2022 Jun 23

History & Literature in an Extractive Age

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

How might historical narratives and literary analyses help us better make sense of the intensive extraction of the Earth’s resources that underlies our modern era? Historian of science Victor Seow and literary scholar Elizabeth Carolyn Miller will draw upon their recently published books to reflect on this question.... Read more about History & Literature in an Extractive Age

2022 Apr 21

Earth Day 2022: A Path Forward

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

In honor of Earth Day, the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Office of the Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability present a conversation about the path forward on climate change, featuring John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy, HKS; Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate & Sustainability; and Terry Tempest Williams, Writer-in-Residence, Harvard Divinity School.... Read more about Earth Day 2022: A Path Forward

2022 Apr 08

Reimagining Our Radical Roots: A Global Classroom of Citizen Activism

9:00am to 6:00pm

Location: 

Online

Join the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice for a day of panel discussions and advocacy workshops aiming to provide an opportunity for academics, activists and artists to consider how Trotter's radical activism can address critical issues facing us today, and offer opportunities to hear from distinguished professors and practitioners.... Read more about Reimagining Our Radical Roots: A Global Classroom of Citizen Activism

2022 Mar 31

Book Launch: “Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia”

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom & Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South

Join the Harvard Department of the History of Science for a book launch of Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia, a new book by Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard FAS.... Read more about Book Launch: “Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia”

2022 Feb 24

France and the World Seminar

3:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Vinciane Despret, Professor, University of Liège, Belgium, will present "L'éthologie comme science pratique des puissances."... Read more about France and the World Seminar

2022 Feb 23

Shifting Ecosystems, Distorted Landscapes & “Slow” Violence: An Eco-Social Discussion on Health & Environment in Palestine

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights for a panel discussion to explore the relationship of land, environment, and health in Palestine through application of eco-social theory to health and environment, settler colonialism as a determinant of health, the concept of “slow” violence, and historical trauma.... Read more about Shifting Ecosystems, Distorted Landscapes & “Slow” Violence: An Eco-Social Discussion on Health & Environment in Palestine

2022 Feb 17

The Askwith Education Forum: How K-12 Schools Can Take Action on Climate Change

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join HSGE to talk about how schools and educators can help prepare young people to envision and work toward a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable society.... Read more about The Askwith Education Forum: How K-12 Schools Can Take Action on Climate Change

2022 Feb 16

Asia Environments Working Group

11:30am to 12:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Will Sack will present "4-H’s Animal Spirits and the Path from Wealth to Cash in Rural South Korea (1960-1980)."... Read more about Asia Environments Working Group

2022 Feb 09

Re-envisioning the Environment: Diverse Voices in Environmental Health

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Catherine L. Kling, Tisch University Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Faculty Director at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, will present "The Social Cost of Water Pollution."... Read more about Re-envisioning the Environment: Diverse Voices in Environmental Health

2022 Feb 02

The Planetary Health Colloquium

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Frederick J. Stoddard Jr, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at HMS, MGH and Shriners Hospital; Caroline Hickman, Lecturer, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Centre for Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath; and Ashlee Cunsolo, Founding Dean, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Labrador Institute Memorial University, will discuss "Planetary Mental Health: How Accelerating Environmental Change is Impacting the Mental Health of Different Populations."... Read more about The Planetary Health Colloquium

2022 Feb 01

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Talk

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Gökçen Erkılıç, Visiting Researcher, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, will present "Cartographic Narratives on Shaping the Land and Water Divide in Istanbul."... Read more about The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Talk

2021 Dec 03

Afro-Latin American Research Institute Seminar

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Luis Gilberto Murillo, MLK Fellow at ESI and former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, will present "Environmental and Climate Policy: Differential Approach for Afro-descendant People in the Americas."... Read more about Afro-Latin American Research Institute Seminar

2021 Nov 22

Global History Seminar

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Zoom

Moritz von Brescius, John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Senior Lecturer, University of Bern, will present "Global Rubber and the Temporalities of Ecological Imperialism."... Read more about Global History Seminar

2021 Nov 05

Landscapes of Slavery, Landscapes of Freedom

Fri Nov 5 (All day) to Sun Nov 7 (All day)

Location: 

Online

Join the Harvard GSD for a three-day forum on "The African Diaspora and the American Built Environment," featuring scholars whose research investigates the relationship between the African diaspora, Afro-descendants, and the built environment of North America and the Caribbean.... Read more about Landscapes of Slavery, Landscapes of Freedom

2021 Nov 01

Weather Reports: The Climate of Now

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Michael Pollan, writer, will present "The Climate of Consciousness."... Read more about Weather Reports: The Climate of Now

2021 Nov 01

Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Seminar

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Zoom

"Climate Futures' Past: Insurance, Cyclones and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World" with Debjani Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor of History, Drexel University.... Read more about Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Seminar

2021 Oct 27

Climate Change, Structural Racism and Organizing for Change

1:30pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

In this FXB Center work-in-progress speaker presentation, FXB Faculty Affiliates Gaurab Basu and Pedja Stojicic will discuss the intersections of climate change, structural racism and health equity.... Read more about Climate Change, Structural Racism and Organizing for Change

2021 Oct 18

Weather Reports: The Climate of Now

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, HDS, will present "The Climate of Compassion for all Beings."... Read more about Weather Reports: The Climate of Now

2021 Oct 13

Environment in Asia Lecture

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for a lecture by Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh, as she discusses her latest book, "The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History ."... Read more about Environment in Asia Lecture

2021 Oct 08

Why Biodiversity Matters: Discovering and Describing Novel Species in Brazil

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

As a part of Harvard Worldwide Week 2021, Harvard DRCLAS, MCZ, and OEB will host a panel of leading Brazilian scientists, two of whom currently hold postdoctoral fellowships with Harvard, who will overview their ongoing research related to birds, fossils, and spiders and discuss the broader implications of their projects and fields.... Read more about Why Biodiversity Matters: Discovering and Describing Novel Species in Brazil

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