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Willie Cole, Artist
Willie Cole. Courtesy of New Jersey Public MediaWillie Cole calls himself a "perceptual engineer." He mines the visual layers of irons, ironing boards, gas hoses, high-heeled shoes, and even plastic water bottles. PBS's State of the Arts goes on location to an exhibit of his Beauties prints at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard.
UW’s McConigley Chosen for Harvard’s Prestigious Radcliffe Institute
Image source: ninamcconigley.comNina McConigley, an award-winning author who teaches at the University of Wyoming, will work on a novel about the rural immigrant experience in the American West.
Akcan Wins Fellowship for Study of Post-conflict Societies
Image source: Cornell UniversityAs a Radcliffe fellow, Esra Akcan will explore the role of architecture in transitional justice and the rehabilitation of societies after intense upheavals and internal conflicts.
Poetic Justice
Carrie Mae Weems. Photo: Julia Zhognia"Vision & Justice" took on the archive, gentrification, the prison-industrial complex, police states, Flint, racialized AI disparity, and the necessitities of black art and cultural production.
Mothers Bound by Grief and Forgiveness
Clarissa Turner (left), Janet Connors, and Julie Mallozzi spoke at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in April, following a screening of the documentary "Circle Up." Photo by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe InstituteIn 2001, Janet Connors’ son, Joel James Turner, was stabbed to death in his Dorchester apartment. The grieving mother realized her path forward would be rooted in forgiveness, rather than retribution.
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
Consulting curator Maurice Berger (left), Radcliffe dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Alicia Keys, Kasseem Dean, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. present the Gordon Parks collection. Photo by Melissa Blackall/Courtesy of the Cooper Gallery of African & African American ArtKasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz) feels strongly about sharing his Gordon Parks collection—and about giving underrepresented artists a chance.
Her Grandfather Was Expelled from School for Asking Why His Textbooks Had No Black People. Today She Teaches at Harvard.
Ava DuVernay talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the "Vision and Justice" symposium at Harvard. Photo by Melissa Blackall/Radcliffe InstituteThe Radcliffe Institute's “Vision & Justice” convening focused on race and visibility.
Hala Aldosari Joins the MIT Center for International Studies as Wilhelm Fellow
"It is an honor to receive the fellowship at such a pivotal and transformative moment in the Arab countries." Hala Aldosari says. "I am grateful that it will provide me with a precious opportunity to organize my thinking and research for political and civil reforms in Saudi Arabia." Hala Aldosari. Image by Ann Lang Mun Co/Human Rights WatchSaudi scholar, activist, and recent Radcliffe fellow will conduct research on political and civil reforms in Saudi Arabia.
Marking the Centenary of 19th Amendment
Susan Ware, the honorary women’s suffrage centennial historian at the Radcliffe’s Institute’s Schlesinger Library, has written a new book on the history of the women's suffrage movement, one that goes beyond the familiar figures associated with it.
The Work of Art
Sarah Lewis. Photo by Melissa BlackallAt a seminal conference, black creative intellectuals explore white supremacy, the arts, and justice.