Literary Arts

2019 May 09

Printing Books at the Blind Man’s Arch: Translation and Circulation in the Luso-Brazilian Enlightenment

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

While Portugal's contributions to early modern book production are often overlooked, the Casa Literária do Arco do Cego printing-house (1799-1801) was a typographical venture officially sponsored by the Portuguese government that translated—and later... Read more about Printing Books at the Blind Man’s Arch: Translation and Circulation in the Luso-Brazilian Enlightenment

Samantha's ARTS FIRST picks

Candela Our blogger will perform with the Candela Dance Troupe during ARTS FIRST. She also has her eye on a handful of the 100-plus free events at the festival, which runs May 2-5. Here are her suggestions.

By Samantha Neville '19

2019 Apr 02

Harvard Hears You: 2019 Gender Equity Summit

7:30pm

Location:

Memorial Church, One Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Harvard Hears You: 2019 Gender Equity Summit - Evening Keynote
Presented by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Harvard Title IX Office

A special guest panel at Memorial Church that will include important discussion on gender equity and gender stereotyping across...

2019 Apr 05

The Formation Of A Private Collection For The Public Good: John Ruskin And His Transatlantic Inspiration

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location:

Forum Room, Lamont Library, 11 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

In conjunction with Houghton Library's exhibition Victorian Visionary: John Ruskin and the Realization of the Ideal, R. Dyke Benjamin, President of the American Trust for the British Library, will present his lecture “The Formation Of A Private... Read more about The Formation Of A Private Collection For The Public Good: John Ruskin And His Transatlantic Inspiration

2019 Apr 02

A Brief Introduction to Ethnobibliographic Method

9:30am to 2:30pm

Location:

Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

In this workshop, Jesse R. Erickson, Coordinator of Special Collections and Digital Humanities, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center at the...

2019 Apr 03

Jodidi Lecture: Nadia Murad

4:00pm

Location:

Memorial Church, One Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Jodidi Lecture: Nadia Murad
Presented by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad in Conversation with Jennifer Leaning. Nadia Murad is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence.

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2019 May 02

Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony honoring poet Tracy K. Smith '94

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location:

Agassiz Theatre, 5 James St., Cambridge

Tracy K Smith by Shawn Miller U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 is the recipient of the 2019 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow at a public ceremony at ...

2019 Apr 04

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen

3:30pm

Location:

Paine Hall, 3 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen
Presented by Mahindra Humanities Center

How Do We Talk About Migration? Our current ways of thinking, telling stories, and creating policy are inadequate for the task of addressing the current worldwide crisis of human displacement. What assumptions need...

2019 Apr 03

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen

3:30pm

Location:

Paine Hall, 3 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen
Presented by Mahindra Humanities Center

Sara Porkalob: Unstoppable

Sara Porkalob The playwright and performer of Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama says she couldn't find narratives like hers in the playwriting canon. So she wrote her own.

By Samantha Neville '19... Read more about Sara Porkalob: Unstoppable

2019 Apr 10

2018-2019 Fellows' Presentation Series: Evie Shockley

4:00pm

Location:

Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

EvieShockley Evie Shockley, RI '19 is the author of three books of poetry—"semiautomatic," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry; "the new black," winner of the Hurston/Wright...

2019 Mar 07

Roosevelt Poetry Reading: Rootedness

5:00pm

Location:

Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

A distinct group of poets will read selected works from their collections and participate in a discussion about reinventing worlds and reimagining belongings. ... Read more about Roosevelt Poetry Reading: Rootedness

2019 May 05

The Covenant of Love: The Poetry, Music and Spirituality of South Asian Muslim Cultures

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall

2019 Mar 05

Workshops with graphic memoirist Amy Kurzweil and short story writer Samantha Hunt

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Location:

Farkas Hall, Room 203, 10-12 Holyoke Street

Amy Kurzweil and Samantha Hunt Event: Public workshop with Harvard Advocate writers Amy Kurzweil (graphic memoir and comics) and Samantha Hunt (short story and novel)
Time and date: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5; Farkas Hall, Room 203
Attendance: Open to the...

2019 May 17

Spectacle Management / Peter Sagal

8:00pm

Location:

Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Peter Sagal
Presented by Spectacle Management

Peter Sagal is a radio host, author, humorist and commentator on current events with a remarkably eclectic career and an inquiring mind. His latest book, "The Incomplete Book of Running."

Tickets: $150 VIP (includes...

Literary Arts

Printing Books at the Blind Man’s Arch: Translation and Circulation in the Luso-Brazilian Enlightenment

Location:

Samantha's ARTS FIRST picks

Harvard Hears You: 2019 Gender Equity Summit

Location:

The Formation Of A Private Collection For The Public Good: John Ruskin And His Transatlantic Inspiration

Location:

A Brief Introduction to Ethnobibliographic Method

Location:

Jodidi Lecture: Nadia Murad

Location:

Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony honoring poet Tracy K. Smith '94

Location:

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen

Location:

Tanner Lectures on Human Value by Masha Gessen

Location:

Sara Porkalob: Unstoppable

2018-2019 Fellows' Presentation Series: Evie Shockley

Location:

Roosevelt Poetry Reading: Rootedness

Location:

The Covenant of Love: The Poetry, Music and Spirituality of South Asian Muslim Cultures

Location:

Workshops with graphic memoirist Amy Kurzweil and short story writer Samantha Hunt

Location:

Spectacle Management / Peter Sagal

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