Exhibit Opening: Lexical Dreaming
Special Events
Mixed media by Georgia Bellas on view through Jan. 6, 2010. There will be a reception Friday, Dec. 4, 5-7 p.m.
She works at the intersection of the digital and analog worlds and is interested in how technology and digital communications shape and affect art making, and how they can be used as tools alongside traditional hands-on processes.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Exhibitions. Special Events. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, November 20, 2009.
Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Ave.
For more info visit www.georgiabellas.com. Morning Prayers
Humanities
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): Kathryn Lohre MDiv ’06, Harvard University.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Praying Our Lives. "When in Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life"
Humanities
Jane Redmont will lead discussion in an exploration of the diverse textures and traditions of meditation and prayer. "Praying Our Lives," a continuing series, features people from a variety of perspectives and professions and a diversity of religious traditions leading workshops on contemplative and spiritual practice. Soup provided; please bring your own beverage.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Jane Redmont, author, peace activist, and assistant professor of religious studies at Guilford College. Cost: Free. Contact Info: 617.384.7571.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
CSWR Common Room, 42 Francis Ave.
Harvard Treasures Tour for Members
Art/Design
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, on Quincy Street, is the only building in North America designed by the French modernist architect Le Corbusier. It represents his attempt to create a "synthesis of the arts" that integrates architecture with painting and sculpture. Mary Daniels will show Le Corbusier's original sketches for the building, an unpublished sketchbook, and Le Corbusier paintings from the Special Collections of Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and members will tour the building with Andrew Watkins.
Participation is free, but registration is required. Harvard Treasures is a new series offered to members only that will explore the university's architectural riches and art holdings beyond the Harvard Art Museum.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Presentation/Lecture. Special Events. Speaker(s): Mary Daniels, Special Collections librarian, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Andrew Watkins, AIA LEED, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (AM ’10). Ticket Info: Members only event. Contact Info: 617.495.0534, artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:00 PM.
Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit harvardartmuseum.org. How Much Equality (and What Kind) in Korea? Some Cases
Business/Law
You are invited to bring you lunch to the event.
Type of Event: Law. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Ilhyung Lee, University of Missouri.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Room 419, Pound Hall, HLS, 1563 Massachusetts Ave.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Bureaucratic 'Modernization' in 18th-Century East Central Europe
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Peter Collmer, visiting scholar, Davis Center; Alison Frank, Harvard University; Iryna Vushko, Shklar Fellow, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM.
Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu. HMS Green Office Workshop
Environmental Sciences
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Environmental Sciences. Contact Info: Sustainability@hms.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
TMEC #109, Harvard Medical School.
For more info visit green.harvard.edu. HLS Entertainment Law Symposium
Business/Law
Type of Event: Conferences. Law. Presentation/Lecture. Special Events. Speaker(s): Victor Jih, O'Melveny and Myers partner and winner of season 14 of the "Amazing Race". Contact Info: csel@law.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Austin Hall, Harvard Law School.
Fostering Knowledge Sharing in Resource Management and Adaptation to Global Change in Brazil
Environmental Sciences
Type of Event: Environmental Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Edmundo Barrios, research fellow in sustainability science, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact Info: greg_durham@harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Harvard Kennedy School.
For more info visit belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. John Keats and Fanny Brawne
Poetry/Prose
In the autumn of 1818, the poet John Keats met a young woman named Fanny Brawne. Despite obstacles — both financial and tubercular — Keats and Brawne fell in love. Their relationship inspired some of Keats' best known works, along with some of his most poignant and beautiful letters. A new exhibition at the Houghton Library explores their relationship and its legacy, and includes a selection of Keats' letters to Brawne, a lock of Brawne's hair, Oscar Wilde's response to the 1885 auction of Keats' love letters, and more.
Type of Event: Exhibitions. Poetry/Prose. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Available only during Houghton Library's weekly public tour, Fridays at 2 pm. Contact Info: 617.495.2449.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Keats Room, Houghton Library.
For more info visit www.hcl.harvard.edu. HSPH Green Office Workshop
Environmental Sciences
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Environmental Sciences. Contact Info: Sustainability@hms.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
FXB G-11, Harvard School of Public Health.
For more info visit green.harvard.edu. Remembering the Soldiers: The Cultural Reproduction of National Trauma in Japan
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Akiko Hashimoto, University of Pittsburgh. Cost: Free.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Porté Room S250, CGIS South Bldg. 1730 Cambridge St.
African Chiefdoms and Institutional Resilience: Public Goods and Private Strategies
Social Sciences
Discussant Lily Tsai, associate professor of political science, MIT.
For a copy of the paper, if there is one, close to the date of the seminar, go to: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/jscha.html.
Type of Event: Business. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Ann Swidler, professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: phall@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Guido Goldman Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. Why Social Rights? The Portuguese Process of Constitutionalization of Social and Economic Rights
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Business. Ethics. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Filipe Carreira Da Silva, ICS-University of Lisbon. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: sroyo@suffolk.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. New Geographies #2 Book Launch: Landscapes of Energy
Art/Design
Roundtable discussion followed by reception. Copies of the journal will be for sale at the event.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Special Events. Speaker(s): Martin Felsen, IIT/Archeworks; Mark Jarzombek, MIT; Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University; Ajantha Subramanian, Harvard University; moderated by Hashim Sarkis, Graduate School of Design. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: rghosn@gsd.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.
For more info visit www.gsd.harvard.edu. Les Quatres Cent Coups (The 400 Blows, 1959)
Film
Type of Event: Film. Directed By: Francois Truffaut. Contact Info: tracy.vo@gmail.com.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Logan's Run
Science
Lately we've heard heated debates about fictitious "death panels" in health care reform. But the brontosaurus in the tea house nobody wants to talk about is overpopulation. So Hollywood steps in and does it for us. Here we witness a dystopian future society that maintains equilibrium by demanding death of everyone upon reaching a certain age. And the hero of our story, why he's just about to have that very special last birthday! Rating: PG-13.
Type of Event: Film. Science. Special Events. Speaker(s): David Aguilar, CfA.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Phillips Auditorium, CfA, 60 Garden St.
For more info visit www.cfa.harvard.edu. Don Quijote (1992)
Film
Films in Spanish with English subtitles.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Film. Directed By: Orson Welles/Jesús Franco.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St.
For more info visit www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu. Handel's "Messiah." Part 1: The Christmas Story
Concerts
Susan Consoli, soprano
Miranda Loud, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Nikolas Nackley, baritone
Conducted by Kevin Leong.
Type of Event: Concerts. Cost: $20 general; $10 students and senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice/. Ticket Info: 617.496.2222.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.hcs.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Chamber Music at Mather
Arts & Culture
Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people. Coaching is available for string instruments, woodwinds, piano, harpsichord, Baroque ensembles, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities. In addition, there are three special ensembles: consorts of recorders, flutes, and viola da gamba. There is a $100 fee per semester.
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Contact Info: lion@fas.harvard.edu.
Saturday, November 21, 2009.
Senior Common Room, Mather House.
For more info visit www.people.fas.harvard.edu. CYBERPOSIUM
Conferences
CYBERPOSIUM is the largest business school technology conference in the world. This year's conference will feature keynote speakers Chad Hurley, CEO and founder of YouTube, and Jim Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry-maker Research in Motion, along with dozens of panelists from startups and other tech companies.
Type of Event: Business. Conferences. Information Technology. Presentation/Lecture. Cost: $30 students; $40 non-students. Contact Info: 212.372.0800, dmelchior@mba2011.hbs.edu.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Spangler Center, Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA.
For more info visit www.cyberposium.com. Morning Prayers
Humanities
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): The Reverend Scott Dickison MDiv ’10, The Memorial Church.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:30 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Faith and Life Forum
Lectures
Exploring issies of faith in our devotional and public life, the Faith & Life Forum meets Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. with continental breakfast and conversation, followed by a speaker and program from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Participants may remain for informal discussion until the beginning of the 11 a.m. worship service.
Faith & Life also hosts special evening programs, events, and speakers throughout the year.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.496.1643, daustin@fas.harvard.edu, leslie_kress@harvard.edu.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:00 AM.
The Memorial Church.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Fall Concert
Concerts
Harvard University Choir and Brattle Street Chamber Players present the world premiere of The Acts of the Apostles, a new oratorio by composer in residence Carson Cooman '04, with a libretto adapted from the Bible by Matthew Burt. Starting with the first Pentecost, the work vividly tells the dramatic stories of the early apostles in solos, choruses, and congregational hymns.
Type of Event: Concerts. Ticket Info: Available at the door.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
The Memorial Church.
Violin & Piano Concert
Concerts
Music by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
Type of Event: Concerts. Speaker(s): Violinist Irina Muresanu; pianist Michael Lewin. Cost: Free. Donation requested. Contact Info: 617.354.0837, harvardepworth@verizon.net.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA.
Episcopal Chaplaincy Eucharist and Meal
Religion-Current
The Rev. Robert Tobin, chaplain
Eucharist at Christ Church (Zero Garden St.), followed by home-cooked meal at Two Garden St.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.495.4340, rtobin@hds.harvard.edu.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Christ Church, Zero Garden St.
For more info visit www.cccambridge.org. Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Morning Prayers
Humanities
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): The Reverend Daniel A. Smith, The Memorial Church.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Comparison of China and India
Social Sciences
Registration required.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Huang Yasheng, MIT.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Room L230, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit spreadsheets.google.com. Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Workshop. The Cure for What Ails You: China's Response to the Financial Crisis and its Effectiveness
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Business. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Daniel H. Rosen, principal, Rhodium Group, adjunct professor, Columbia University, and visiting fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics. Cost: Free. Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Born with a Copper Spoon: Global Copper and Local Development (1870-2000)
Humanities
There is a pre-circulated paper for this event.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Jan Abbeloos, Ghent University. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: polecon@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
History Library, first floor, Robinson Hall.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Obama and the Arab World: Prospects for Change in American Mideast Policy
Social Sciences
A session of the Middle East Seminar.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Eugene Rogan, director, the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K-262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
The Honduran Crisis: Could It Have Been Avoided? What Can be Learned?
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Sergio Ramírez, former vice president of Nicaragua; Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, president, Institute of the Americas; and Michael Shifter, vice president, Andean Program at the Inter American Dialogue. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: hmjones@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Malkin Penthouse, Rubenstein Building, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Caroline Kennedy Presents the 2009 New Frontier Award
Special Events
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Caroline Kennedy, president, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Patrick Murphy, U.S. Representative; Rebecca Onie, cofounder and CEO, Project HEALTH. Contact Info: 617.495.8290.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:00 PM.
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit hks.harvard.edu. Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Achievements and Limits of Non-Violent Action during the Cold War
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Adam Roberts and Timothy Garton Ash, Oxford University; with commentaries by Merle Goldman, Boston College; Mark Kramer, director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center; and Charles Maier, Harvard University.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu. The Future of French Culture
Social Sciences
Discussant Michéle Lamont, Harvard University.
Part of the "Future of France" series.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Arthur Goldhammer, author and translator, CES. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: leli.arzoglou@gmail.com.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Lower level conference room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. Poésie Langue Étrangére: Unhoused Poetic Subjects in the Extreme Contemporain
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Michael Kelly, visiting scholar, Harvard University.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Silent Waters (Khamosh Pani)
Film
Type of Event: Film. Directed By: Sabiha Sumar. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.496.6824.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 6:15 PM.
Room S010, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Beyond Satisfaction: Emmanuel Levina's Metaphysical Longing
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Drew Dalton, Saint Anselm College. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Obama's Middle East Policies: The Persistence of the Bush Doctrine
Social Sciences
AbuKhalil is the author of "Historical Dictionary of Lebanon" (1998), "Bin Laden, Islam & America's New 'War on Terrorism'" (2002), and "The Battle for Saudi Arabia" (2004). He maintains a popular blog, The Angry Arab News Service, at angryarab.blogspot.com. He is an occasional commentator on Middle East issues for television in the United States and a frequent commentator for Al-Jazeera.
Type of Event: Law. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): As'ad AbuKhalil, professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Austin North, Harvard Law School.
Learning from Teaching the Trial of Jesus
Humanities
Professor Joseph Weiler will deliver a lecture based on his Trial of Jesus course at NYU School of Law. He will address both questions of procedure and substance in the Trial narrative and propose a radical theory concerning the theology of the Trial and Jewish-Christian relations.
Kosher hors d'œuvres will be served.
Open to the public. RSVP to jlsa@law.harvard.edu.
Bio:
Joseph Weiler grew up in Israel. He received his legal education in Europe (Sussex (BA); Cambridge (LL.B & LL.M) and Italy (Ph.D EUI). He served as Professor of Law at Michigan Law School ('85-'90), Harvard Law School ('91-'01) and presently serves as University Professor and Director of the Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization at NYU School of Law.
Students interested in the Tikvah Center are invited to stay after the lecture to speak with Professor Weiler.
Type of Event: Ethics. Humanities. Law. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Joseph H.H. Weiler; introduction by Mary Ann Glendon. Cost: Open to the public. RSVP to jlsa@law.harvard.edu. Contact Info: jlsa@law.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM.
Hauser 104, Harvard Law School.
Morning Prayers
Humanities
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): The Reverend Robert Tobin, Harvard University.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Functional Lung Imaging Insights into Lung Pathophysiology
Health Sciences
Type of Event: Environmental Sciences. Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Brett Simon, chair, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, BIDMC.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Room 1302, Building I, Harvard School of Public Health.
Protein complexes that control transcription and chromatin structure in yeast
Science
Coffee is served prior to each event at 12:15 p.m. outside the room.
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Science. Speaker(s): Fred Winston, Harvard Medical School. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: shannon@hms.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12:30 PM.
Room 341, Warren Alpert Building, 200 Longwood Ave.
For more info visit micro.med.harvard.edu. Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Systems' Contributions to the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Depression
Health Sciences
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Gerald Sanacora, Yale Depression Research Program. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.855.3201.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Room 132, deMarneffe Building, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St. Belmont, MA.
For more info visit mcleanhospital.org. Is Europe a Failed Democracy? Will the Lisbon Treaty Make a Difference? And If Not, What Will?
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Jonathan Faull, Jean-Claude Piris, Joseph Weiler. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: haferkam@fas.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Lower level conference room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. The Topography of Nationalism in Turkey: Actors, Discourses, and the Struggle for Hegemony
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Umit Ozkirimili, Bilgi University. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Room K262, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St.
For more info visit www.wcfia.harvard.edu. World Expo in Shanghai in 2010
Social Sciences
Registration required.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Xiao Guiyu, deputy secretary general, People's Republic of China.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Room L140, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit spreadsheets.google.com. ACT-UP Poetic Retrospective: Mark Doty and Eileen Myles Poetry Reading
Poetry/Prose
Introduction by Christina Davis, curator, Woodberry Poetry Room.
Mark Doty is the author of "My Alexandria" and winner of a 2008 National Book Award. Eileen Myles, hailed as "the rock star of modern poetry," is the author of over 20 volumes of poetry, most recently "Sorry, Tree." They will be joined by Harvard undergraduate poets reciting works by writers – Tory Dent, Melvin Dixon, Thom Gunn, Tony Kushner, James Merrill, and others – whose words have compelled attention to the AIDS crisis. Reception to follow at the Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St.
Type of Event: Poetry/Prose. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Mark Doty and Eileen Myles. Contact Info: 617.495.2454.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.
For more info visit www.harvardartmuseum.org. Pottery Classes
Arts & Culture
The 10-session course is designed for all levels of experience. The course instructor is artist Pamela Gorgone, who studied at the School of the Museum of fine Arts and Tufts. Cost: Mather residents $55; Harvard affiliates $65. The fee includes the Tuesday night classes, all clay and glazes and access to the studio.
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Contact Info: 617.495.4834.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mather House Pottery Studio.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Morning Prayers
Humanities
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): Polly Hamlen, Board of Directors at Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Gov 3004 Research Workshop in American Politics
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Social Sciences. Contact Info: jchattop@fas.harvard.edu.
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Room 401, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St.
John Keats and Fanny Brawne
Poetry/Prose
In the autumn of 1818, the poet John Keats met a young woman named Fanny Brawne. Despite obstacles — both financial and tubercular — Keats and Brawne fell in love. Their relationship inspired some of Keats' best known works, along with some of his most poignant and beautiful letters. A new exhibition at the Houghton Library explores their relationship and its legacy, and includes a selection of Keats' letters to Brawne, a lock of Brawne's hair, Oscar Wilde's response to the 1885 auction of Keats' love letters, and more.
Type of Event: Exhibitions. Poetry/Prose. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Available only during Houghton Library's weekly public tour, Fridays at 2 pm. Contact Info: 617.495.2449.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Keats Room, Houghton Library.
For more info visit www.hcl.harvard.edu. Átume (1990)
Film
Films in Spanish with English subtitles.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Film. Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St.
For more info visit www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Chamber Music at Mather
Arts & Culture
Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people. Coaching is available for string instruments, woodwinds, piano, harpsichord, Baroque ensembles, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities. In addition, there are three special ensembles: consorts of recorders, flutes, and viola da gamba. There is a $100 fee per semester.
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Contact Info: lion@fas.harvard.edu.
Saturday, November 28, 2009.
Senior Common Room, Mather House.
For more info visit www.people.fas.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 10:30 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Faith and Life Forum
Lectures
Exploring issies of faith in our devotional and public life, the Faith & Life Forum meets Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. with continental breakfast and conversation, followed by a speaker and program from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Participants may remain for informal discussion until the beginning of the 11 a.m. worship service.
Faith & Life also hosts special evening programs, events, and speakers throughout the year.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.496.1643, daustin@fas.harvard.edu, leslie_kress@harvard.edu.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 9:00 AM.
The Memorial Church.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Wunderkinds of Music
Concerts
Winners of the 2009 Pro Arte Concerto Competition, Jonah Ellsworth and Daniel Kim, will perform concertos alongside the orchestra.
Program to include:
Jonah Ellsworth performing Shostakovich's Cello Concerto (Movement 1)
Daniel Kim performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 (Movement 1)
Other musical selections TBA (please check Pro Arte website for more info at www.proarte.org).
Type of Event: Concerts. Speaker(s): Gunther Schuller, principal guest conductor. Cost: Varied prices: $15-$50. Ticket Web Link: www.proarte.org. Ticket Info: 617-779-0900, www.proarte.org. Contact Info: 617.779.0900, info@proarte.org, www.proarte.org.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Sanders Theatre.
Episcopal Chaplaincy Eucharist and Meal
Religion-Current
The Rev. Robert Tobin, chaplain
Eucharist at Christ Church (Zero Garden St.), followed by home-cooked meal at Two Garden St.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.495.4340, rtobin@hds.harvard.edu.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Christ Church, Zero Garden St.
For more info visit www.cccambridge.org. Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Morning Prayers: Advent Missioner
Humanities
“I Slept, but My Heart Was Awake:” Praying the Song of Songs in Advent.
Type of Event: Religion. Speaker(s): Stephanie A. Paulsell, HDS.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 8:45 AM – Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:45 AM.
Appleton Chapel.
Canada, The United States, and Cuba: The Triangular Relation Between 1959 and 1962 as seen in Cuban Diplomatic History
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Raul Rodriguez, visiting scholar, DRCLAS; moderated by Kim M. Williams, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: barberia@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Room S216, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Why Arab States Fear Islamist Regimes: Threat Perception and Soft Power Politics
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Lawrence Rubin, research fellow, Dubai Initiative. Contact Info: susan_lynch@harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM.
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School.
For more info visit belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Trafficking in Race: The Rise and Fall of White Slavery, 1700-2000
Social Sciences
Pre-circulated paper at www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc/fsprogramschedule.html.
Type of Event: Humanities. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Gunther Peck, fellow, Warren Center. Contact Info: lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
History Library, first floor, Robinson Hall.
Muslims under Secular Jurisdiction. A False Problem?
Business/Law
Type of Event: Law. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Marie-Claire Foblets, professor of anthropology, faculty of law, Catholic University, Leuven; and ILSP visiting fellow, visiting professor of law, Harvard Law School, and Erasmus Lecturer, Harvard University.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
John Chipman Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School.
For more info visit www.law.harvard.edu. Immigration, Security, and Democracy: The Dynamics of Policy Failure
Social Sciences
Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia specializes in the politics of immigration and anti-discrimination in the United States and Europe, racism and xenophobia, extreme-right wing movements, immigrant integration, and urban racism. She is currently working on the book "Immigration, Security, and Democracy in the United States and Europe" (under review at Cornell University Press).
In this seminar, she examines three interlocking processes that fuel "the dynamics of security/integration policy failure.".
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia, associate professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers State University of New Jersey, co-director of the ISI Immigration Research Network, and senior researcher affiliated to the Center for Political Research, Sciences Po Paris. Cost: Free. Contact Info: 617.495.7548, democracyseminar@ashinstitute.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM.
Suite 200-North, 124 Mt. Auburn Street.
For more info visit ashinstitute.harvard.edu. On the Publication of Gertrude Himmelfarb's "The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot"
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Adam Kirsch, contributing editor, Harvard Magazine; contributor to The New Yorker and The Times Literary Supplement. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: alex@sagan.org.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Lower level conference room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. Socio-Spatial Mixing and Self-Segregation Among the Upper-Middle Classes in Paris and Milan
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Bruno Cousin, Sciences-Po; visiting scholar, CES. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: leli.arzoglou@gmail.com.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM.
Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.ces.fas.harvard.edu. The Publication of Gertrude Himmelfarb's "The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot" - A Conversation with Adam Kirsch and Ruth Wisse
Poetry/Prose
Type of Event: Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Adam Kirsch. Contact Info: 617.495.4326, cjs@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:15 PM.
Lower level conference room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Studies of Religious Beliefs and Subjective Well Being: Conflicting Conclusions
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Humanities. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Sissela Bok, visiting fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Harvard Center for Population and Development, 9 Bow St.
For more info visit www.hsph.harvard.edu. Buddhist Studies Forum
Humanities
Talk title TBA.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Morrison, Middlebury College. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 5:00 PM.
Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. The Story of a Nicaraguan Family, 1984 and 2009
Social Sciences
This event will feature a screening of the 1985 documentary "Living at Risk" and new interviews with the family featured in the film.
Type of Event: Film. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Introductory remarks by filmmakers Alfred Guzzetti and Susan Meiseles; comments by Sergio Ramírez, visiting professor, DRCLAS, and former vice president of Nicaragua. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: hmjones@fas.harvard.edu.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM.
Room B04, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Counter-Composition: Conversations on Ethics
Humanities
Moderated by Sean Kelly, professor of philosophy, Harvard University.
Type of Event: Ethics. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Alex Voorhoeve, London School of Economics, discusses his new book with Frances Kamm, Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy; Steve Pyke, photographer, The New Yorker; and Thomas Scanlon, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. Cost: Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Room 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Gordon Willis, The Man Who Shot The Godfather
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: Special event tickets: $12; regular events: $9 general admission; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citiizens; free for Harvard students.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Christians, Sex, and Politics: An American History
Humanities
The Committee for Women, Gender and Sexuality in Religion announces its second WGSR Forum for the academic year. Marie Griffith will be discussing her new work and thoughts.
Type of Event: Conferences. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): R. Marie Griffith, John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School. Cost: Free. Contact Info: 617.495.4518.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Braun Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School.
Developing New Models of Air Pollution Health Effects
Health Sciences
Type of Event: Environmental Sciences. Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Brazilian Research Cohort.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Room 1302, Building I, Harvard School of Public Health.
The Capabilities: View of Development
Social Sciences
Questions and comments to follow presentation.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Ricardo Hausmann, director, Center for International Development, HKS. Contact Info: smtesor@fas.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
1730 Cambridge St.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Mesoamerica: Health Opportunities for a Neglected Region
Health Sciences
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Paul Farmer, chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Jamie Sepulveda, director, Integrated Health Solutions Development, Global Health program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Rotunda, the New Research Building, The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Victor Dzau Lecture in Global Health Equity
Health Sciences
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Introduction by Paul Farmer, chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology, Harvard Medical School, co-Founder, Partners In Health; presenters: Jaime Sepulveda, director, Integrated Health Solutions Development, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
former director of Mexico’s National Institutes of Health and dean of the Nati… Cost: Free. Contact Info: 617.432.6882, tberenson@partners.org.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Rotunda, the New Research Building, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115.
Mechanisms of Cell Entry and Neurotonal Toxicity of Butulinum Neurotoxins
Health Sciences
Coffee is served prior to each event at 12:15 p.m. outside the room.
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Min Dong, MMG, HMS. Contact Info: shannon@hms.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 12:30 PM.
Room 341, Warren Alpert Building, 200 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA.
For more info visit micro.med.harvard.edu. New England China Seminar: The Memoirs of Zhao Ziyang
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Bao Pu, Adi Ignatius, and Renee Chiang, co-editors of "Prison of the State: The Secret Journal of Zhao Ziyang"; Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard University; and Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University. Cost: Free. Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 5:15 PM – 9:15 PM.
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Serving Emotionally Disturbed Youth: Lessons from the Award-Winning Wraparound Milwaukee Program
Health Sciences
Wraparound Milwaukee, which won the 2009 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform, is the first government-operated managed care service designed to treat emotionally disturbed youth in the home setting. Care options and services include tutoring and after school programs, group care, recreation and camp, arts programs, and substance abuse treatment. In addition, the program encourages family members to play a more active role in the treatment process as members of the care planning team.
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Support/Social. Speaker(s): Bruce Kamradt, administrator, Milwaukee Children’s Mental Health Services/Wraparound Milwaukee. Contact Info: 617.496.4491, christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School.
For more info visit ashinstitute.harvard.edu. All in the Family? Annette Gordon-Reed’s "The Hemingses of Monticello"
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Humanities. Law. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Annette Gordon-Reed, visiting professor, Harvard Law School.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Harvard Law School, 1515 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.charleshamiltonhouston.org. London As It Is
Special Events
Thomas Shotter Boys' "London As It Is," first published in 1842 and reprinted several times since then, is both an artistic masterpiece and an important documentary source for the study of early Victorian England. Philip Hofer's collection of the original sketches, trial proofs, finished lithographs, and hand-colored final images provide an opportunity to examine the artist at work and to observe the city and its citizens as they were more than 150 years ago.
The exhibit is on view through April 24, 2010. See http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/#london.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Exhibitions. Special Events. Cost: Free. Contact Info: 617.495.2441.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library.
For more info visit www.hcl.harvard.edu. World AIDS Day Lecture: Seeing AIDS
Art/Design
Director of education at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1983 to 1993, Yenawine was engaged with activist artists. He will reflect on the impact of AIDS on the cultural sector, artists' responses to the crisis, and December 1 as "A Day without Art."
Sackler galleriers will remain open until 6pm.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Philip Yenawine, co-founding director, Visual Understanding in Education. Ticket Info: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit harvardartmuseum.org. Borrowing Nature's Blueprints: Biomimicry and the Art of Well-Adapted Design
Art/Design
Free and open to the public.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Janine Benyus.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:30 PM.
GSD, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.gsd.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. William Belden Noble Lectures: Joseph Haydn as Embodiment of the Enlightenment and Spirituality. Lecture 1 of 3: "Gradus ad Parnassum: Haydn's Incremental Progress to Consummate Mastery"
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Robert Levin, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music, Harvard University. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.495.5508.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 8:00 PM.
The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu. The Great Railway Rebellion that Rocked Cold War Mexico
Social Sciences
Comments and questions to follow presentation.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Robert Alegre, University of New England. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: hmjones@fas.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Room S250, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. White Like She, Cross-Over Narratives of Doubling: Zora Hurtson and Toni Morrison, A Comparative Study
Social Sciences
Free and open to the public.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Sylvie Laurent, Sciences Po, Paris.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit dubois.fas.harvard.edu. The Idea of Justice: A Symposium
Humanities
Visit the Humanities Center Web site for a complete list of speakers and times.
Type of Event: Ethics. Humanities. Law. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, discusses his book "The Idea of Justice" with a panel of speakers including Homi Bhaba, director, Humanities Center; Martha Minow, dean, faculty of law; Philip Pettit, Princeton University, among others. Cost: Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 3:30 PM.
Room 105, Emerson Hall.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Teaching across the Disciplines at the Harvard Art Museum
Art/Design
Works of art on view and the museum space itself can be used to introduce undergraduates to new ways of thinking and engaging the world around them. Taking the Harvard College Writing Program as an example, the speakers will explore opportunities for teaching in the galleries.
This popular series pairs presenters to consider objects from more than one point of view. The informal talks, by Harvard Art Museum curators, conservators, and educators, and Harvard University faculty members, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art and encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing.
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion.
Limited to 30 participants. Please arrive early.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Kelsey McNiff, museum educator, university audiences, Harvard Art Museum;
Marlon Kuzmick, preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program. Ticket Info: Free with price of admission. Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 3:30 PM.
Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit harvardartmuseum.org. Functional Biomimetrics: Art and Science
Lectures
Type of Event: Art/Design. Presentation/Lecture. Science. Speaker(s): Joanna Aizenberg, Radcliffe Institute. Contact Info: 617.495.8212.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St. Radcliffe Yard.
For more info visit www.radcliffe.edu. Mediating War: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Photography and Memory in Vietnam
Social Sciences
Reception to follow.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Christina Schwenkel, University of California, Riverside.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Room S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Turkey's Opening: Rapprochement with Iraqi Kurdistan and U.S. Redeployment from Iraq
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): David Phillips, director, Program on Conflict Prevention and Peace-building, American University. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Room K262, CGIS Knafel, 1732 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.wcfia.harvard.edu. "These Girls are Missing": Documentary and Discussion
Film
Film screening followed by a discussion about girls' education and development. Refreshments will be served.
Type of Event: Film. Social Sciences.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Room 308, Longfellow Hall.
Science and Democracy Series: Raghuram Rajan
Art/Design
Free and open to the public.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Presentation/Lecture. Science. Speaker(s): Raghuram Rajan.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 5:00 PM.
GSD, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.gsd.harvard.edu. Storytelling in the Electronic Era
Humanities
The art of story in the 21st century is explored. Book signing to follow.
Type of Event: Humanities. Information Technology. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Odds Berkin, storyteller, and Maria Tatar, Harvard folklorist. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 6:30 PM.
First Parish, 3 Church St.
For more info visit www.cambridgeforum.org. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Blodgett Chamber Music Series: The Chiara
Concerts
The Chiara Quartet
Beethoven Cycle, concert 1 of 6
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1
Blodgett concerts are free but passes are required. Free passes available beginning two weeks prior to concert from Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center Arcade, Harvard Square. 617.496.2222.
Free parking for this concert available at Broadway garage, corner of Felton St. and Broadway.
Type of Event: Concerts. Humanities. Ticket Web Link: http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html. Ticket Info: Free but passes required. Passes available at Harvard Box Office 617.496.2222. Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall.
William Belden Noble Lectures: Joseph Haydn as Embodiment of the Enlightenment and Spirituality. Lecture 2 of 3: "Humor, Learnedness, and Universality"
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Robert Levin, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music, Harvard University. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.495.5508.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 8:00 PM.
The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu. French American Innovation Days
Conferences
Registration is free but space is limited. Please submit your contribution as soon as possible via the "REGISTRY" section of the site: http://www.france-science.org/faid2009.
Type of Event: Conferences. Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Fabien Calvo, Mauro Ferrari. Cost: Free. Contact Info: deputy-inno.mst@consulfrance-boston.org.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 – Friday, December 4, 2009.
The Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.
For more info visit www.france-science.org. Factors Influencing Changes in Employment among Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Health Sciences
Breakfast will be served.
Type of Event: Health Sciences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): A. James O'Malley, Harvard Medical School.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:45 AM – 9:15 AM.
Room 10, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit hms.harvard.edu. Buying Your First Home: Tips to Assist You with This Process
Support/Social-Current
Feel free to bring your lunch.
Type of Event: Business. Classes/Workshops. Support/Social. Speaker(s): Susan Keller, assistant director, Faculty Real Estate Services and Special Projects. Contact Info: 617.432.1615, barbara_wolf@hms.harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Waterhouse Family Room, Gordon Hall, 25 Shattuck St. Boston, MA.
For more info visit hr.hms.harvard.edu. "Let the Historians Decide"? Politics and the Past in Turkey and Japan
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Jennifer M. Dixon, research fellow, International Security Program. Contact Info: susan_lynch@harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM.
Malkin Penthouse, 4th floor, Littauer, Harvard Kennedy School.
For more info visit belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Gov 3004 Research Workshop in American Politics
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Social Sciences. Contact Info: jchattop@fas.harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Room 401, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St.
The Cultural Impact of the Book of Revelation
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Elaine Pagels, Princeton University. Contact Info: 617.495.8600.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St. Radcliffe Yard.
For more info visit www.radcliffe.edu. Saudi Arabia and "Rentier Exceptionalism": Oil Price Fluctuations, State Responses and Political Mobilization
Social Sciences
A session of the Middle East Seminar.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): F. Gregory Gause III, professor of political science, University of Vermont, and Kuwait Foundation Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Bowie-Vernon Room (K-262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
ACT-ing UP: The Living Legacy of AIDS Protest
Art/Design
Coordinated by Dr. Timothy Patrick McCarthy.
Free and open to the public.
Type of Event: Ethics. Health Sciences. Humanities. Social Sciences.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit ves.fas.harvard.edu. Social Science Dean's Conversation: "Changing Education at Harvard"
Social Sciences
Celebrate the end of the semester with a discussion about education.
It has been said that Harvard students are so talented they would learn even if locked in a closet for four years. How can we improve on such self-instruction? In this Dean's Conversation, "Changing Education at Harvard: What Twenty Years of Research Tells Us about Effective Teaching and Advising," Stephen Kosslyn, dean of social science, will moderate a discussion between Richard Light, Gale Professor of Education, and Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics, about their separate approaches to studying how to maximize learning and engagement in undergraduates.
There will be ample opportunity for comments and questions from the audience.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Science. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Discussants: Richard Light, Gale Professor of Education; Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics; moderator: Stephen Kosslyn, dean of social science. Ticket Info: Free and open to the public.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM.
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Bldg, lower level, 1730 Cambridge St.
For more info visit isites.harvard.edu. Cooperation of High-tech between U.S. and China
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Information Technology. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Jiang Yaoping, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, People's Republic of China.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Wiener Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit spreadsheets.google.com. Beethoven in Bars! Free Concert with the Chiara Quartet
Concerts
Blodgett Artists-in-Residence the Chiara Quartet play a mini-concert of Beethoven at the Queen's Head Pub.
Type of Event: Concerts. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Free. Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Queenshead Pub.
For more info visit www.music.fas.harvard.edu. The Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture. Cutting Remarks: The Preparation of Woodcuts, 1400-1600
Art/Design
The "history" of the physical craft of cutting woodblocks for the printing of woodcuts has remained almost unstudied. This talk will rely on detailed slides of a number of anonymous fifteenth-century blocks in order to sketch the early development of the cutter's technique. The ultimate achievements of Dürer, Altdorfer, Cranach, Burgkmair, Bruegel will round out a picture that remained mostly unchanged until ca. 1800. At the conclusion, the audience will be asked to consider its opinions about a series of blocks that most scholars regard as forgeries, two examples of which are at Harvard.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Richard S. Field, curator emeritus, Yale University Art Gallery. Contact Info: 617.495.2444.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:30 PM.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Bolognese Tradition or Florentine Rebirth?: Malvasia's History of Art
Humanities
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Cropper, dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.
Behind the Scenes of Machine Learning with SVM
Science
Type of Event: Information Technology. Presentation/Lecture. Science. Speaker(s): Alfredo Cuesta Infante. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu. Wines of Israel Fundraiser for Prize4Life
Special Events
Taste fantastic wines and delicious cheese while supporting a great cause (Kosher).
All members of the Harvard community and Boston young professionals are cordially invited to "Wines of Israel," a wine-tasting fundraiser to benefit Prize4Life. Prize4Life is a nonprofit that awards prizes to incentivize advances in ALS research.
Requested donation $20, payable through Paypal or at event with cash, check or Crimson Cash!
100% Proceeds to benefit Prize4Life
To find out more about Prize4Life, visit http://www.prize4life.org/
RSVP: jlsa@law.harvard.edu
Sponsored by: HLS JLSA, HBS JSA, Harvard Chabad, Harvard Hillel, HBS Wine & Cuisine Society, Taglit-Birthright NEXT.
Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture. Science. Special Events. Wellness. Speaker(s): Remarks by Seward Rutkove, recipient of Milestone Prize for his work toward perfecting an ALS biomarker. Cost: Requested donation: $20. Ticket Web Link: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=xXvwPg6gXpe-P4H-UUF7RKlhN6CkoXKM9oMh1Ok4V0wVn2nmggPXospqFlq&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1ffc45dc241d84e953d0e88f8d71535079b246201019c8adab. Contact Info: jlsa@law.harvard.edu.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. William Belden Noble Lectures: Joseph Haydn as Embodiment of the Enlightenment and Spirituality. Lecture 3 of 3: "In nomine Domini -- Laus Deo: The Luminosity of Haydn's Faith"
Humanities
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Robert Levin, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music, Harvard University. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: 617.495.5508.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8:00 PM.
The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu. 103rd Annual Second Year Show
Theater
Type of Event: Theater. Cost: $15 general; $10 students. Ticket Web Link: www.secondyearshow.com.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave.
Compline
Special Events
The ancient service of Compline is held on the first Thursday of each month during the academic term. Based upon the traditional evening liturgy of scripture, music, prayers, and silence, this 20-minute service is sung in the candlelit space of Appleton Chapel by members of the Harvard University Choir. All are welcome.
Type of Event: Religion. Special Events.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 10:00 PM.
Appleton Chapel.
The Harvard Film Archive at 30
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: $12; HFA members free.
Friday, December 4, 2009.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Shakespeare Exploded! Festival Weekend
Special Events
Fri. Dec. 4: 7 p.m. 7:20 p.m. 7:40 p.m. entries for "Sleep No More"
Old Lincoln School, Brookline, MA
Sat. Dec. 5: 11 a.m. Panel Discussion "Shakespeare Exploded!"
The influence of Shakespeare on contemporary culture. Panel and reception will at the Loeb Drama Center. Featuring Oskar Eustis, Marjorie Garber, and Diane Paulus. For more information, see 'Humanities'.
2 p.m. "Best of Both Worlds"
Loeb Drama Center
8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. "The Donkey Show"
Oberon
Sun. Dec. 6:
11 a.m. A.R.T. reading "Mortal Terror"
Loeb Drama Center
2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. "Best of Both Worlds"
Loeb Drama Center
7 p.m. 7:20 p.m. 7:40 p.m. entries - "Sleep No More"
Old Lincoln School, Brookline, MA.
Type of Event: Special Events. Theater. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: See Web site for details.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Sunday, December 6, 2009.
Locations vary.
For more info visit amrep.org. Music and Poetry
Concerts
Poetry is by Shakespeare, Matthew Arnold, Amy Lowell, and Walt Whitman; featuring the music of Brahms, Howard Blake, and others.
Type of Event: Concerts. Poetry/Prose. Special Events. Speaker(s): Violinist Lynn Chang leads a string quartet performing poetry set to music. Soprano D'Anna Fortunato and Tatiana Ilian will be joined by tenor Michael Calmes and baritone Philip Lima. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Christ Church, Zero Garden St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.hilr.harvard.edu. The Second Biennial International Conference in Modern Greek Studies: Byzanine and Early Modern Greek Fictional Writing
Conferences
PROGRAM: Friday, December 4
11-12:45 p.m.: Opening Remarks
Panagiotis Roilos, Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature, Director of the Modern Greek Studies Program, Harvard University
Jan Ziolkowski, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin, Director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University
Jeffrey Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture, Chair, The Medieval Studies Committee, Harvard University
"Fictional Narratives across Genres"
Thomas Hägg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
"Fiction and Factography in the Life of St. Antony"
Paul Magdalino, Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Byzantine History, Emeritus, University of St. Andrews
"Apocryphal Narrative: Patterns of Fiction in Byzantine Prophetic and Patriographic Literature"
Paolo Cesaretti, Professor of Byzantine Studies, University of Bergamo
"The Exegete as a Story-teller: The Dawn o…
Type of Event: Conferences. Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Speaker(s): Opening remarks by Panagiotis Roilos, director, Modern Greek Studies Program; Jan Ziolkowski, director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library; and Jeffrey Hamburger, chair, Medieval Studies Committee, Harvard University.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM.
Room 202, Harvard Hall, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. The Headless State: Rethinking Aristocracy and Models of Kinship Society in Inner Asia
Humanities
You may bring your own lunch; snacks provided. Send any questions to iaas@fas.harvard.edu.
Type of Event: Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): David Sneath, Cambridge University. Cost: Free and open to the public. Contact Info: iaas@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 1:00 PM.
S250, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
John Keats and Fanny Brawne
Poetry/Prose
In the autumn of 1818, the poet John Keats met a young woman named Fanny Brawne. Despite obstacles — both financial and tubercular — Keats and Brawne fell in love. Their relationship inspired some of Keats' best known works, along with some of his most poignant and beautiful letters. A new exhibition at the Houghton Library explores their relationship and its legacy, and includes a selection of Keats' letters to Brawne, a lock of Brawne's hair, Oscar Wilde's response to the 1885 auction of Keats' love letters, and more.
Type of Event: Exhibitions. Poetry/Prose. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Available only during Houghton Library's weekly public tour, Fridays at 2 pm. Contact Info: 617.495.2449.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Keats Room, Houghton Library.
For more info visit www.hcl.harvard.edu. Modernity’s Aesthetic Turn: Art Education and the Nation in Japan and Egypt
Social Sciences
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Speaker(s): Raja Adal, Reischauer Institute. Cost: Free.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Porté Room S250, CGIS South Bldg. 1730 Cambridge St.
DRCLAS Student Information Session
Special Events
Where will you be this summer? Next year? Come learn about summer opportunities, study abroad programs, grants, and our Certificate on Latin American Studies.
Type of Event: Special Events. Contact Info: yrivera@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 PM.
Room S216, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.drclas.harvard.edu. Opening Reception: Lexical Dreaming
Special Events
Mixed media by Georgia Bellas on view through Jan. 6, 2010. There will be a reception Friday, Dec. 4, 5-7 p.m.
She works at the intersection of the digital and analog worlds and is interested in how technology and digital communications shape and affect art making, and how they can be used as tools alongside traditional hands-on processes.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Exhibitions. Special Events. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Ave.
The Twenty-Third Nicholas Christopher Memorial Lecture in Modern Greek Studies: "'Digenes Akrites': and Late Byzantine Verse Narrative"
Humanities
Part of the Second Biennial International Conference in Modern Greek Studies. For more information on this event, see 'Conferences.'.
Type of Event: Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Jeffreys, University of Oxford. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 6:30 PM.
Room 202, Harvard Hall, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Ivy Dance Exchange in Concert
Dance
Students from the Harvard Dance Program (OfA), Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, and Yale University's Theater Studies Department unite for a collaborative performance featuring works by acclaimed choreographers Twyla Tharp, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Battle, Trey McIntyre, and Lacina Coulibaly, as well as original student choreography.
Ivy Dance Exchange in Concert brings together diverse and exciting performances from Brown, Harvard, and Yale universities in a rare opportunity to see talented young dancers from New England’s finest universities perform master works of modern and contemporary dance.
Type of Event: Concerts. Dance. Special Events. Cost: $12 general admission; $8 students and senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal/details.php?ID=40613. Contact Info: dance@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Harvard Dance Center, 60 Garden St.
Sud Express (2005)
Film
Type of Event: Film. Directed By: Chema de la Pena and Gabriel Velásquez. Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM.
Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu. Why This Jubilee? - Kuumba Singers' 39th Annual Dr. S. Allen Counter Christmas Concert
Concerts
Type of Event: Concerts. Directed By: Sheldon K. X. Reid. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Free; tickets available at Harvard Box Office 617.496.2222. Contact Info: kuumbasingers@gmail.com, kuumbasingers.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Memorial Church.
103rd Annual Second Year Show
Theater
Type of Event: Theater. Cost: $15 general; $10 students. Ticket Web Link: www.secondyearshow.com.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Harvard Film Archive at 30
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: $12; HFA members free.
Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. Chamber Music at Mather
Arts & Culture
Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people. Coaching is available for string instruments, woodwinds, piano, harpsichord, Baroque ensembles, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities. In addition, there are three special ensembles: consorts of recorders, flutes, and viola da gamba. There is a $100 fee per semester.
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Contact Info: lion@fas.harvard.edu.
Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Senior Common Room, Mather House.
For more info visit www.people.fas.harvard.edu. Innovation in Challenging Times
Conferences
Limited seating. Register early. Ticket includes lunch.
Type of Event: Business. Conferences. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Yaoping Jiang, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, PRC; Stan Davis, author and consultant; Alan Trefler, founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Pegasystems Inc.; James C. Fitchett, chief executive officer, MetriX Health Solutions; Barry Brits, vice president and chief financial officer, International Power (North America); Frank Oman, director, mobē inc; Gitanjali Meher Swamy, general partner, The Zuci Group; Cheng Wei, chief managing researcher and director, China Strategic Rese… Directed By: Conference director: Lavie Thomas. Cost: $8 early bird/$15 at the door. Ticket Web Link: www.conferenceoninnovation.com. Ticket Info: Ticket price includes lunch. Contact Info: 781.854.7138, michael@creatus.se
Media: 423.991.7068, wtgray@fas.harvard.edu.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Harvard Northwest Science Center, 52 Oxford St.
For more info visit www.conferenceoninnovation.com. Saturday of Symposia
Conferences
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops. Conferences. Environmental Sciences. Ethics. Health Sciences. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Science. Social Sciences. Special Events. Speaker(s): Maria Tatar, Richard N. Cooper, Timothy P. McCarthy, Robert P. Kirshner, and Douglas Melton. Cost: $49 (inclusive). Contact Info: 617.450.8493, jcleary@harvardclub.com.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM.
Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave.
For more info visit www.harvardclub.com. Panel Discussion: Shakespeare Exploded!
Humanities
Reception to follow.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Social Sciences. Theater. Speaker(s): Oskar Eustis, artistic director, Public Theater, New York; Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare scholar, Harvard University; Diane Paulus, director, A.R.T.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11:00 AM.
Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St. Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit amrep.org. Small Treasures: Discovering Islamic Art in the Harvard Art Museum
Art/Design
This talk will consider the history and background of selected objects from the Islamic collection, including the recently installed rotation on the sacred world of Sufism. Sacred Spaces: The World of Dervishes, Fakirs, and Sufis is on view August 6, 2009–January 3, 2010 at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion.
Type of Event: Art/Design. Humanities. Presentation/Lecture. Speaker(s): Maliha Noorani, Norma Jean Calderwood Curatorial Fellow, Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Ticket Info: Free admission (admission is free for everyone on Saturdays before noon). Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11:00 AM.
Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit harvardartmuseum.org. The Second Biennial International Conference in Modern Greek Studies: Byzanine and Early Modern Greek Fictional Writing
Conferences
Saturday, December 5
11:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: "Flights of Imagination: Discursive and Visual
Representations"
Carolina Cupane, Austrian Academy of Sciences
"Other Worlds, Other Voices: Form and Function of the Marvelous in Late Byzantine Fiction"
Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History of Art, Harvard University
"The Marvelous Flight of Alexander in Byzantium"
Massimo Peri, Professor of Modern Greek Literature, University of Padova
"The Four-color Tradition in Early Demotic Greek Poetry"
Lunch Break
2:30-4:15 p.m.: "Conceptualizing Genres"
Ulrich Moennig, Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Philology, University of Hamburg
"Literary Genres and Mixture of Generic Features"
Roderick Beaton, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History,
Language and Literature, King's College, London
"Hopeful Monsters or Living Fossils? The Komnenian Novels and Their Medieval and Modern Reception"
Panagiotis Roilos, Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comp…
Type of Event: Conferences. Humanities. Poetry/Prose. Presentation/Lecture. Religion. Speaker(s): Opening remarks by Panagiotis Roilos, director, Modern Greek Studies Program; Jan Ziolkowski, director, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library; and Jeffrey Hamburger, chair, Medieval Studies Committee, Harvard University.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 12:45 PM – 4:15 PM.
Room 202, Harvard Hall, Harvard Yard.
For more info visit www.fas.harvard.edu. Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Ivy Dance Exchange in Concert
Dance
Students from the Harvard Dance Program (OFA), Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, and Yale University's Theater Studies Department unite for a collaborative performance featuring works by acclaimed choreographers Twyla Tharp, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Battle, Trey McIntyre, and Lacina Coulibaly, as well as original student choreography.
Continuing in the collaborative spirit of 2008’s immensely successful Ivies@Cunningham shared performance in New York City, Ivy Dance Exchange in Concert brings together diverse and exciting performances from Brown, Harvard, and Yale Universities. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see talented young dancers from New England’s finest universities perform master works of modern and contemporary dance.
Type of Event: Concerts. Dance. Special Events. Cost: $12 general admission, $8 students and seniors. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal/details.php?ID=40613. Contact Info: dance@fas.harvard.edu.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Harvard Dance Center
60 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA.
Why This Jubilee? - Kuumba Singers' 39th Annual Dr. S. Allen Counter Christmas Concert
Concerts
Type of Event: Concerts. Directed By: Sheldon K. X. Reid. Cost: Free. Ticket Info: Free; tickets available at Harvard Box Office 617.496.2222. Contact Info: kuumbasingers@gmail.com, kuumbasingers.org.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Memorial Church.
103rd Annual Second Year Show
Theater
Type of Event: Theater. Cost: $15 general; $10 students. Ticket Web Link: www.secondyearshow.com.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Donkey Show
Theater
The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.
Ticket prices and times vary.
Type of Event: Theater.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:30 PM.
Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. The Harvard Film Archive at 30
Film
Type of Event: Film. Cost: $12; HFA members free.
Sunday, December 6, 2009.
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
For more info visit hcl.harvard.edu. The Faith and Life Forum
Lectures
Exploring issies of faith in our devotional and public life, the Faith & Life Forum meets Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. with continental breakfast and conversation, followed by a speaker and program from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Participants may remain for informal discussion until the beginning of the 11 a.m. worship service.
Faith & Life also hosts special evening programs, events, and speakers throughout the year.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.496.1643, daustin@fas.harvard.edu, leslie_kress@harvard.edu.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 9:00 AM.
The Memorial Church.
Best of Both Worlds
Theater
Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, "Best of Both Worlds" is a soulful re-envisioning of "The Winter’s Tale," Shakespeare’s timeless story of heartbreak and redemption. Clap your hands, jump out of your seat, and feel the power of love with this holiday treat for all ages.
Type of Event: Theater. Directed By: Diane Paulus. Written By: Diane Paulus. Cost: $25-75. Student Rush $20. $10 off senior citizens. Ticket Web Link: www.amrep.com. Ticket Info: 617.547.8300.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Loeb Stage, 64 Brattle St.
For more info visit www.amrep.org. Episcopal Chaplaincy Eucharist and Meal
Religion-Current
The Rev. Robert Tobin, chaplain
Eucharist at Christ Church (Zero Garden St.), followed by home-cooked meal at Two Garden St.
Type of Event: Religion. Contact Info: 617.495.4340, rtobin@hds.harvard.edu.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Christ Church, Zero Garden St.
For more info visit www.cccambridge.org.