# Events ## expand\_more ## Past Events [### Teaching Languages at the Museum ](/event/teaching-languages-museum?occ_id=0)May 14, 2026 | 11:00AM - 1:00PM EDT | Harvard Art Museum In Person A Workshop for Harvard Language Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors ![logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/RLL_logo_v4.png?h=be9327c2&itok=jZ-mjF9l) [### On Brazilian Melodrama. From the novels of José de Alencar to the telenovelas of Manoel Carlos. ](/event/brazilian-melodrama-novels-jose-de-alencar-telenovelas-manoel-carlos?occ_id=0)May 6, 2026 | 1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT | Boylston Hall 403 In Person A dissertation defense by João Marcos Copertino Pereira ![Joao](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-09%20at%2012.42.18%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=whJ25fQi) [### A Doctrine of Vanities: Idolatry, Desire, and the Medieval Self ](/event/doctrine-vanities-idolatry-desire-and-medieval-self?occ_id=0)May 6, 2026 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT | Barker Center 133 & Zoom Hybrid A dissertation defense by Finlay Darlington-Bell ![finlay](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-16%20at%2010.17.27%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=R_HKHIKA) [### Digital Innovations Expo: Shaping the Future of Language Learning ](/event/digital-innovations-expo-shaping-future-language-learning?occ_id=0)May 5, 2026 | 11:00AM - 1:00PM EDT | Online Virtual Opening Remarks by Nick Wilson, Director of Teaching Innovation, Harvard University Lightning Round Virtual Presentations by HGSE Students in the Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Course ![expo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-16%20at%209.40.01%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=kjzIK3HO) [### Zotero User Group: Preparing for Publication with Zotero ](/event/zotero-user-group-preparing-publication-zotero?occ_id=0)April 30, 2026 | 11:00AM - 11:45AM EDT | Online Virtual Registration Required ![Anna Assogba](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/AnnaProfile1_0.jpg?itok=0T5oeCdv) [### BIRTHING HOPE AND RUIN: Poetic Maternities Across Spanish and Italian Fascisms ](/event/birthing-hope-and-ruin-poetic-maternities-across-spanish-and-italian-fascisms?occ_id=0)April 28, 2026 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT | Boylston G35 & Zoom Hybrid A Dissertation Defense by Katie Larson ![Katie](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/katie.png?h=7d17b0e0&itok=6oDqY51t) [### Form and Subject in Iberian Literature, 854–1492 ](/event/form-and-subject-iberian-literature-854-1492?occ_id=0)April 24, 2026 | 10:30AM - 12:30PM EDT | Boylston G35 & Zoom Hybrid A Dissertation Defense by Adam Mahler ![Mahler](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-02%20at%202.04.50%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=763d0e26&itok=VW9gJiBx) [### LE GOÛTER FRANCOPHONE ](/event/le-gouter-francophone?occ_id=11)April 23, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Boylston Hall In Person French Weekly Language Table Conversations & French Treats! ![tables](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/GouterFrancophone2026.jpeg?itok=HsNwuWCk) [### The Niger River on Three Screens: Visual Echoes of Colonial Film Censorship in 1950s African and French Cinema ](/event/niger-river-three-screens-visual-echoes-colonial-film-censorship-1950s-african-and-french?occ_id=0)April 22, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM EDT | Barker Center, Room 133 In Person France and the World Seminar Speaker: Laure Astourian, Bentley University ![Laure](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-20%20at%2011.21.19%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=55a31ecd&itok=qmpV7zI7) [### LE GOÛTER FRANCOPHONE ](/event/le-gouter-francophone?occ_id=10)April 16, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Boylston Hall In Person French Weekly Language Table Conversations & French Treats! ![tables](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/GouterFrancophone2026.jpeg?itok=HsNwuWCk) [### Reframing L2 Writing Instruction: A Design Perspective ](/event/reframing-l2-writing-instruction-design-perspective?occ_id=0)April 14, 2026 | 10:45AM - 11:45AM EDT | Online on Zoom In Person Presented by Heather Willis Allen, Associate Professor of French, University of Wisconsin-Madison ![l2](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-09%20at%2012.49.53%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=CnDpg5Fu) [### LE GOÛTER FRANCOPHONE ](/event/le-gouter-francophone?occ_id=9)April 9, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Boylston Hall In Person French Weekly Language Table Conversations & French Treats! ![tables](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/GouterFrancophone2026.jpeg?itok=HsNwuWCk) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [7](?page=6 "Go to page 7") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page") [ View All Past Events arrow\_circle\_right ](/past-events)