Events
& Exhibitions

Radcliffe events and exhibitions are accessible, free, and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

All Events & Exhibitions

03 Oct
2023

Feeding the Future: Food Sustainability and Climate Change

Conferences & Symposia

The 2023 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium will explore the dilemma of addressing the global climate crisis while feeding the world’s population healthfully and equitably. How we produce, transport, prepare, and consume our food has direct implications for food access and security, as well as the future of the planet.

Date & Time Tuesday, October 3, 2023
9 AM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
04 Oct
2023

Whose Time Are We Speaking In?

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Event canceled
Date & Time Wednesday, October 4, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

11 Oct
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 Wednesday, October 11, 2023
10 AM ET
Location Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
11 Oct
2023

Memorials and the Cult of Apology

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Frieda L. Miller Fellow Valentina Rozas-Krause

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, October 11, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

13 Oct
2023

Water Stories: Panel Discussions

Lectures

Artists whose works are represented in the Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis exhibition will engage with scholars of religion, anthropology, and transnational studies to discuss aesthetic and spiritual experiences of water in the age of climate crisis.

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Friday, October 13, 2023
10 AM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
14 Oct
2023

Water Stories with the Artist Atul Bhalla

Gallery Events

Join the curator Jinah Kim and the artist Atul Bhalla for a tour of Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis and a discussion of the artwork I was Not Waving but Drowning II.

Registration open
Date & Time Saturday, October 14, 2023
1 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
18 Oct
2023

And Then They Vanished

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Shutzer Fellow Oscar Lopez

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, October 18, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

18 Oct
2023

Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill

Lectures

The civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will join dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, in conversation about the recent United States Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and access to higher education.

Registration open
Date & Time Wednesday, October 18, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
25 Oct
2023

Gender Underground: A Trans History of Do-It-Yourself

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow Jules Gill-Peterson

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, October 25, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

01 Nov
2023

Climate Justice Universities: Another Education Is Possible

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow Jennie C. Stephens

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, November 1, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

02 Nov
2023

Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond Evening Event

Conferences & Symposia

The opening session of the conference will feature a keynote by Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota and Dińe), an activist, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Rutherford Falls), organizer, writer, Dakota culture and language teacher, and founding member of the sketch comedy group, the 1491s.

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Thursday, November 2, 2023
7:30 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
03 Nov
2023

Responsibility and Repair: Legacies of Indigenous Enslavement, Indenture, and Colonization at Harvard and Beyond

Conferences & Symposia

The second day of the conference will bring together scholars, tribal leaders and historians, university representatives, and others to explore issues of enslavement and indenture, colonization in New England, and Harvard and New England tribal repair. The Friday program will feature a keynote by Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation), environmental and Indigenous rights advocate and founder of the Giniw Collective.

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Friday, November 3, 2023
9 AM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
06 Nov
2023

In Their Own Voices: Black Women's Lives from the Archives Opening Event

Lectures

The opening event for the In Their Own Voices exhibition features Taryn Jordan (Colgate University), Kalimah Knight (Tufts University), and Holly Smith (Spelman College) in conversation with the curator Petrina Jackson.

Registration open soon
Date & Time Monday, November 6, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

08 Nov
2023

What’s Inside a Generative Artificial-Intelligence Model? And Why Should We Care?

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Sally Starling Seaver Professor Fernanda Viégas

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, November 8, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

14 Nov
2023

Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Social Sciences: Conversation with Ruth J. Simmons

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

Join us for a conversation between scholars and university leaders Ruth J. Simmons, former president of Prairie View A&M University, Brown University, and Smith College, and Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Tuesday, November 14, 2023
4 PM ET
Location Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
15 Nov
2023

Bringing Inclusivity and Rigor to the Science of Sex Differences

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Radcliffe fellow Donna L. Maney

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, November 15, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

18 Nov
2023

Water Stories with the Artist Evelyn Rydz

Gallery Events

Join the artist and educator Evelyn Rydz for an afternoon of conversation and collective artmaking within the exhibition Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis.

Registration open
Date & Time Saturday, November 18, 2023
1 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
29 Nov
2023

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow Francesca Wade

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, November 29, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

06 Dec
2023

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Resistance to Hitler

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Lisa Goldberg Fellow Rebecca Donner

Registration open
Live stream available
Date & Time Wednesday, December 6, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

08 Dec
2023

Water Stories with the Artist Alia Farid

Gallery Events

Join the artist Alia Farid for a tour of Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis and a discussion of the artwork Chibayish, 2023.

Registration open
Date & Time Friday, December 8, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
13 Dec
2023
Date & Time Wednesday, December 13, 2023
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

24 Jan
2024

Dear Mothership: Poems

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Mary I. Bunting Institute Fellow Marcus Wicker

Registration open soon
Date & Time Wednesday, January 24, 2024
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

31 Jan
2024

Ocean Fever: Deep Thoughts on Water, Culture, and Climate Resilience

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Frances B. Cashin Fellow Rob Verchick

Registration open soon
Date & Time Wednesday, January 31, 2024
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

07 Feb
2024

Black Bell: A Quartet for the End of Time

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Mary I. Bunting Institute Fellow Alison C. Rollins

Registration open soon
Date & Time Wednesday, February 7, 2024
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

14 Feb
2024

Don & Moki: Organic Music Society

Fellows' Presentation

A presentation from 2023–2024 Radcliffe-Film Study Center Fellow Ephraim Asili

Registration open soon
Date & Time Wednesday, February 14, 2024
12 PM ET
Location Online on Zoom

News & Ideas