “Migration and the Transnational,” “Nations and Empires,” “Black Liberation across Centuries,” and “(Anti)-Imperialism.” More information to come

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Friday, December 1 – Global American Studies Symposium, featuring panels on “Migration and the Transnational,” “Nations and Empires,” “Black Liberation across Centuries,” and “(Anti)-Imperialism.” More information to come. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12...

"Talking Business Over Tea” and the Turn of the Century Mekong Delta Elite

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Speaker: Anthony Morreale, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley Hybrid Event! In-person: History Department Conference Room (#125), 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Zoom: To register, click here. Please note that attendance to this event...

Opening Event in Book History (Featuring Microtalks)

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Opening event in Book History featuring microtalks by members of our community. Barker Center, Room 133 (Plimpton Room), Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA. (Please use the main entrance to enter Barker Center.) Sponsored by the Mahindra...

"Table Land": James Forbes's Voyages and Travels (1765-1784) to a Colonial Source of Still Life.”

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Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book at Harvard University Holly Shaffer (History of Art, Brown), "Table Land": James Forbes's Voyages and Travels (1765-1784) to a Colonial Source of Still Life.” Location: Room 133...

Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin), “Did Ireland Have an Empire?”

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Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin), “Did Ireland Have an Empire?” Co-sponsored by the Early Modern Workshop, the Dept of Celtic Languages and Literatures, the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Celtic Literature and Culture, and the Harvard...

Urban Conversations: Memorials and the Cult of Apology

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Join AAAS Professor Vincent Brown and Harvard University Radcliffe Fellow Valentina Rozas-Krause for a talk examining the role that memorials play in processes of symbolic and material reparation after political conflicts. This event will take place on...

Mass Historical Society: Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams

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There is a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm Louisa Thomas, Author Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England...

Drew Gilpin Faust’s Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury in conversation with Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Liz Cohen, and Nancy Cott

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The Department of History welcomes members of the Harvard community to attend this special in-person seminar. Please see the event posting or flyer for more information. A reception will take place after the event in Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street...

W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute : "Remaking American Liberty: Race and Due Process from Abolitionism to Civil War" | Kate Masur"

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W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Spring Colloquium Kate Masur Associate professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University Fellow’s Bio Remaking American Liberty: Race and Due Process from Abolitionism to Civil War Thompson...