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The "American Schindler"
Former Radcliffe fellow Julie Orringer wrote a novel about Varian Fry '30, who helped save Jewish artists, writers, and musicians, from the Holocaust. Photo by Rose Lincoln, Harvard Staff PhotographerJulie Orringer's new novel, The Flight Portfolio—which she worked on while a fellow at Radcliffe—focuses on Varian Fry, a Harvard grad who saved Jewish artists during World War II.
Impressions of Ironing Boards, Honoring Labor
Courtesy of Willie ColeWhen he was young, Willie Cole repaired steam irons for his grandmother and great-grandmother, who were housekeepers. He honors them, and the backbreaking labor of legions of other women, in “Beauties,” his luminous show at Radcliffe.
Four Deans, and Their Journeys
Bridget Terry Long (from left), Claudine Gay, and Tomiko Brown-Nagin meet in Fay House. Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer In a group interview, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Claudine Gay, Bridget Terry Long, and Michelle Williams recall role models and describe the complexities of leading their schools at Harvard.
Willie Cole
Willie Cole, Jonny Mae (detail), 2012, intaglio and relief on paper, 63 1/2 x 22 1/2". Courtesy of Willie ColeThe artist traces his printmaking genealogy to decades of domestic work over ironing boards.
From Cannes: "Atlantique" ("The Atlantics") An Eerie, Breathtaking Account of Migration
Mama Bineta Sane stars as Ada in Mati Diop's "Atlantique" ("The Atlantics"). Photo: Cannes Film FestivalPremiering as a competition film at Cannes, Radcliffe fellow Mati Diop’s new work focuses on a uniquely female angle of migration: the perspective of those who are left behind by the men that set out to find a better life elsewhere.
Mettler Selected as 2019 Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Image source: Cornell UniversitySusanne Mettler is examining crises of democracy throughout American history and what can be learned from them to illuminate the state of democracy today.
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.