Past Events

Floor Lords at 45: Breaking as a Living Knowledge System
October 15, 2026
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6:00PM EDT
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Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St.
In Person
Explore how Breaking knowledge, lineage, cultural memory, and community practices are preserved and passed down across generations. Boston-born and world-renowned dancer, DJ, and longtime member of the legendary Floor Lords Crew Lino “Lean Rock” Delgado...
Flyer reading "Floor Lords at 45: Breaking as a Living Knowledge System" including black and white photos of the participants

Rita Freed, 'Image of Nubia: Defining Nubian Art'
October 14, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
Hybrid
Rita Freed , Chair Emerita, Department of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Part of Worldwide Week at Harvard In-person and livestreaming at youtube.com/hutchinscenter
collection of Ancient Nubian sarcophaguses

Hutchins Center / CAS / AAAS Welcome Party
September 30, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Hutchins Center, Floor 2R
In Person
Come join us for food and fun as we kick off the 2026-2027 school year! Featuring food, drinks, friends, and a welcome from the directors. Co-sponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for African Studies
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A Conversation with the Curator
September 29, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute
In Person
Tessa Mars, "A Vision of Peace, Harmony and Good Intelligence," 2020. Acrylic paint on canvas, 190 x 190 cm. Collection: Sabine Vazieux Panel conversation with curator Claire Tancons and Hutchins Center fellows Tao Leigh Goffe (Hunter College of the City...
Tessa Mars, "A Vision of Peace, Harmony and Good Intelligence," 2020. Acrylic paint on canvas, 190 x 190 cm. Collection: Sabine Vazieux

Locke Gallery Opening Reception
September 28, 2026
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
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Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art
In Person
Please join us as we celebrate the opening of An Introduction to Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane & and Haiti: 2001-Now, curated by Claire Tancons
Ronald Cyrille's painting "L’Accolade"

Upcoming

Hutchins Center events and exhibitions are accessible, free, and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Suzi Analogue, ''BY ANY MEANZ SONICALLY"
November 4, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EST
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
Hybrid
In-person and livestreaming at youtube.com/hutchinscenter
Maya Shipman / Suzi Analog in a jungle setting, facing the photographer

Race in the Machine: The Making of Algorithmic Bias
November 4, 2026
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6:00PM EST
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Zimmer Hall (formerly Science Center), Lecture Hall A, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Speakers: Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science; Professor of African and African American Studies & Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, T.H Chan School of Public Health Ellis Monk...
machine

Black Cicero: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Ancient Romans
November 12, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EST
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
A Panel discussion with Mathias Hanses on his new book Black Cicero: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Ancient Romans in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries . Oxford University Press, 2026. Participants: Mathias Hanses (Associate Professor of Classics, Penn State...
'Black Cicero' book cover

Patrice Rushen in Conversation with Imani Perry
November 13, 2026
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1:30PM EST
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
Join acclaimed musician, composer, and pianist Patrice Rushen and National Book Award–winning author and Harvard professor Imani Perry for a conversation celebrating Rushen’s extraordinary career and lasting influence. From her signature fusion of jazz...
pianist on stage performing behind a keyboard

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