Events
& Exhibitions
Radcliffe events and exhibitions are accessible, free, and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
All Events & Exhibitions
The Art of Resistance: Sacred Visual Creations of New Orleans' African American Mardi Gras Maskers
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow Kim Vaz-Deville
12 PM ET
Black Bell: A Quartet for the End of Time
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Mary I. Bunting Institute Fellow Alison C. Rollins
12 PM ET
Rewrite, Organize, Remix Opening Event
LecturesThe opening event for Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing features the American Library Association president Emily Drabinksi and the climate activist Thanu Yakupitiyage in conversation with the exhibition curator Mimosa Shah.
4 PM ET
Digging for Hope in Mexico: A Feminist Ethnography in the Land of Mass Graves
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Perrin Moorhead Grayson and Bruns Grayson Fellow Rosalva Aida Hernández Castillo
12 PM ET
Next in Science: James Webb Space Telescope
Lectures • Next in ScienceIn this Next in Science program, we will focus on exciting early results from the James Webb Space Telescope that have been capturing the public's imagination and revolutionizing our understanding of the earliest stages of cosmic evolution and the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
2 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Creative Climate Action: Can Art Protect Us from Rising Seas?
Lectures • Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the ArtsMiami-based artist Xavier Cortada will discuss his innovative approach to stimulating public discourse and galvanizing action around sea level rise.
4 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Intersectionality of Gender and Autism
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Fellow Ruth B. Grossman
12 PM ET
Memory/Care/Work: Chassidy A. Winestock in Conversation with Melissa Messina and Holly Smith
LecturesPresented in conjunction with the exhibition A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture, visiting curator Chassidy A. Winestock will join Holly Smith and Melissa Messina for a dialogue about the labor and care of working with art, archives, and collections.
4 PM ET
Singers as Sentinels: How Whales Can Warn of Changing Ecosystems
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Grass Fellow Eduardo Mercado III
12 PM ET
Gender and Politics: Keynote Conversation with Laphonza Butler
Conferences & SymposiaAppointed to the US Senate in 2023, Laphonza Butler's priorities as senator “are fighting for the American worker, the fundamental freedoms of all people, and the future that our next generations deserve.”
7 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Gender and Politics: Navigating Power and Perception
Conferences & SymposiaIn a series of multidisciplinary, multiparty sessions, speakers will discuss the relationship between gender and elected office or other forms of political involvement; who gets heard in the political sphere; and the role of the media in gendered narratives.
9 AM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Audre Lorde, June Jordan, and a Homemade Field of Love
Lectures • Kim and Judy Davis Dean's Lecture in the HumanitiesAlexis Pauline Gumbs will offer an ecofeminist exploration into how the works of Black feminist poets Audre Lorde and June Jordan can speak to our current climate crisis.
4 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
De-poisoning Catalysts for Sustainable Chemical Processing
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow Jane P. Chang
12 PM ET
Farming the Future: Livestock's Leap to Net Zero
Lectures • Climate Change Science Lecture SeriesErmias Kebreab, world-renowned animal scientist and chair of the United Nations Technical Working Group on Feed Additives, will explore methane mitigation strategies that emphasize global and region-specific targets for addressing the climate crisis.
4 PM ET
A New History of America’s Longest War
Lectures • Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and HumanitiesThis year's Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and Humanities will be given by 2023–2024 Rita E. Hauser Fellow Matthieu Aikins.
4 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
The Milk Paradox
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor Christina Warinner
12 PM ET
Digital Amati: Digitally Curating and Studying the Italian Violin-Making Tradition
Fellows' PresentationA presentation from 2023–2024 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music Harry Mairson
12 PM ET
Radcliffe Day 2024
Radcliffe DayEach year, during Harvard University’s commencement week, the Institute awards the Radcliffe Medal to an individual who embodies its commitment to excellence, inclusion, and social impact. First awarded to Lena Horne in 1987, recent honorees include Ophelia Dahl, Sherrilyn Ifill, Melinda French Gates, Dolores Huerta, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
10 AM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture
ExhibitionDuring the long decade of the 1970s, artists replaced traditional artistic gestures with other operations, creating new abstract languages and vocabularies. This exhibition shows how four artists nailed, glued, unraveled, twisted, folded, pierced, and tied, and most importantly, fastened—all to aesthetic effect—to highlight the labor of art making.
through Saturday, June 22, 2024
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing
ExhibitionRewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing presents dynamic stories from the Schlesinger Library of groups that mobilized to name and challenge injustice.
through Friday, October 11, 2024
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138