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Speakers: Imani Perry and Rowan Ricardo Philips About the Event Drawing on years of archival research and written with narrative power, intellectual depth, and literary grace, I Just Want Them to Remember Me recovers forgotten lives, reexamines celebrated...

Photo Credit: Brigitte Lacombe Speaker: Diane Williams In conversation with Maggie Doherty About the Speakers Diane Williams is the author of several collections of short fiction and the founder and editor of the literary annual NOON . An omnibus of her...

Speakers: Dan Shaughnessy and Louis Menand About the Event When Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaugnessy received the 2026 Red Smith award for sportswriting this past summer, fellow journalists praised him as “fearless,” “tough,” and a “brilliant writer.”...

Speakers: Garnette Cadogan, Bruno Carvalho, and Duncan White Moderator: Louisa Thomas About the Event The 2026 World Cup vividly reminded us of how “the beautiful game” can affect the world at every scale, from sports-bar bonding to the jostling of...

PSYCHEDELICS IN SOCIETY & CULTURE Speakers: Venita Blackburn, Samantha Hunt, and Laura van den Berg Moderator: Hillary Brenhouse About the Event In celebration of Elastic magazine's newly released second volume, join us for a conversation about the...

Speakers: Andrew Frisardi, A.M. Juster, Ramie Targoff, and Kate van Orden About the Event Petrarch’s Canzoniere stands as one of the greatest and most influential collections of love poetry ever written. In a classic story of love at first sight, the...

THE ENVIRONMENT FORUM Speaker: Sonja Dümpelmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich) Moderator: Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University About the Event Why do we plant and often protect trees in cities? Throughout history, humans have attributed healthy...

Panelists: David Elmer , Emily Greenwood , and Jie Li Moderator: Robin Kelsey About the Event Since its release in July, Christopher Nolan’s IMAX film The Odyssey has made as big a splash as any film in recent memory, drawing large crowds to theaters and...

Photo Credit: Ahmed Gaber Speaker: Álvaro Enrigue About the Speakers Álvaro Enrigue is a prize-winning Mexican writer whose most recent novels include Now I Surrender and You Dreamed of Empires . His work has appeared in The New York Times , The London...

Photo Credit: Kate Joyce / SFI THE ENVIRONMENT FORUM Speaker: Kyle Harper, University of Oklahoma About the Speakers Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the...