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Silence of the Chagos, A Book Group Discussion in French

March 27, 2024

Dear Colleagues at Harvard,

The Boston University African Studies Center K-16 Education Outreach Program will host our next African literature book group discussion around Le Silence des Chagoby Shenaz Patel on March 27, 2024 4pm-6pm ET. The discussion will be over Zoom and is free and open to all. Those interested can read the book on their own (in French or English) and come discuss with other Francophiles and educators in French. Please use this ...

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OPERA TRUCKS, A Cultural Agents Event

March 22, 2024

FABIO CHERSTICH, PRODUCER OF MAJOR OPERAS IN THE ROME OPERA HOUSE AND THE MASSIMO OF PALERMO ALSO DEVELOPED "OPERA TRUCKS" TO PERFORM IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

HE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS WORK FOR PEDAGOGIES FOR LIFE, THE SEMINAR OF THE MAHINDRA HUMANITIES CENTER, WHERE HE WILL BE JOINED BY LEANDRO VALIATI, CULTURAL ECONOMIST AND CO-AUTHOR WITH FABIO OF A FUTURE CASE FOR CULTURE ABOUT THE OPERA TRUCKS.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL.

Date:...

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Pre-Texts Training Series

March 20, 2024

Pre-Texts

Training Series

For Interns and other Facilitators

Pre-Texts is an educational, train-the-trainers program that is run out of Cultural Agents, an NGO founded in 2015 by Professors Doris Sommer and Jose Falconi with the mission to develop recognition of the arts as resources for positive change, and apply them in society. 

Proven to enhance work in education, literacy, public health, violence prevention, and more, Pre-Texts has become a platform for international...

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A Conversation with Tania Rivera (Universidade Federal Fluminense) Lugares do delírio: o artista "louco" no modernismo francês e brasileiro

March 19, 2024

Lugares do delírio: o artista "louco" no modernismo
francês e brasileiro

a conversation with Tania Rivera
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFF


March 19 | 12:30 pm - 2 pm
Harvard Yard | Boylston Hall 403
This event will be held in Portuguese

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Undergraduate Outreach Open House -- Spring 2024

March 19, 2024

On behalf of the RLL undergraduate program, you are cordially invited to our Spring 2024 Open House on Tuesday, March 19 from 4:00-6:00 in the RLL lounge located on the 4th floor of Boylston Hall.  This event is part of the Exploring Fields of Study outreach series for first year students.  Previous outreach events in RLL have been successful, and we anticipate the same this year. We very much hope you will attend and be available for substantive conversations with undergraduates interested in learning about the many opportunities RLL has to offer.

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Alla Boara, Modern Italian Folk Music

March 7, 2024

Alla Boara celebrates the deep history of human music-making by cultivating fresh sounds from the ancient roots of regional Italian folk songs. Amanda Powell’s impassioned vocals burst with the drama and humor of Italian life propelled by drummer and ensemble founder Anthony Taddeo. The storytelling behind this daring ensemble is intoxicating and has the dazzling soloing of a veteran jazz ensemble to Taddeo’s imaginative re-composition of these ancient songs, many of which have disappeared in a tide of modernity. Becca Stevens, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter praised Alla Boara for "...

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Blindada: Poemas de protección es un performance multi-disciplinario queue explora modos de sanación y protección espiritual individual y comunitaria guíadas por una ética Afro-diaspórica.

March 7, 2024

Blindada: Poemas de protección es un performance multi-disciplinario queue explora modos de sanación y protección espiritual individual y comunitaria guíadas por una ética Afro-diaspórica. El performance es protagonizado por la poeta Dominicana Yaissa Jimenez, acompañada por la...

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Transformative intercultural learning and place-based pedagogy: The Connecting Borderlands Project

March 6, 2024

Transformative intercultural learning and place-based pedagogy: The Connecting Borderlands Project

Wednesday, March 6th

10:45am-11:45am

 

Zoom linkhttps://harvard.zoom.us/j/94834923165

 

This presentation introduces the principles of place-based language teaching,...

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Crisis Civilizatoria y Revolución Mundial. Mariátegui, un Pensamiento Global Desde la Periferia Latinoamericana, A Talk by Professor Martín Bergel

February 29, 2024

The RLL Department Invites you to a talk by Professor Martín Bergel.

Crisis Civilizatoria y Revolución Mundial. Mariátegui, un Pensamiento Global Desde la Periferia Latinoamericana

 

Thursday 2/29, Boylston 335 at 5:30pm

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