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Timothy Patrick McCarthy

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Fighting gay oppression sign in march after Stonewall uprising in 1969.

Stonewall then and now

Harvard scholars reflect on the history and legacy of the milestone gay-rights demonstrations triggered by a police raid at a dive bar in Manhattan

World|

DateJune 27, 2019July 1, 2019

Tina Grotzer (photo 1), an associate professor of education, was among the 12 professors who delivered short talks on research or teaching in "Harvard Lectures That Last." Stephanie Paulsell (photo 2), a professor of the practice of ministry studies, shared a story on the "anchoring of oneself in God." Bjorn Olsen, a professor of cell biology, encouraged students to study rare disorders and watch as new insights emerge. “If that is the only message you remember from this talk, then you've got it,” he said.

Bursts of thought

From faculty to grad students, ideas worth exploring

Campus|

DateApril 11, 2014

"If you make the humanities available to everyone, everyone has something to say, everyone has something to give, everyone has something to learn," said Harvard lecturer Tim McCarthy of the Clemente Course in the Humanities, a free, nationwide course available to individuals experiencing adverse conditions or economic hardship. McCarthy holds the course's first endowed chair.

Teaching on campus and off

For years, Tim McCarthy has taught students in Dorchester, in a program where he now has an endowed chair

Campus|

DateMarch 25, 2014

"I love students’ sharing their favorite books with me," said Karen Brennan, assistant professor of education. "The holidays are a time of looking forward and back, looking inward and outward — and two of the student-recommended books serve as particularly playful and imaginative invitations to reflection and contemplation."

Close reading

Five faculty members on books that linger, and why

Arts|

DateDecember 20, 2013

New Chief Diversity Officer Lisa Coleman (left) met Michael Goetz from the Divinity School and co-chair of the LGBT Faculty and Staff Committee.

A gathering of goals

Minority affinity groups work to make Harvard the best it can be

Campus|

DateJune 8, 2011July 19, 2019

Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian collaborated on “The Radical Reader.”

Rebels to some, achievers to others

Lecturers look kindly on the history of American radicalism

Arts|

DateApril 29, 2010July 24, 2019