Cambridge Forum is kicking off a new series AI: Servant or Master with Professor Gary Marcus, one of the most trusted voices in artificial intelligence who is well-known for his knowledge about... READ MORE
Opinion polls show the majority of the general public accepts that paranormal phenomena do occur. Such widespread experience of and belief in the paranormal can only mean one of two... READ MORE
Join Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD in conversation regarding Bendiner-Viani's new book, The Cities We Need.
Danny Robins‘s and Chris French‘s books will be available to buy in person from Newham Bookshop on the evening. Age Recommendation:16+ Price:Standard £16 • Living Support £11 • Students £11 Access Information:Due to the age and Grade II... READ MORE
What is graffiti—vandalism, ornament, art? In this Ethical Matters talk, curator and anthropologist Rafael Schacter explores public art, citizenship, and the city today. His book, ‘Monumental Graffiti’ unpacks today’s iconoclastic moment, showing... READ MORE
Harvard Science Book Talks are a collaboration between the Harvard University Division of Science, Harvard Library, and Harvard Book Store. The in-person talks, held at Harvard Science Center, are followed by a... READ MORE
Sometimes the places we take most for granted are the heart and soul of our communities. For two decades Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani has studied the vital role of our neighborhoods’ unassuming places –... READ MORE
Harvard Book Store welcomes Todd Stern—former Special Envoy for Climate Change at the Department of State, where he was President Barack Obama’s chief climate negotiator-—to celebrate the release of Landing the Paris... READ MORE
From the U.S. lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015—and where the international climate effort needs... READ MORE
The Woodberry Poetry Room is honored to present an electrifying constellation of poets--Carla Harryman, Erica Hunt, Tracie Morris, Hoa Nguyen, Prageeta Sharma and Anne Tardos--coming together to honor their radical, visionary lineages and the forthcoming publication of OTHER... READ MORE
Join artist Anna Von Mertens and art historian Jennifer Roberts as the two explore the extraordinary in the ordinary. Their conversation will paint a portrait of the trailblazing astronomer Henrietta... READ MORE
The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce that our Public Talks for the 2024-25 season will take place at Burlington House at 1pm and 6pm. Please check the schedule as... READ MORE
Cambridge Forum continues its series AI: Servant or Master with Greg Epstein exploring the global worship of technology and discussing what prompted him to write Tech Agnostic. Epstein contends thattechnology has overtaken religion as... READ MORE
Eleni Stecopoulos—Dreaming in the Fault Zone: A Poetics of Healing (Nightboat Books, 2024)In the era of the “chronic acute” long predating COVID-19, Eleni Stecopoulos set out to investigate the imagination, aesthetics,... READ MORE
On Wednesday October 16, from 6:30-7:30 pm, join us for a book talk and signing with author Ellen Levy who will be presenting A Book About Ray, the first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic... READ MORE
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change was one of the most difficult and hopeful achievements of the twenty-first century: 195 nations finally agreed, after 20 years of trying, to... READ MORE
Ellen Levy on Ray Johnson, in conversation with Deborah Solomon Tuesday, October 22, 6:30 pm the Skylight Room, the Graduate Center 365 5th Ave., New York, NY 10016 Ray Johnson... READ MORE
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to join an insightful discussion with Thomas S. Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University and author of The Chinese Computer:... READ MORE
A Book about Ray is the first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art. Ray Johnson (1927-1995), a.k.a.... READ MORE
Monumental Graffiti explores graffiti as a vital form of expression that challenges power structures by questioning whose voices are included or excluded from public space. To mark the launch of this... READ MORE
Join us for a book launch celebration of Other Influences edited by poet, essayist, and translator, Marcella Durand and poet and associate professor of literary studies, Jennifer Firestone. Reading featuring poets:Anne... READ MORE
Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Greg M. Epstein—Humanist Chaplain at Harvard & MIT—for a discussion of his new book Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful... READ MORE
This event is in partnership with The American Humanist Association. Today's technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on twenty-first century life and community. In Tech Agnostic, Harvard and MIT's influential... READ MORE