On Monday, March 8, the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health (WGH) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will host its annual International Women's Day event. This year's theme is "In A Time of COVID-19: The Ongoing Fight for Health Justice." Dr. Nancy Krieger, Chair of WGH, will provide a brief summary of the history of the radical origins of International Women’s Day. Additional speakers include:…
The Social, Cultural, and Political Legacy of the 1971 World Roma Congress event-series is organized by the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (Boston); the Romani Studies Program, Central European University (Budapest/ Vienna); and the Department of Romani Studies, Södertörn University (Stockholm). Each year, for more than two decades, on April 8, Romani people across the world celebrate International Roma Day. Some have turned…
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On Tuesday, April 13, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work-in-Progress Series. During this event, Carr Center Fellow Binalakshmi Nepram will present “Human Rights Issues of Indigenous People in Northeast India.” This event will take place as a Zoom webinar from 1 to 2 p.m. To register and receive Zoom webinar details, please contact Jasmine Young at jasmine_young@hsph.harvard.edu.…
Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities around the world have long engaged in cultivating individual and collective pleasure, healing, and liberation, both as resilience mechanisms in the face of oppression and as celebrations in their own right. In recent times, with the ubiquity of traumatic occurrences such as the COVID-19 pandemic, state-sanctioned violence, and extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change, living under negligent systems has felt increasingly harrowing and inescapable.…
On Tuesday, May 4, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work-in-Progress Series. During this event, Roshni Chakraborty will present “Documenting Citizenship: Gendered Impacts of the National Registry of Citizens in India.” Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, the FXB Center's Director of Research, will provide introductory remarks. This event will take place as a Zoom webinar from 1 to 2 p.m.…
Since 1912, the Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine has been one of the most respected institutionalized lectures in the fields of preventive medicine and Epidemiology. The Cutter lectures are administered by the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health under the terms of the bequest from John Clarence Cutter, MD a graduate of the Harvard Medical School. In his will Dr. Cutter specified that the…
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Event Recording https://youtu.be/TIZOua3hdlQ Event Details Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights is convening world experts in history, politics, public health and human rights for a panel discussion. The event will provide historical context for current events and focus on a number of timely topics, including the situation on the ground in Palestine and the health system/capability in Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).…
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Event Details On Tuesday, May 25, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work-in-Progress (WIP) Series. Please join us for a panel discussion on The Chelsea Project: The Alchemy of Science, Policy and Community. Dr. Margaret Sullivan, FXB Center research fellow, will provide introductory remarks. This event will take place as a Zoom webinar from 1 to 2 p.m.…
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Event Details Please join the FXB Center for a special event, "Medicare for All: A Conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed." During this event, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and FXB Center Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett will discuss the themes in Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide, a new book authored by Dr. El-Sayed and Dr. Micah Johnson. FXB Center Executive Director Dr. Natalia Linos will moderate the discussion. This virtual event…
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Event Recording https://youtu.be/bXSIJyE37uw Event Details In partnership with the Religion and Public Life’s Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (RCPI) at Harvard Divinity School, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights is hosting its third webinar in its latest series focused on health, human rights, and the pursuit of accountability in the overall context of Israel/Palestine. Centering on the recent attacks on the Gaza Strip, panelists will discuss the context,…
