Public Interested Conference

Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, 19 Eliot St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024 Time: 11:00am - 4:30pm ET Location: In-person at the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics (please enter from the Wexner Courtyard entrance at 19 Eliot St.) Public Interested is a campus-wide conference organized by the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship and collaboratively planned by the Harvard Alumni Association, Advanced Leadership Initiative, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Innovation Labs, Institute of Politics,…

The South Africa ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel: Implications for Palestinian Health

Zoom - Registration Required

Webinar Recording Date and Time: Wednesday, February 7 at 11:00am -12:30pm EST | 6:00pm - 7:30pm EEST Location: Zoom – registration required On January 11, 2024, the South African legal team argued at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel, in action and intent, breached the 1948 Genocide Convention by perpetrating the following acts of genocide in Gaza: mass killings of Palestinians; bodily and mental harm; forced displacement and food blockade;…

Nowhere Apparent: Arts, Activism, and Policymaking with Jack Ferver

Malkin

Part of a two-day engagement with Jack Ferver co-presented by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the Office for the Arts at Harvard Dance Program, in partnership with Theater, Dance & Media. For information and to register for the movement workshop on February 16 visit: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/dance Date and Time: Thursday, February 15, 2024, 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST Location: Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F.…

Black Futures and Democracy: A Conversation with Dr. Khalil Muhammad

Zoom - Registration Required

Date and Time: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm EST. Location: Zoom - registration required Join the Boston's Black Men of Value (BBMV) collective and the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University for a facilitated conversation between Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Population Health Sciences Doctoral Students and Dr. Khalil G. Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at…

Book Talk: How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to our Health

Hybrid format

Date and Time: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST Format: Hybrid - registration required Zoom or in-person at the Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, FXB Building, 7th Floor, 651 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA. In-person attendance is open to HUID-holders only. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees. About the book: Thanks to our increasingly connected world, we can now witness the worst manifestations of war in ways we…

Call for papers: Challenging the Reproduction of Inequality Through Higher Education: Critical Approaches in Romani Studies and Beyond

Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024 Conference Dates: May 16-17, 2024 Conference Venue: Central European University, Vienna and online The Romani Studies Program at Central European University, in cooperation with the Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education Research; the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University; and the Critical Romani Studies Department at Södertörn University are pleased to invite scholars to submit abstract…

Creativity, Art, and Leadership in Prison and Beyond

Sever Hall, Room 113

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | 6:00pm EST Location: In-person at Sever Hall, Room 113, 25, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 About the Event This event will bring together formerly incarcerated artists and writers to explore the relationship between making art and creating change, both within prisons and outside the walls. The panel will feature Eric Christo Martinez, Russell Craig, and Morgan Godvin, and will be moderated by Elizabeth…

Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:30pm EST | 6:00pm - 7:30pm EET Location: Zoom – Registration required In commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights invites you to join a webinar dedicated to the Palestinian women in Gaza. The webinar will bring together three feminist scholar-activists in conversation about Gaza, Palestinian women’s health, and resistance to genocide. This webinar…

Making a Health Case for Reparations in Boston

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Studio

Event Recording Date and Time: Monday, March 25 at 1:00pm – 1:30pm ET Location: Hybrid – please register for free in advance to submit questions. Presented jointly by The Studio at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. This event brings together City Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia, who pressed for a reparations task force in Boston, and public health scholar Mary…

Is the Paris Agreement Working?

Salata Institute Conference Room 3.5, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA, United States

Date and Time: Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 4:00pm -5:30pm EDT. Reception to follow. Location: Salata Institute Conference Room 3.5, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School (79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138) and online. Join the Salata Institute's Climate Action Accelerator, Harvard Chan C-CHANGE, and the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights for a conversation with Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change at the United Nations Development…