Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

A Conversation with the Curator

"Van Lévé" Panel

Tuesday, September 29, 5:00pm

Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, Floor 2R

Ronald Cyrille's painting "L’Accolade"
Hutchins Center Honors presents

The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony

Thursday, October 8, 5:00pm, Sanders Theatre

Free tickets available 9/29 at noon at boxoffice.harvard.edu 

close-up photo of fingers clutching the Du Bois Medal, which displays an engraving of W. E. B. Du Bois

Now Accepting Fellowship Applications for 2027-2028

Deadline: December 14, 2026

W. E. B. Du Bois at his desk
Now Available!

Transition Magazine #139

Transition 139, The Beautiful Ones, has landed! Read essays on Du Bois, memorials that work and those that don’t, fresh work by your favorite fiction writers, new translations of poetry by N.M. Danish, and more.

Cover of Transition Magazine, featuring a photo of three young men sitting by a luxurious swimming pool

The Oxford Dictionary of African American English

An exciting project from Oxford Languages (Oxford University Press) and Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research is currently underway.

A few volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary on a bookshelf

Transition Magazine Issue 139

Essays on Du Bois, memorials that work and those that don’t, fresh work by your favorite fiction writers, new translations of poetry by N.M. Danish, and more

Cover of Transition 139

Du Bois Review Volume 23

Founded in 2003, the DBR provides a forum for discussion and increased understanding of race and society.

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Webcasts

Watch recordings and livestreams of our events on our YouTube channel.

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Remembering Marcyliena H. Morgan

Marcyliena Morgan in front of the Hiphop Archive

Harvard’s Walking Tour App Highlights Overlooked History

Visit the Hutchins Center and other sites that center Black history at Harvard

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