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Tag: Vincent Brown
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Nation & World
Committee named to lead Legacy of Slavery memorial project
University names committee to lead Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorial Project.
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Saying their names
Scholars involved in Legacy of Slavery Initiative discuss findings, remind that each of enslaved was “real person … with dreams, with pain.”
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With digital archive, a time and a new way to understand colonial history
Harvard Library’s completed digitization project offers opportunities to broaden the scholarly view of colonial era.
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Nation & World
‘Garden’ party
“The Garden” is a new arts course that lets students explore tools and ideas across the disciplines of visual art, film, dance, and music.
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Nation & World
The war against colonial slavery
As part of the 1776 Salon series at the American Repertory Theater, Harvard Professor Vincent Brown will discuss his book, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.”
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Nation & World
‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’
The two-day “Vision & Justice” conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together a wide range of scholars and artists for performances and discussions considering the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.
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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
Death and the Civil War
Filmmaker Ric Burns, Harvard President Drew Faust, and scholars screened and discussed “Death and the Civil War,” a PBS documentary based on Faust’s book “This Republic of Suffering.”
