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Tag: Radcliffe Institute
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Stepping toward justice
Repair & Responsibility conference brings together Native, University leaders to advance conversation
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The myth of the ‘math person’
Anxiety illuminated by author and Radcliffe grad Sheila Tobias resonates with students, teachers almost 50 years later.
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Schlesinger adjusts plans for Roe v. Wade commemoration to new reality
Schlesinger exhibit, conference to examine history, future now that Supreme Court has overturned landmark ruling.
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How to protect democracy? Don’t give up on your neighbor.
Anand Giridharadas discusses his new book, “The Persuaders,” which highlights activists, political leaders, and ordinary people who haven’t given up on changing hearts and minds in the name of democracy.
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How Roe got to be Roe
Schlesinger Library holdings document long, pitched dispute over abortion in archival documents, photos, letters, voices of women.
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Becoming Julia Child
A culinary expert at Schlesinger Library, which holds the celebrity chef’s archival collection, examines her enduring legacy.
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Organizing, but not compartmentalizing
LaTosha Brown, founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium, shares insight on increasing voter turnout in a post-election conversation on Feb. 11.
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Preparing grad and professional Schools for remote fall
We look at how the different graduate Schools are handling online learning in the fall.
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The long march for suffrage
Radcliffe dean and library director shed light on some of the historical issues framing the “Long 19th Amendment Project.”
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Challenge of archiving the #MeToo movement
The Schlesinger Library’s #MeToo archive, which opened to researchers on July 1, captures the tweets, websites, and online articles that powered the movement.
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Citizens arrested
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but are not treated equally, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said at Radcliffe conference on “Unsettled Citizens.”
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When science is unreliable
For her research into the reproducibility crisis, Radcliffe fellow Nicole C. Nelson is conducting oral histories with scientists and assembling a database of academic and news articles.
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To tackle climate change, share burden — and benefits
Steps to limit climate change require not only scientific advances but social and policy changes that spread the benefits of alternative energy sources, professor Daniel M. Kammen said in Radcliffe lecture.
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One election winner: the pollsters
It’s debatable whether the midterm elections delivered a demonstrably better night for Democrats than Republicans. But it was inarguably a big win for pollsters, says FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver at Harvard’s Political Analytics Conference.
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In 1932, this opera was a hit. Why has no one seen it since?
A workshop at Radcliffe showcased “Tom-Tom,” an opera by African-American composer Shirley Graham that hasn’t been performed since its 1932 premiere.
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Inspired by Cairo
Jonathan Guyer is writing a book about the surge of boundary-pushing graphic novels and cartoons in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Samantha Power: The world in her rearview mirror
After eight years in the Obama administration working on human rights and diplomacy issues from the front lines, former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power returns to Harvard, and reflects.
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Understanding what plagues us
A Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study symposium looked at epidemics and emerging ways to contain contagion, both biological and societal.
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‘Genius’-level honor for Harvard historian
Sunil Amrith, the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant.
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Fresh thinking on history of feminism
Students in a new class on feminism learned about unsung leaders in the struggle for women’s rights.
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Stewarding arts philanthropy
New Dumbarton Oaks humanities fellowship mixes study and career preparation.
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Case for reparation gains international force
Distinguished scholar and activist Sir Hilary Beckles, who is leading the international effort to seek restitution from European nations that engaged in the slave trade in the Caribbean, made the case for reparations during a talk at Harvard Law School this week.
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Blended voices, each with a personal charge
Five poets are celebrated in “‘A Language to Hear Myself’: Feminist Poets Speak,” a Schlesinger Library exhibit running from Feb. 29 to June 17, with an accompanying performance March 1.
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Striving for imperfection
Radcliffe fellow, composer, and sound artist Reiko Yamada’s interactive sound installation “Reflective” invites visitors to interact with piano music composed by Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer. The music changes depending on the direction of the visitor’s steps.
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A closer look at ‘Who’s Choosin’ Who?’
Melissa Harris-Perry, the host of the weekend news and political talk show that bears her name on MSNBC, addressed nearly 400 people at Radcliffe’s Knafel Center on Thursday for the Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture. Her topic: “Who’s Choosin’ Who? Race, Gender, and the New American Politics.”
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A celebration of ideas
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is turning 15, with 900 of its closest friends in attendance. During the ceremonies, the institute will award the Radcliffe Medal to its former dean, Harvard President Drew Faust.
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Chicago on Chicago
Judy Chicago speaks about feminism and art education at the Radcliffe Institute. A video of the discussion is available.
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The measure of a woman
Nancy Pelosi, the U.S. House minority leader and former speaker, appeared at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study to discuss the progress that American women have — and have not — made since a milestone 1963 report initiated by President John F. Kennedy on their status.
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On closer inspection, not such a plain Jane
In her latest work, “Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin,” Jill Lepore, a professor of U.S. history at Harvard and a staff writer for The New Yorker, brings Benjamin Franklin’s sister out of history’s fog and into the open.
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Lepore to deliver Radcliffe lecture Sept. 10
Award-winning author and Harvard Professor Jill Lepore will talk about her latest title, “Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin,” on Sept. 10 at the Radcliffe Institute.
