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AI and the Future of Higher Education
Mar. 30 - Mar 31, 2026
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All day
In Person
Higher education has been “in crisis” for decades. Some observers have sounded the alarm about skyrocketing tuition, decreasing economic return on investment, a loss of open-ended inquiry to ideological rigidity, widening socioeconomic gaps between those...
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Timothy Leary’s Trips from Harvard to México
Mar. 27 - Mar 28, 2026
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All day
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Boylston Hall (3/27) and DRCLAS Resource Room (3/28)
In Person
Psychedelics in Society & Culture | Initiative-Supported Event A multidisciplinary conference, inspired by Hotel Nirvana, a play about Timothy Leary’s encounter with Mexico and mushrooms, brings together theater, research on drugs, law, and war with a...
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From Academic Freedom to Defending Democracy: Our Task in 2026
March 26, 2026
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6:00PM EDT
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Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall
In Person
Although universities have conducted their affairs within monarchies and even dictatorships, modern higher education has often flourished by being part of an ecosystem defined by broad freedoms of inquiry and speech. In 2026, these freedoms are...
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Environmental Humanities Seminar with Cana McGhee
March 26, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133)
In Person
Instruments Unearthed: Bioacoustics, Bio-Sonification, and Making Plants Musical Speaker: Cana McGhee, 2025-26 MHC Interdisciplinary Dissertation Completion Fellow Respondent: Deirdre Loughridge Cana McGhee is a PhD candidate in Historical Musicology at...
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Do Liberals Want a Beautiful World?

March 23, 2026
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7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT
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Thompson Room (Barker Center 110)
In Person
Salad chains, consultant-speak, Parks & Rec. Is this really the world that liberals want? Or, is there a more beautiful vision of what kind of world we could build together, what all of this liberty is for? This question is increasingly urgent, as self...
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Environmental Humanities Seminar with Pujita Guha
March 12, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133)
In Person
Shade and the Capture of Light Speaker: Pujita Guha, 2025-26 MHC Postdoctoral Fellow Respondent: Caren Irr Pujita Guha is an artist, curator, and scholar whose research interests hover around environmental humanities, media studies, science and technology...
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Urban Conversations | A City Is Sometimes a Tree
March 9, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133)
In Person
Urban Conversations Speaker: Geoff Boeing In conversation with Carole Voulgaris In his seminal 1965 article “A City Is Not a Tree,” design theorist Christopher Alexander argued that urban planners—working centrally and top-down—tend to design cities as...
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W. J. T. Mitchell The Academy in a State of Siege: Pictures of an Institution
March 4, 2026
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5:00PM EST
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Carpenter Center, Room B-04
In Person
At a moment when the academy is widely understood to be "under siege," this lecture offers a timely and reflective exploration of the institutions we call academies-and the forces that have both threatened and shaped them over time. Through a richly...
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The Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen: Pulse | Lecture Five: "Grenfell"
March 3, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Sanders Theatre
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 Discussants: Edward Daffarn, former Grenfell Tower resident and activist; Patricia Kingori, Oxford...
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Writers Speak | Anuk Arudpragasam in conversation with Tara K. Menon
March 2, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Emerson Hall, Room 105
In Person
Speaker: Anuk Arudpragasam In Conversation with Tara K. Menon Please note that this event location has changed: it will take place in Emerson Hall, Room 105. About the Speakers Anuk Arudpragasam is a Tamil novelist and translator from Colombo, Sri Lanka...
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