Letter to a Young Female Physician

Monday, March 18

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Hurtig Hall 310

Boston Campus

Please join the Health, Humanities, and Society Program for an event with Suzanne Koven MD/MFA, Massachusetts General Hospital, for a discussion on her new book, Letter to a Young Female Physician. Please read at least some of the book in advance if you are planning to attend!

"Cherokees Writing the Keetoowah Way:" Community-based digital archiving and language persistence archive

Tuesday, March 19

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Attend virtually

Ellen Cushman, Dean's Professor of Civic Sustainability and Professor of English, and the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence team have published a corpus of 87 documents in a digital edited collection called Cherokees Writing the Keetoowah Way (CWKW). Drawing on a selection of stories appearing in CWKW, this talk demonstrates an abiding social compact to work together toward a greater good, particularly in times of great social uncertainty.

Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies: Gender, Sexuality, and Putin's Evolving Authoritarian Rule

Tuesday, March 19

4:30 - 6:00 PM

Renaissance Park 310

Boston Campus

Join two guest speakers for a discussion on Russia from the Political Science and History Departments, and the International Affairs Program. Julie A. Cassidy, Williams College, will present “Russian Style, or What Twerking Air Cadets and 'Gay' Propaganda Tell Us About Putin's War in Ukraine." Elizabeth Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present "Gender Systems in the Putin Autocracy." Khasan Redjaboev, Harvard University, will serve as moderator.

Latinxs & Comedy: Suni Reyes

Tuesday, March 19

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Renaissance Park 310

Boston Campus

Register to attend

The Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Program invites you to attend the last session of the 2023-24 Speaker Series, Latinxs and Comedy. Suni Reyes is a comedian and actress who has appeared in Gordita Chronicles, Nora from Queens, Billions, Girls, and more. The event will be moderated by Isabel Martinez, Associate Professor and Director of Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

9th Annual CSSH Undergraduate Research Forum

Wednesday, March 20

2:30 - 4:30 PM

Thursday, March 21

3:00 - 5:00 PM

RP 909

Watch via livestream on Wednesday

Watch via livestream on Thursday

CSSH undergraduate students who have conducted research—independently or with faculty, for class or on co-op, completed or still in progress—will present their projects. Attendees are invited to stay for a portion or the entire event.

Education as the Practice of Freedom: The Black Feminist Classroom | bell hooks symposium

Friday, March 22

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

1:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET

Lisser Hall

Oakland campus

Register to attend in-person

The Africana Studies Program invites you to the fourth annual bell hooks symposium honoring the life and legacy of the trailblazing Black feminist scholar bell hooks. A prolific author, committed teacher, brilliant intellectual, unequivocal truth-teller, and bold visionary, bell hooks (née Gloria Jean Watkins) is a feminist icon who left an indelible mark on multiple generations of people including activists, artists, students, and scholars. This year's theme is Black Feminist Worldmaking.