September 25, 2025 5.00-7.15pm HAA Room 422 Organized by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and History of Art and Architecture Department. Harvard University. Updates Two decades ago, migration and diaspora were central topics in critical discourse. Today, a new urgency reinvigorates the diaspora experience. The Art of Belonging explores diaspora as generative […]
1st Institutional Meeting of Agustinian Research Seedbeds 2025The 1st Institutional Meeting of Agustinian Research Seedbeds celebrates the commitment of students and faculty to research, creativity, and innovation across disciplines. This event provides a space for sharing academic projects, exchanging ideas, and strengthening collaboration among research groups within Uniagustiniana. The program includes the launch of the […]
The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard presents “AI and the Human Metaphor,” a conversation exploring how artificial intelligence redefines our understanding of the human experience. Featuring Fawwaz Habbal (Harvard University), the event examines the intersections of technology, language, and human identity. Date: November 10, 2025 Time: 3:30–5:00 PM (ET) Location: Barker Center, Room 018
The Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship, the Office for the Arts, and Blueprints for Arts and Policy invite the Harvard community to Art & AI: A Conversation—an event that brings together over sixteen distinguished experts to explore the intersections of artistic creation and artificial intelligence. The conversation will take place on November 18, 2025, […]
November 20, 2025. 4:30PM – 06:00PM CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. S020 Speaker: Alessandro Carrera, University of Houston Discussant: Martin Puchner, Harvard University Plato’s Republic has shaped how we think about politics, ethics, and justice for more than two millennia. In On Political Virtue: Plato’s Republic and the Politics of Desire, the Italian philosopher Carlo Sini […]
The Harvard English Department invites the community to a conversation exploring the growing relevance of the humanities beyond academia. While traditional departments face decline, the demand for humanistic perspectives in business, policy, and technology continues to rise. Speakers Tarun Khanna (Harvard Business School), Doris Sommer (Romance Languages), and Moira Weigel (Comparative Literature) will discuss this […]
Join us on December 1, 2025 (4:30–6:30 PM) at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, 50 Church Street. Pre-Texts: The Arts Teach (Everything) introduces a creative pedagogy that turns texts into art-making materials, transforming challenges into opportunities for learning. Inspired by thinkers such as Montessori, Freire, and Dewey, the program invites educators to […]
Pre-Texts Training: Contexts of War Join the Pre-Texts workshop series in Milan from December 5 to 8 at the Centro Internazionale di Brera. This program explores creative literacy tools for communities affected by conflict through five engaging sessions. 📍 Centro Internazionale di Brera, Via Marco Formentini 10, Milan 📅 Presentation: Friday, December 5, 6–8 PM […]
The Cultural Agents Seminar “Pedagogies for Peace” at The Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University welcomes Roosevelt Montás of Columbia University to speak on the transformative impact of classical texts and the enduring importance of the humanities in shaping ethical and civic life. Drawing from his personal and academic journey, from the Dominican Republic to New […]
A multidisciplinary conference, inspired by Hotel Nirvana, a play about Timothy Leary’s encounter with Mexico and mushrooms, brings together theater, research on drugs, law, and war with a documentary film and a visit to the Houghton collection of psychedelic art. An interview with novelist and playwright Juan Villoro will explore connections between art and complex […]
We are pleased to share that Professor Doris Sommer will participate in the Fourth Continental Conference on Afro-Latin American Studies, organized by the Afro-Latin American Research Institute (ALARI) at Harvard University, in collaboration with the University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies and the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies (CEAF) at Universidad Icesi. The conference will take […]
Retos y Oportunidades para Fortalecer la Educación en el Chocó Post-Terremoto Frente a las contingencias derivadas de los recientes eventos telúricos en el departamento y la necesidad de atender la infraestructura escolar, la dimensión psicoafectiva y la continuidad pedagógica en territorios rurales y urbanos, los invitamos a unirse a este importante espacio de reflexión y […]