Past Events
Curator Tours of The Alain Locke Gallery
June 4, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
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Alain Locke Gallery
In Person
To RSVP for a tour, please email us at lockegallery@fas.harvard.edu with the date of the tour you’d like to attend. Tours are limited to 25 people, and RSVPs beyond that count will be put on a waitlist and notified if spots become available.
Curator Tours of The Alain Locke Gallery
May 14, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
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Alain Locke Gallery
In Person
To RSVP for a tour, please email us at lockegallery@fas.harvard.edu with the date of the tour you’d like to attend. Tours are limited to 25 people, and RSVPs beyond that count will be put on a waitlist and notified if spots become available.
Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives
May 1, 2026
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8:45AM - 3:30PM EDT
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Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
The symposium gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and museum professionals to investigate the history, status, and future of exhibiting art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonia from plural sociological...
Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives
April 30, 2026
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1:00PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
The symposium gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars, thinkers, and museum professionals to investigate the history, status, and future of exhibiting art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonia from plural sociological...
Dr. Claude Steele, 'Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How To Overcome It.'
April 30, 2026
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12:00PM EDT
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Tsai Auditorium | CGIS South
In Person
Screening of 'I Love Boosters' with Director Boots Riley
April 23, 2026
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3:30PM - 5:30PM EDT
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Brattle Theater
In Person
Please see attached for details of the Brattle Theater’s screening of I Love Boosters, on April 23, 3:30 pm. Director Boots Riley will be in discussion with Darol Olu Kae afterwards.
Charmaine Nelson, 'Joe the Pressman: How an African-Born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada '
April 22, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
Hybrid
In-person and livestreaming at youtube.com/hutchinscenter
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Curator Tours of The Alain Locke Gallery
April 16, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
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Alain Locke Gallery
In Person
To RSVP for a tour, please email us at lockegallery@fas.harvard.edu with the date of the tour you’d like to attend. Tours are limited to 25 people, and RSVPs beyond that count will be put on a waitlist and notified if spots become available.
Arlette Frund, 'Anna Julia Cooper and the Intellectual Promise of Literature '
April 15, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
This colloquium will not be livestreamed.
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'Transitions' at the Hip Hop Archive
April 10, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
Join the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Arts & Learning students for a special event at the Hutchins Center's for African & African American Research's Hiphop Archive This event is meant to celebrate the transitions in our lives and celebrate what...
Upcoming
Hutchins Center events and exhibitions are accessible, free, and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
2026 Hutchins Forum - Balance of Power: Redistricting, Courts, and the Right to Vote
August 20, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Old Whaling Church, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
Hybrid
Hutchins Center / CAS / AAAS Welcome Party
September 8, 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
'Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms' | A Book Talk with Geoff Bennett and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
September 10, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In Person
Journalist and author Geoff Bennett in conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Hutchins Center Honors presents the 2026 W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
October 8, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
Hybrid
Details to be announced. Previous medalists
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Curator Tours of The Alain Locke Gallery
June 4, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
Curator Tours of The Alain Locke Gallery
May 14, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives
May 1, 2026
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8:45AM - 3:30PM EDT
Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives
April 30, 2026
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1:00PM - 5:45PM EDT
Dr. Claude Steele, 'Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How To Overcome It.'
April 30, 2026
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12:00PM EDT
Screening of 'I Love Boosters' with Director Boots Riley
April 23, 2026
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3:30PM - 5:30PM EDT