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ELAINE PAGELS
“The Cultural Impact of the Book of Revelation”
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4 p.m.
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Free and open to the public
For more information, call 617-495-8600.
During 2009–2010, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study celebrates a decade of groundbreaking research, creative thinking, and discoveries.
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Twenty years ago, astronomers didn’t know of a single planet outside our solar system. Today, they have found approximately 400, of which Debra Fischer RI ‘10 helped to identify about half. Now she and her team are competing in another search.
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Faculty associates from across the University
are leading new initiatives at the Radcliffe
Institute involving students, fellows, faculty,
and the public.
December 16,
10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Radcliffe College Room, Schlesinger Library
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8647
"To Know the Whole World: Women’s
Travel Writings from the Schlesinger Library,
1819–1972"
Through February 26, 2010
Schlesinger Library
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
617-495-8647
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Fellows work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for their quality and long-term impact.
JOANNA AIZENBERG
"Functional Biomimetics: Art and Science"
December 2, 4 p.m.
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
REUVEN SNIR
"Arab-Jewish Identity: Memory, Poetry, and Singularity"
December 9, 4 p.m.
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
KATIE PETERSON
"A Poetry Reading"
December 16, 4 p.m.
Radcliffe Gymnasium
10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Performance-quality bows, which allow professional musicians to play violins, violas, and cellos, are made of pernambuco heartwood. Unfortunately for bow makers, the pernambuco tree is endangered. Journalist Russ Rymer RI ’10 has been following their story since 2001.
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