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Rethinking Incarceration

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Zooming the Archives

Libusha Kelly wears a purple coat while she stands in a late fall garden

The Most Secret Garden

A pile of colorful buttons advertising pro-life slogans

Director's Letter: Hard Times, Profound Histories

A smiling Liz Hoveland poses outdoors in a Harvard T-shirt. The Rocky Mountains are visible far behind her.

A Woman's Place Is at the Convention

Petrina Jackson looks to the distance in front of the Schlesinger Library building

The Library Welcomes a New Executive Director

Books, pages fanned out and seen from above

Writing from the Library Winter 2022

Marketing Menstruation

Epehemera from the Adrienne Kennedy Papers, including photos, letters, diaries, theater programs and albums.

In Process: Adrienne Kennedy Papers and Dorothy I. Height Papers

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Zooming the Archives

How Roe Got to Be Roe Jenny Gotwals, Johanna-Maria Fraenkel Curator for Gender and Society, Schlesinger Library / Harvard Gazette
“Civil Rights Queen,” the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer Tomiko Brown-Nagin RI ’17 / New York Times
A New Map of the Sun’s Local Bubble João Alves RI ’19, Alyssa A. Goodman AM ’86, PhD ’89, RI ’17 / New York Times

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Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bacteria cultured from a human vagina.

Radcliffe Magazine | Fall 2021

James Bladwin looks at the cxamera as he half-hangs off a bed, writing on the floor.

Radcliffe Magazine | Spring 2021

News from the Schlesinger Library | Winter 2021

An illustration of the year 2020 in which each number includes scenes of working from home, a family around a table, a public protest, and a VOTE sign. These are surrounded by car parts, a headstone, a cat, a vigil, food items, stars and planets hnaging from above, and a raging fire.

Radcliffe Magazine | Fall 2020

A crowd of women, with a few holding placards bearing messages about abortion rights; mostly wire hangers with bars avross them, but also one reading "ERA—Equal Rights for the Unborn."

How Roe Got to Be Roe

A woman in a kitchen holds a sword in her right hand and a whole chicken in her left.

Becoming Julia Child

Laughter Graphic Radcliffe

A Funny Thing Happened in Comedy

A smiling woman holds up a badge-covered sash from a Girl Scout uniform.

A Vision of Universal, though Not Integrated, Sisterhood

A Russian McDonald's, its golden arches followed by the name in Cyrillic script

Surprised by Corporate Reaction against Russia?

Mira Nair, wearing a hat and sunglasses, looks through a lens on set.

Mira Nair Comes Full Circle with Donation of Archive

A drone photo of an archaeological site between a large boulder and tree line.

Was Facebook the Original Social Network? Not by a Long Shot

Dean Brown-Nagin outdoors in Radcliffe Yard

Charting the Path of a “Civil Rights Queen”

Peirano Garrison on campus

Finding Modern Issues in Study of Ancient World

Underwater photo of three sperm whale calfs

If We Could Talk to the Animals … Whales, Specifically

Image of Tomashi Jackson in her studio

Creating Art from Radcliffe Archives

Lauren Groff smiles during her Radcliffe Fellow's Presentation

Spotted at Radcliffe: A Brain Exploding into Rainbows

Cover image of the Health and Wealth comic book

When the US Healthcare System Met the Comic Book

The view from behind bars into an empty prison corridor. Jail cells line the walls.

Study Suggests New Lessons on COVID-19 and Mass Incarceration

Portrait of Rebecca Bassett

Becca Spindel Bassett

Portrait of Erica Chenoweth

Erica Chenoweth

Portrait of Lixin Gao

Lixin Gao

Portrait of Heather Hart

Heather Hart

Portrait of Libusha Kelly

Libusha Kelly

Portrait of Annalisa Quaini

Annalisa Quaini

Portrait of Anne Spirn

Anne Whiston Spirn

Portrait of Scott Stevens

Scott Manning Stevens

Portrait of Grisha Coleman

grisha coleman

12 Jul
2022

Portrait of Gish Jen

Book Talk with Gish Jen

19 Jul
2022

Portrait of Miguel Syjuco

Book Talk with Miguel Syjuco

26 Jul
2022

Portrait of Meghan O'Rourke

Book Talk with Meghan O’Rourke

Prison Abolition Protest Gettyimages 1229084134 Web

Rethinking Incarceration

2022 Fay Prize winners with Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Awards 2022 Fay Prize for Outstanding Theses

Byerly Hall in Radcliffe Yard

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2022–2023 Fellows

A smiling man in a turtleneck sweater and overcoat stands outside of Memorial Hall

Harvard’s Walking Tour App Highlights Overlooked History

A casually dressed woman looks directly at the camera as she squats down next to modest antique gravestones situated in an urban cemetery. Low city buildings are visible in the background.

Some of Boston’s Legacy of Slavery is Hidden in Plain Sight

A man wearing a face covering and a Wu-Tang sweatshirt stands in front of a van papered over with a protest sign that reads "DETENTION IS DEADLY."

The Prison as Petri Dish

Dsc 3176 Schlesinger Seminar Room Photo Kevin Grady

Zooming the Archives

Epehemera from the Adrienne Kennedy Papers, including photos, letters, diaries, theater programs and albums.

In Process: Adrienne Kennedy Papers and Dorothy I. Height Papers

A black-and-white photo of Constance Baker Motley sitting at a desk, doing paperwork

Constance Baker Motley, Then and Now

A vintage photograph next to a well-used medical bag

Beyond the Written Word

Marketing Menstruation

Sherrilyn Ifill speaking at 2019 rally on Brown v. Board of Education

Educator and Civil Rights Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive 2022 Radcliffe Medal

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