Suffrage parade in Boston, 1914. Photo courtesy of the Women's Rights Collection, Schlesinger LibraryThe Long March for Suffrage
Radcliffe project marks 19th Amendment centennial while focusing on the women who would not be fully enfranchised for decades more.
Harvard Law School Honors Ginsburg
Rurth Bader Ginsburg was, Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin said, a “tremendous intellect, a courageous human being, and a giant of the law.”
A white stork with a solar GPS tag. Photo by Renate Herz (C)Where the Wild Things Are—Now That Humans Are Locked Down
Christian Rutz RI '20 and other researchers are examining human impact on wildlife using data collected during the pandemic quarantine.
This fall, Professor Tiya Miles will teach "Abolitionist Women and Their World," a course in public history. Photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerCrowd-sourcing the Story of a People
Radcliffe Professor Tiya Miles discusses why she believes a better understanding of the past is as likely to be found in a formal archive, a national park, or a conversation with an elderly relative as it is in the classroom.
A 19th-century engraving of Vampire Bat, Bulldog Bat, and Kalong Bat. Image from duncan1890Summer of X
We asked members of the 2020–2021 fellowship class to introduce themselves by way of a recent preoccupation. Their answers suggest minds rarely at rest, even in summer.
Participants in the weeklong Summer of HOPE workshop shared a "check-out" word at the end of each session.Social Change Takes Center Stage at 2020 Summer of HOPE
The meaning of justice in health care, the environment, and race relations has been at the center of the national conversation the past several months. These issues informed and animated the Summer of HOPE program at the Radcliffe Institute.
Historic figures who played prominent roles in the fight for equality: Anna Murray-Douglass (ca. 1860) (from left), Marcus Garvey with Amy Jacques Garvey (1922), and Elizabeth Freeman (1812). Source: All images Wikipedia/Public Domain; Freeman photo courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society, BostonDefining a Centennial
Panel discusses what happened in the years before Black women actually got the vote.
Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff PhotographerHow Caffeine Changed the World
Author Michael Pollan discusses his latest work on the world’s most-used psychoactive substance.
Protesters march against sexual assault and harassment in November 2017 in Hollywood. AP Photo/Damian DovarganesChallenge of Archiving the #MeToo Movement
The Schlesinger Library's new online collection contains more than 32 million tweets, 1,100 webpages, and thousands of articles reflecting a range of perspectives.
Photo by Stephen VossTeaching Children to Be Antiracist
Scholar Ibram X. Kendi, an incoming Radcliffe Institute fellow, talks about his new picture book and how to start conversations about racism with children.
Photo by Matt Popovich/UnsplashPolice Reform in the Spotlight
Radcliffe panel explores the nation’s history of policing, what it will take to overhaul a system seen as rife with misconduct and racism, and how America is failing to live up to its democratic beliefs.
Tomiko Brown-Nagin. Photo by Rose Lincoln, Harvard Staff PhotographerEqual Justice Requires Lawmakers Reform Qualified Immunity for Police
The degree of clarity that courts require to permit suits for civil rights violations to proceed is excessive to the point of absurdity.
Bunting Institute fellows. Photo by Olive PierceA Room of One’s Own
The Equivalents follows Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olsen, Barbara Swan, and Marianna Pineda through the birth of the Radcliffe Institute and the modern women’s movement.
A roadside sign asks for justice for George Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police set off protests worldwide. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard staff photographerFacing the Denial of American Racism
The Radcliffe Institute hosted “Naming Racism,” a discussion focused on identifying the historic and ongoing social roots of racism denial, and strategies for raising awareness.
The artwork, "Love and Revolution," revolutionary graffiti at Saleh Selim Street on the island of Zamalek, Cairo, was photographed by Hossam el-Hamalawy on Oct. 23, 2011.Nonviolent Resistance Proves Potent Weapon
Radcliffe Professor Erica Chenoweth's research suggests that nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in creating broad-based change than violent campaigns.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2020–2021 Fellowship Class
The incoming class includes a cartoonist developing a health care–themed comic book; an astronomer interrogating the mysteries of cosmic acceleration; and a poet whose new collection will elevate the experiences of black women.
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the COVID-19 era. Photo credit RyanKing999An Economic Emergency
“A substantial share of those currently on temporary layoff are likely to become permanent job losers. We need to plan for this,” says Harvard economist Lawrence F. Katz.
A sign at a retailer tells customers they accept SNAP. Image source: jetcityimageIdeas for Flattening the Hunger Curve
“There is no question that COVID-19 will drive food insecurity into the mainstream,” says Harvard public health policy researcher Sara Bleich.
A single N95 face mask along with several prescription painkillers. Image credit skhowardEclipsed by Virus, Addiction Still Shadows the Land
"COVID-19 detrimentally impacts people with addiction and people in pain, making vulnerable people even more vulnerable," says sociologist Liz Chiarello.
Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots in the presidential primary election in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. Image source: AP Photo/Morry Gash FileHealth of Democracy Faces Daunting Test
Historian Liette Gidlow RI '20 speaks on the tension between in-person voting and public health as American states scramble to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A deserted 23rd Street, in Manhattan's Flatiron District. Credit: Alex PotemkinHow to Build a Better World
Esra Akcan RI '20, a professor in Cornell's Department of Architecture, answers questions as part of a series on the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19.
Photo by Orbon AlljaThe Fraught Promise of Digital Remedies
As the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust many of our activities into cyberspace, Fran Berman RI ’20 discusses the need for comprehensive privacy protections, better security standards, and a national discussion about when surveillance is acceptable.
Photo source UnsplashIn Prisons, a Looming Coronavirus Crisis
Harvard experts, including Radcliffe's Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Kaia Stern, warn of rapid spread amid crowded conditions and large numbers of older inmates with chronic conditions.
Mary T. Bassett and Khalil Gibran MuhammadThe Pandemic's Unequal Toll
The Radcliffe Institute hosted an online discussion with Mary T. Bassett and Khalil Gibran Muhammad about the disproportionate toll of COVID-19 on poorer Americans and communities of color.
Photo credit Jonnica Hill/UnsplashCOVID-19 Targets Communities of Color
Camara Jones RI '20 and other Harvard specialists say the pandemic exacerbates longstanding inequities in American society.
"As a scholar of law, inequality, and the long Civil Rights movement, I am deeply interested in issues related to slavery and its legacy," said Tomiko Brown-Nagin, who will lead the committee. Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerA Renewed Focus on Slavery
A new University-wide initiative deepening the exploration of Harvard’s historical ties to enslavement is difficult but vital work, says the program chair, Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin.