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2021 Apr 27

Flap, Hop, Caw

3:00pm to 4:00pm

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Celebrate International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day by taking a virtual swoop through the Peabody Museum. These smart birds play games with each other, display anger and friendliness, and appear in cultural tales from around the world. Flap like a real raven with museum educator Javier Marin and learn more about the birds’ characteristics. Find ravens drawn or carved in Alaskan Native art, enjoy a read-aloud Tlingit tale and make a paper craft with Andy Majewski.

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2021 Apr 21

The Dawn of Olmec Civilization

6:00pm

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The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast region, in the majestic archaeological site of San Lorenzo. The inhabitants of this first Olmec capital developed a distinctive geopolitical territory and managed complex trade systems. The Olmec also created spectacular earthen architecture and magnificent stone sculpture—including the famous Colossal Heads—that reflect their stratified social organization and centralized political system backed by religion and directed by hereditary rulers. Building on the pioneering work of Matthew...

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2021 Apr 07

Recovering the Histories of Seven Enslaved Americans

6:00pm to 7:00pm

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For seven seasons, award-winning Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has uncovered the ancestral stories of celebrity guests on his hit-television series, Finding Your Roots. In this program, Gates Jr. will be joined by Dr. Gregg Hecimovich to discuss the process of unearthing the histories of formerly enslaved people. The focus will be on “The Columbia Seven":  Alfred, Delia, Drana, Fassena, Jack, Jim, and Renty, the seven Black men and women photographed against their will in Columbia, South Carolina in 1850. These controversial photographs are the subject of a new book, ...

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2021 Apr 16

Resetting the Table- A Virtual Talk & Tour

2:00pm to 3:00pm

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The "Resetting the Table: Food and Our Changing Tastes" exhibition at Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology explores food choices and eating habits in the United States, including the sometimes hidden but always important ways in which our tables are shaped by cultural, historical, political, and technological influences.

Join us on this special virtual talk and tour at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology with Joyce Chaplin: guest curator and Harvard University James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Janis Sacco: Director of...

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2021 Apr 07

Cool Food with Gerard Pozzi

4:00pm to 4:45pm

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Make a difference by eating plant-rich food. Did you know Harvard recently signed the Cool Food Pledge? Learn more about the Cool Food Pledge with speaker, Gerard Pozzi, as he breaks down the impacts of a plant-based diet.

A quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food production. By simply changing what we eat, we can make a difference to our climate. Cool Food (coolfood.org) helps people and organizations reduce the climate impact of their food through shifting towards more plant-rich diets. Climate action has never been so delicious. Cool Food is an initiative of...

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2021 Mar 26

Gutman Library Book Talk - Rural Education in America: What Works for Our Students, Teachers, and Communities

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Rural Education in America provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the diversity and complexity of rural communities in the United States and for helping rural educators implement and evaluate successful place-based programs tailored for students and their families. Written by Geoff and Sky Marietta, educators who grew up in rural America and returned there to raise their children, the book illustrates how efficacy is determined by the degrees to which instruction, interventions, and programs address the needs and strengths of each unique rural community.

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2021 Mar 25

Confronting Climate Change: Diverse Perspectives on the Path Forward

7:00pm to 8:00pm

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Climate change is modifying weather patterns, raising sea levels, disrupting ecosystems, and threatening human health. To reduce the impacts of climate change and to manage the impacts that are unavoidable, profound changes in the world's energy systems are required. These changes will affect nearly every aspect of our daily life. From the different perspectives of science, policy, health and business, the panelists will share their perspectives on the way forward.

Speakers Include: Rebecca Henderson (HBS), Jennifer Leaning (HSPH), Peter Huybers (FAS), and Jim Stock (FAS/HKS...

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2021 Mar 24

Big, If True Webinar: Playing with Fireworks: The Aura of Illicit Data

3:00pm to 4:00pm

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On this episode of BIG, If True, our host Joan Donovan, PhD will talk about surveillance and the ethics of data collection in research and journalism with Shorenstein Center Fellow and Professor Chris Gilliard, Julia Angwin, Editor In Chief and Founder of The Markup, and Albert Fox Cahn, the Founder and Executive Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) at the Urban Justice Center, a New-York based civil rights and privacy group. The panelists will cover the types of data that is collected, its potential uses and harms in different contexts, alongside how...

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2021 Mar 23

Race & Mass Incarceration: Sustainable Activism for the Long Haul with Professor Dehlia Umunna

5:30pm to 7:00pm

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Professor Dehlia Umunna (Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Faculty Deputy Director, Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute) will lead an engaging and empowering discussion about race and mass incarceration in the United States and participants will learn strategies for sustainable activism.

This event is co-sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and the Association of Black Faculty and Administrative Fellows. It is part of a series organized by the Dean of Students Office at DCE: Common Knowledge: Promoting Inclusive & Intellectual...

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2021 Mar 22

America at the Crossroads: What we can learn from abroad

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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The United States is facing a range of crises that threaten the very foundation of American democracy, from deepening identity-based polarization, the erosion of democratic norms and institutions, to centuries of systemic discrimination and harm that need to be addressed and revealed in order to move forward as a nation. The United States stands to benefit from the rich experience of nations that have navigated similar challenges in their history. This presentation will consider what we can learn at this defining moment as a nation.

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2021 Mar 29

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Join the Ash Center, Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic, and Black Student Union at Harvard Kennedy School for a conversation with Heather McGhee, a leading voice in the national conversation on systemic racism and its consequences, and the author of the recently released book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. The book is a personal journey and a powerful examination of the debilitating economic and social consequences of racism, for everyone. Prior to writing The Sum of Us Heather served as President of Demos, a leading...

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2021 Apr 26

Bark: Get to Know Your Trees

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The traits typically used to describe trees—leaves, twigs, and buds—are often hard to see or seasonally absent. Join Michael for an exploration of bark, which is always visible, in any season. As you hone your perceptive abilities you will learn about a system for identifying tree species by their bark, and discover why such a variety of bark characteristics exist. Why do some species have smooth bark, while on others it is thick and broken? Why does bark peel?

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2021 Mar 25

A Way In: The Art and Science of Climate Change

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Join us as Cat Chamberlain, Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and PhD candidate, and Ginny Zanger, established artist and current exhibiting artist with the Arnold Arboretum, talk about their observations, experimentation, and how they each embody the same need to understand climate change.

Essential work is being done today on climate change. Experimentation in laboratories, observation in controlled settings, as well as in landscapes like the Arnold Arboretum, allow scientists to understand and monitor changes in phenology. Researcher Cat Chamberlain devotes...

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2021 Mar 24

Roslindale before it was "Roslindale"

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Local resident and historian George Wardle will describe the colonial and early American history of the Roslindale area from 1630 to 1870. This area has been part of Roxbury, Jamaica (Jamaco) or Westerly, West Roxbury, and Boston. Before it was large enough to be its own postal district, it was for a while known as “South Street Crossing.” Local street and place names associated with people from this era will be described. Cathy Slade, president of the Roslindale Historical Society, will then provide some additional history and talk about the Society’s activities in sharing Roslindale’s...

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