Events

The Center sponsors lectures, panels, readings, conferences, and seminars that foster interdisciplinary conversations and collaborations.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

2023-2024 Norton Lecturer: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The SympathizerThe Committed, and The Refugeeswill be giving this year's Norton Lectures: "To Save and to Destroy: On Writing as an Other"

Fall 2023 Lecture Dates: September 19, October 17, December 5
Spring 2024 Lecture Dates: February 20, March 20, April 16

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Abolition

The Abolition series examines how the humanities - history, language, storytelling, and the imagination - informs the activism and vision of movement leaders.

Bathsheba Demuth

Environment Forum

The Environment Forum is dedicated to exploring new work in the arts and humanities that reframes or reimagines the relationship of humanity to the rest of nature
 

Emmaneul Ax playing grand piano

Hauser Forum

Established with the generous gift of Rita E. Hauser, the Rita E. Hauser Forum for the Arts is broadly conceived to address “The State of the Arts” across the globe.

Sarah Lopez

Migration and Humanities

With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mahindra Center convenes a seminar, lectures, and panel discussions on the theme of “Migration and the Humanities.”

Fredrick Wiseman

Norton Lectures

Harvard’s preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities, the Norton Lectures recognize individuals of extraordinary talent who, in addition to their particular expertise, have the gift of wide dissemination and wise expression.

Postdoctoral Fellows Seminar

This series gives the Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellows the opportunity to present their work to their cohort as well as faculty, graduate students, and community members from Harvard and beyond.

Masha Gessin at the Tanner seminar

Tanner Lectures

Tanner Lectures are held annually at nine universities, including Harvard, to advance and reflect upon learning relating to human values.

Urban Conversations

Urban Conversations aims to link humanistic approaches with spatial investigations.

Hilton Als and Claire Messud

Writers Speak

Writers Speak brings significant contemporary writers to speak on campus, with the intention of fostering literary conversation.