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Bariza Khiari, Former VP of French Senate

Bariza Khiari, former vice-president of the French Senate and current president of the Islamic Culture Institute in Paris, to speak at Harvard’s Center for European Studies. Bariza Khari’s talk will address the issues of Diversity and inclusion in France, through her own journey from her childhood in Algiers to the highest responsibilities in France. She will also discuss […]

Ross Posnock – “Sophistication” and American Culture: The Example of James Baldwin

Ross Posnock (Columbia University) “‘Sophistication’ and American Culture: The Example of James Baldwin” Thursday, November 15, at 6 p.m. Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering (610 Commonwealth Ave.) The event is free and open to the public; please forward this message to all colleagues and friends. The lecture is made possible thanks to the […]

Students of Color Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 27  Starts: Thursday, 6 PM  Ends:Thursday, 9 PM Location: George Sherman Union, Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Avenue Co-sponsored by the African Studies Program, the African American Studies Program, Center for Latin American Studies, and the First Year Experience at CAS

The Latino City

Thursday, September 27  Starts: Thursday, 12:00 PM  Ends:Thursday, 1:30 PM Locations: 75 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215 What makes a city uniquely Latino? In Latino-majority cities like Lawrence, MA and Santa Ana, CA, what does the “American Dream” look like? Join us to welcome SUNY Assistant Professor Llana Barber and CA State University Professor Erualdo González […]

Latin American Studies Welcome Reception

Monday September 17 Starts: Monday, 5:00 PM  Ends: Monday, 6:00 PM  Location:  Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering, 610 Commonwealth Ave Welcome Back! Join us for our fall welcome reception. The reception is a great opportunity to enjoy some refreshments, catch up with colleagues, and meet new faculty and students. The reception will be […]

Instituto Cervantes – Raquel Chang-Rodriguez

INSTITUTO CERVANTES AT HARVARD Observatorio de la lengua española y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos   09/20/2018 Observatorio. 2 Arrow St. 4th floor. Cambridge, MA. 02138 5:30pm-7:00pm PLEASE RSVP: info-observatory@fas.harvard.edu CONVERSACIONES EN EL OBSERVATORIO: RAQUEL CHANG-RODRIGUEZ TRENZANDO TERRITORIOS Y CRUZANDO CULTURAS EN LA FLORIDA  Few English-speaking readers are familiar with the life of […]

GCWS Feminisms Unbound

With “The time of the border” we mean to invoke, of course, the terrible urgency of our current moment: the distinct but also overlapping historical, geographical, and other contexts that bear on the displacements of our time; border-crossings that claim our attention and others that remain invisible; conceptual frameworks that have meaningful explanatory power, but […]

Instituto Cervantes at Harvard – Celebrating Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.

INSTITUTO CERVANTES AT HARVARD Observatorio de la lengua española y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos  OPEN HOUSE – CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE IN THE U.S. 09/13/2018 Observatorio. 2 Arrow St. 4th floor. Cambridge, MA. 02138 4:30pm-6:00pm PLEASE RSVP: info-observatory@fas.harvard.edu Welcome! The Observatorio starts a new year with its traditional Open House, this time devoted […]

Jean-Luc Steinmetz: The Gothic Novel and the Bastille

Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 5PM MIT Campus: 14E-304 (Building 14 at 160 Memorial Drive) Jean-Luc Steinmetz: University Professor, poet and literary critic  Speaking on:  Le Roman noir du jour de la Bastille, Madame Putiphar de Petrus Borel [The Gothic Novel and the Bastille: Madame Putiphar by Petrus Borel] About the speaker: Jean-Luc Steinmetz, Professeur d’Université, poète et essayiste, […]