Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard

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Tonight at 6:00pm! Join us for Steve McQueen's final Norton Lecture, including a special performance from Grammy Award-winning musician Dom Flemons.

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Tuesday 5/5: Join us for Steve McQueen's sixth and final Norton Lecture at 6pm in Sanders Theatre! Full details and ticket information: https://t.co/RX1q9rnoRj

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Tomorrow at 6pm! Get your tickets now. https://t.co/c84uAgj6xF

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

Tuesday 5/5: Join us for Steve McQueen's sixth and final Norton Lecture at 6pm in Sanders Theatre! Full details and ticket information: https://t.co/RX1q9rnoRj

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

The conversation will end with a musical performance by Dom Flemons, the multi-instrumentalist known as "The American Songster".

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

Tuesday 5/5: Join us for Steve McQueen's sixth and final Norton Lecture at 6pm in Sanders Theatre! Full details and ticket information: https://t.co/RX1q9rnoRj

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

This event will feature a screening of McQueen's artwork '7th November,' followed by a conversation with McQueen and previous guest speaker Noam Elcott to discuss the state of where we are now politically, socially and artistically.

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Lecture One: Wednesday 4/15
Lecture Two: Thursday 4/16
Both lectures take place at 4:00pm at John Knowles Paine Concert Hall and are free and open to the public.

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Join us April 15-17 for the 2026 Tanner Lectures with James Forman Jr. (Yale University): "University Admissions and the American Dream: Who Gets In - And Why It Matters."

https://t.co/ejownZ2Y5w

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TOMORROW: Join us for Steve McQueen's fifth Norton Lecture, "Grenfell." Tickets available now via the Harvard Box Office!

https://t.co/svU1tDEhLE

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Just two more days to submit your proposals! Applications accepted through 11:59pm tomorrow, February 13th. See our previous post & website for full details.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The MHC and Psychedelics in Society & Culture Initiative is accepting applications for 2026-27 funding. This initiative funds projects on psychedelics by Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.

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Rather than the clinical investigation of psychedelics, this funding program supports collaborations at the intersections of psychedelics and humanistic inquiry. Applications are open through Friday, February 13. Full details: https://t.co/MArZ1ME6EA

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The MHC and Psychedelics in Society & Culture Initiative is accepting applications for 2026-27 funding. This initiative funds projects on psychedelics by Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.

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TOMORROW: Steve McQueen's fourth Norton Lecture, "Occupied City." 6pm at Sanders Theatre. Free tickets available through Harvard Box Office!

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Tickets are now available for Steve McQueen's fourth Norton Lecture, "Occupied City!"

Tickets are FREE and can be obtained online, in person at the Smith Campus Center box office, or by phone. (Handling fees apply for online and phone sales.)

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https://t.co/c84uAgj6xF

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

Tickets are now available for Steve McQueen's fourth Norton Lecture, "Occupied City!"

Tickets are FREE and can be obtained online, in person at the Smith Campus Center box office, or by phone. (Handling fees apply for online and phone sales.)

[Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard @MHCHarvard]

Tickets will also be available in person at Sanders Theatre on the day of the lecture starting at 4pm, subject to availability. Full event details:

https://t.co/0HDaZSysba

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Can't attend in person? Join via livestream! https://t.co/J9G0qi9cJ1

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Friday, January 16: Expansive Wisdom: Psychedelics Beyond the Clinical Lens

Join us for a half-day of inquiry into aspects of psychedelic experiences that the clinical discourse cannot metabolize, but that the humanities can access -- with story, myth, and symbol.⁠

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REGISTER: https://t.co/2Fhd5POGiK⁠ This event is presented with funding from the Psychedelics in Society & Culture Initiative.

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The Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture, a collaboration between CSWR @HarvardDivinity, @MHCHarvard, and the Petrie-Flom Center, is seeking abstracts for papers for Psychedelic Intersections: Bridging Humanities, Religion, and Law.
https://t.co/McXK0Gn5Wj

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Free tickets are still available through the Harvard Box Office (online, over the phone, and in-person at the Smith Center Box Office) and can also be obtained before the lecture at the Sanders Theatre Box Office beginning at 4:00pm.

https://t.co/HZeYWagKce

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Tonight at 6pm! Join us for Steve McQueen's third Norton Lecture, "Bass," centering on his 2024 art piece of the same name, an immersive installation comprised of the most basic structural elements of film—light and sound—that upends our perception of space, time, and ourselves.