Events
& Exhibitions
Radcliffe events and exhibitions are accessible, free, and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
All Events & Exhibitions
The place where the creek goes underground Opening Event
LecturesIn this opening program for The place where the creek goes underground, the artist Anthony Romero will join Kade Twist and Roberto Bedoya in a conversation about place-keeping, belonging, and kinship as part of his exhibition.
4 PM ET
This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Radcliffe fellow Daniel Immerwahr
12 PM ET
Uncommon Tongue: Conscience and Consciousness in the Work of Lucille Clifton
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor Tracy K. Smith
12 PM ET
Celebrating 25 Years of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Opening Program
Conferences & SymposiaOver an inspiring two days in Cambridge, we will celebrate Radcliffe’s distinctive legacy, remarkable impact, and exceptional promise. Join us on Thursday, September 26, for immersive experiences on campus and a keynote conversation featuring Radcliffe’s Nobel laureates in economics, moderated by Alan M. Garber, president of Harvard University.
4 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Celebrating 25 Years of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Conferences & SymposiaOver an inspiring two days in Cambridge, we will celebrate Radcliffe’s distinctive legacy, remarkable impact, and exceptional promise. On Friday, September 27, the program continues with an interdisciplinary panel of writers moderated by Claire Messud, lightning talks on the pressing issues of the day, and a reception with our vibrant student community.
9:15 AM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Can AI Help Courts be Fair and Just? Unlocking the Positive Effects of Justice on Economic Development
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow Daniel L. Chen
12 PM ET
Curator-Led Tour: Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing
Gallery Events • Rewrite, Organize, Remix Gallery SeriesJoin us for a curator-led tour with the librarian Mimosa Shah of the exhibition Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing, on view in the Lia and William Poorvu Gallery at the Schlesinger Library.
3 PM ET
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Exhibition Tour: The place where the creek goes underground
Gallery Events • The place where the creek goes underground Gallery SeriesJoin us for a tour of The place where the creek goes underground with the artist Anthony Romero and curators Meg Rotzel and Caitlin Rubin where they will discuss each element of the exhibition and collaboration among Romero, the scholar Deanna Ledezma, and the artist Josh Rios.
11 AM ET
Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, 02138
Honoring Dignity: Learning from Narratives to Dismantle Shame and Mitigate Mental Health Discrimination in Healthcare
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Jeffrey S. and Margaret Mais Padnos Fellow Kelly Irwin
12 PM ET
Black New England
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Frieda L. Miller Fellow Kerri K. Greenidge
12 PM ET
Grace Paley: A Life
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Catherine A. and Mary C. Gellert Fellow Avi Steinberg
12 PM ET
Early-Universe Signals of Energy Injection from Dark Matter
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow Tracy R. Slatyer
12 PM ET
Collaboration with Artificial Intelligence Systems through Brain-Computer Interfaces
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Radcliffe fellow Erin Treacy Solovey
12 PM ET
My Brother and the Fortune Tellers: The Limits and Possibilities of Autofiction
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow Aruni Kashyap
12 PM ET
ArtsThursdays: The place where the creek goes underground
Gallery Events • The place where the creek goes underground Gallery SeriesJoin us to celebrate the launch of the publication accompanying the exhibition The place where the creek goes underground. The artist Anthony Romero and his collaborators, the scholar Deanna Ledezma and the artist Josh Rios, will discuss their collaboration.
5 PM ET
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Climate, Environment, and the Transition to Late Antiquity: Roman Government’s Response to Climate Disasters and Agricultural Resilience in Roman Egypt
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 William Bentinck-Smith Fellow Sabine R. Huebner
12 PM ET
Autobiography of Sand: Relief Map of a Drifting Mind
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Radcliffe fellow Gabeba Baderoon
12 PM ET
Unsexed: The Evolutionary Aspects of Sex and Gender
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Hrdy Fellow Lixing Sun
12 PM ET
Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Shutzer Fellow Nikolas Bowie and 2024–2025 Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor Daphna Renan
12 PM ET
Sonic Cyberfeminisms
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music Patricia Alessandrini
12 PM ET
The Organ that Traveled the World: Medicine, Capitalism, and the Environmental Body
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Radcliffe fellow Jennifer L. Derr
12 PM ET
The Sound of AI: Audio, Culture, and the Politics of Machine Learning
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow Jonathan Sterne
12 PM ET
Historical Resistance: Performance as a Documentary Strategy
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Radcliffe fellow David Alekhuogie
12 PM ET
Structural Racism and Suicide Risk among Ethnoracially Minoritized Youth
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Mary I. Bunting Institute Fellow Lillian Polanco-Roman
12 PM ET
My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change
Fellows' PresentationsA presentation from 2024–2025 Maury Green Fellow Gabrielle Oliveira
12 PM ET
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
HOLD
Exhibition • Radcliffe Institute Public Art CompetitionCreated by Curry J. Hackett MAUD ’24 and Gabriel Jean-Paul Soomar MArch II ’24, MDES ’24 for the Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition, HOLD acknowledges the complex relationship Black communities have had with enclosure.
through Monday, June 30, 2025
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
The place where the creek goes underground
ExhibitionThis exhibition—emerging from intergenerational kin-based research situated within South-Central Texas and Northern Mexico—presents works by Anthony Romero, Deanna Ledezma, and Josh Rios.
through Saturday, December 14, 2024
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
A Quarter Century of Making Waves: Radcliffe Moments Past, Present, and Future
ExhibitionTo mark our 25th anniversary, we present an installation in beautiful Radcliffe Yard, where you can learn about a few of our Radcliffe Moments and meet some of the individuals who make up this vibrant community.
through Friday, December 13, 2024
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Rhyme, Rhythm, and Resistance: Affect and the Art of Dissent
ExhibitionThis exhibition, drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s extensive collections, explores the people behind protest songs, poetry and spoken word, musicals and plays, and the movements that made them.
through Friday, March 28, 2025
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
