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Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture Announces Funding Recipients
Celebrating its successful launch, the Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture, an interdisciplinary effort that reaches across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Divinity School, has named its first group of funding recipients.
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June 2026: Mahindra Humanities Center Leadership Updates
We are delighted to share the news that Suzie Clark has been reappointed as director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard and that Robin Kelsey has agreed to serve as interim director beginning on July 1, 2026.
Sri Lankan Novelist Anuk Arudpragasam Reflects on War, Guilt, and Fiction at Mahindra Humanities Center Talk
Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam argued that fiction can give moral weight to lives shaped by civil war — and to the guilt of surviving it.
Steve McQueen could lecture you, but he’s got other plans
‘I think the audience needs more, and I feel I need to give more,’ says award-winning filmmaker — presenter of this year’s Norton talks.
Marking 100 years of Norton Lectures
Panelists reflect on ‘incredible value’ of annual series as ‘megaphone’ for artists and scholars.
Talking about music doesn’t have to be difficult
Yeats poem inspires 3 songs and deep listening, discussion at Mahindra event.
Future doesn’t have to be dystopian, says Ruha Benjamin
In Tanner Lectures, Princeton sociologist talks AI, social justice
What really scares Katie Kitamura
Patricia Lockwood wants you to admit the internet is real life
How a ‘guest’ in English language channels ‘outsider’ perspective into fiction
So, here’s the thing about women comedians that isn’t funny
