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Hope of the Intellect? Thinking and Seeking Possibilities in Politics
October 14, 2026
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5:30PM - 7:00PM EDT
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IPK 5th floor
In Person
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 14 (5:30–7:00 PM) for a panel with Lisa Ruddick , Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor , and George Scialabba , moderated by Nikhil Goyal . Introduced by Daniel Wortel-London . Cosponsored by the Harvard...
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'Heidegger Thinking': Simon Critchley with Sean Kelly – Cambridge, MA
October 9, 2026
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7:00PM EDT
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Harvard Book Store
In Person
Harvard Book Store welcomes Simon Critchley —Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York—for a discussion of his new book, Heidegger Thinking: 'Being and Time' Explained . He will be joined in conversation by Sean...
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What Rough Beast…? On AI’s Potential to Surpass Humanity
September 14, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:15PM EDT
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Lewis International Law Center 515
Hybrid
The recent explosion of AI capacity, along with booming prophecies about its limitless potential, arrive at a moment of unease. Across the developed world, trust in human beings, their institutions and the future they might build is at a nadir. There is a...
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Belonging in the Modern World?
June 16, 2026
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7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT
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Thompson Room (Barker Center 110)
In Person
America, we are reliably told, is coming apart. Individuals are drifting off into isolation, or, just as bad, clinging to toxic forms of tribalism that rely on exclusion and enmity towards the other. Why is this happening? What are the deep cultural...
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The Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen: Pulse | Lecture Six
May 5, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
In Person
Photo: James Stopforth, Courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery and Marian Goodman Gallery THE NORTON LECTURES 2025-26 Norton Professor of Poetry: Steve McQueen The 2025-26 Norton Lectures | Steve McQueen: Pulse Norton Lecture Six This is the sixth and final of...
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Arts and Humanities on the Edge
April 29, 2026
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
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Harvard Hall 101
In Person
It is no secret that enrollment in arts and humanities courses is down, all across academia. Professors have been laid off, and whole departments have been eliminated in the past several years, as universities market their education as explicit career...
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Whitehead Lectures: Michele Moody-Adams
April 23, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
In Person
More information coming soon. Free and open to the public. Lectures will be followed by receptions in Robbins Library.

The Environment Forum with Terry Tempest Williams | The Glorians Are Among Us
April 22, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
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Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall
In Person
Photo Credit: Barbara Kinney THE ENVIRONMENT FORUM Speaker: Terry Tempest Williams Moderator: Robin Kelsey, Harvard University About the Event We are all dreamers. What happens when a particular dream becomes a vow? The vow Terry Tempest Williams made...
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Environmental Humanities Seminar with Oliver Aas
April 9, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133)
In Person
The Globe is Melting: Scale, Imagination, Language Speaker: Oliver Aas, 2025-26 MHC Postdoctoral Fellow Respondent: Bruno Carvalho Born and raised in Estonia, Oliver Aas is an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of environmental...
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