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26 May
2023

Radcliffe Day 2023

Radcliffe Day

On Radcliffe Day 2023—Friday, May 26—we will award the Radcliffe Medal to Ophelia Dahl to honor her work advancing global access to healthcare and championing the rights of the poor.

Date & Time Friday, May 26, 2023
10 AM ET
Location Radcliffe Yard OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
17 May
2023

Tell Me Everything

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Robert G. James Scholar Fellow Homeira Qaderi

Date & Time Wednesday, May 17, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

10 May
2023

Resonating with the Universe: The Embodiment of Entropy in My Music

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music Ka Shu (Kenneth) Tam

Date & Time Wednesday, May 10, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

09 May
2023

Solidarity! Exhibition Gallery Tour

Gallery Events • Solidarity! Gallery Series

Please join us for a tour of the Solidarity! Transnational Feminisms Then and Now exhibition led by our student guides and staff from the Schlesinger Library.

Registration open
Date & Time Tuesday, May 9, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
08 May
2023

Next in Food Sustainability and Climate Change

Lectures • Next in Science

What does climate change mean for our food systems? How do our food production and consumption habits contribute to the climate crisis? Speakers will explore the complex interplay of food and climate change, challenging and illuminating our unsustainable relationships with meat and water, soil and sea.

Date & Time Monday, May 8, 2023
2 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
05 May
2023

The Moving Parts (&): Gallery Tour with Mary Lum (May)

Gallery Events

Join the artist Mary Lum for a tour and discussion of commissioning the exhibition The Moving Parts (&), and making of the artist’s book.

Registration open
Date & Time Friday, May 5, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
03 May
2023

Milk, Sugar, Honey: Sweetness and the Making of the Modern World

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow Elizabeth Maddock Dillon

Date & Time Wednesday, May 3, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

28 Apr
2023

Minding the Gap: Gender and the Mental Health Crisis

Conferences & Symposia

Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s 2023 gender conference will explore the relationship between gender and mental health, with a focus on youth, underserved communities, and the impact of social justice issues.

Date & Time Friday, April 28, 2023
9 AM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
27 Apr
2023

Tireless Sacred Work: Performance by and Conversation with Ezra Furman

Performances

Singer, songwriter, musician, and critic Ezra Furman will perform and open Harvard Radcliffe Institute's “Minding the Gap: Gender and the Mental Health Crisis” conference. Through music and conversation, she will explore themes of identity and anxiety, angst and fearlessness.

Date & Time Thursday, April 27, 2023
7 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
26 Apr
2023

Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Radcliffe fellow Joe Roman

Date & Time Wednesday, April 26, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

25 Apr
2023

Solidarity! Exhibition Gallery Tour

Gallery Events • Solidarity! Gallery Series

Please join us for a tour of the Solidarity! Transnational Feminisms Then and Now exhibition led by our student guides and staff from the Schlesinger Library.

Registration open
Date & Time Tuesday, April 25, 2023
11 AM ET
Location Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
24 Apr
2023

The Sky’s Not the Limit: My Journey into Space Exploration and STEM

Lectures • Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Sciences

The 2023 Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Sciences will feature space engineer MiMi Aung.

Date & Time Monday, April 24, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
19 Apr
2023

Fascism in America

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Catherine A. and Mary C. Gellert Fellow Omer Aziz

Date & Time Wednesday, April 19, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

14 Apr
2023

Solidarity! Exhibition Gallery Tour

Gallery Events • Solidarity! Gallery Series

Please join us for a tour of the Solidarity! Transnational Feminisms Then and Now exhibition led by our student guides and staff from the Schlesinger Library.

Registration open
Date & Time Friday, April 14, 2023
2 PM ET
Location Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
12 Apr
2023

Abolition Forgery: A History of the Afterlives of Slavery

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Joy Foundation Fellow Ndubueze L. Mbah

Date & Time Wednesday, April 12, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

11 Apr
2023

Memory, Memorialization, and Public History: A Discussion with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dan Byers, Tracey Hucks, and Brenda Tindal

Radcliffe on the Road

Join Tomiko Brown-Nagin for a discussion of memory, memorialization, and public history with Dan Byers, Tracey Hucks, and Brenda Tindal, presented as part of the Presidential Initiative on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery.

Date & Time Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Location Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
757 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
05 Apr
2023

The Moving Parts (&) Tour with the Artist Mary Lum

Gallery Events • The Moving Parts (&) Gallery Series

Join the artist Mary Lum and the curator Meg Rotzel for a tour and discussion of the exhibition The Moving Parts (&).

Registration open
Date & Time Wednesday, April 5, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
05 Apr
2023

Language and Thought

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 William Bentinck-Smith Fellow Asifa Majid

Date & Time Wednesday, April 5, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

04 Apr
2023

Music in a Burning World

Lectures • Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Arts

The 2023 Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Arts will feature the Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer John Luther Adams.

Date & Time Tuesday, April 4, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
30 Mar
2023

Kim and Judy Davis Dean's Lecture in the Social Sciences: Conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom

Lectures • Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Social Sciences

The 2023 Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Social Sciences will feature Tressie McMillan Cottom in conversation with Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin.

Date & Time Thursday, March 30, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
29 Mar
2023

Countering Culture: Shirley Clarke and the Edges of Cinema

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow Jaimie Baron

Date & Time Wednesday, March 29, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

22 Mar
2023

Intimate Inequalities

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Frieda L. Miller Fellow Brodwyn Fischer

Date & Time Wednesday, March 22, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

08 Mar
2023

Arriving at the Junction of Statistics and Biology: My Journey

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Helen Putnam Fellow Jingyi Jessica Li

Date & Time Wednesday, March 8, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

02 Mar
2023

ArtsThursdays: The Moving Parts (&)

Gallery Events • The Moving Parts (&) Gallery Series

Visit Mary Lum’s exhibition The Moving Parts (&) during ArtsThursdays extended gallery hours.

Registration open
Date & Time Thursday, March 2, 2023
5 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
01 Mar
2023

When Wounds Travel: Chronicles of War Biology East of the Mediterranean

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2022–2023 Hrdy Fellow Omar Dewachi

Date & Time Wednesday, March 1, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom