# Hutchins Center for African & African American Research ## The ALARI IV Continental Conference on Afro-Latin American Studies The University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies presents July 22-24, 2026 - Cali, Colombia [ Conference Info arrow\_circle\_right ](https://alari.fas.harvard.edu/alari-iv-continental-conference-on-afro-latin-american-studies-eng/) ![artwork by Juan Roberto Diago](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-12/diagotop.jpg?itok=5Ae83m0g) ### Announcing the Fellows Class of 2026-2027 [ Meet the Fellows arrow\_circle\_right ](/fourteenth-class-du-bois-fellows) ![W. E. B. Du Bois at his desk](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/hutchins/files/duboisatdesk_0.jpg?itok=ObebBIZz) Save the Date ### The Hutchins Forum August 20, 2026 - Old Whaling Church, Edgartown [ Watch Previous Forums arrow\_circle\_right ](https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/hutchinsforum) ![Professor Gates with panelists in front of a full crowd at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, MA](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-08/h1a.jpeg?h=5935b675&itok=YBmFnARD) 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. [ Transition Website arrow\_circle\_right ](https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/home/current-issue/) ![Cover of Transition Magazine, featuring a photo of three young men sitting by a luxurious swimming pool](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-06/T139_Cover__Card.jpg?h=7fe57d1d&itok=GNVgN8ky) [### W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute ](/w-e-b-du-bois-research-institute) ![DuBois](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_dubois_01_0.png?itok=6WUQ3MpD) [### Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art ](https://lockegallery.fas.harvard.edu/) ![Night time exterior view of the Locke Gallery](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/LockeGallery.jpg?itok=iDA-031z) [### Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute ](https://sites.harvard.edu/hiphoparchive/) ![Archive](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_hipihopi.png?itok=9JHO8hlh) [### Afro-Latin American Research Institute ](https://alari.fas.harvard.edu/) ![ALRI](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_afrolatin.png?itok=GClEtV7o) [### Black Film Project ](/black-film-project) ![Exterior view of the Hutchins Center in Harvard Square](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/bfp-facade-image.jpg?itok=9WsOYgWg) [### Image of the Black Archive & Library ](/image-black-archive-library) ![IOBA](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_iob.png?itok=5DulcBCk) [### Institute on Policing, Incarceration & Public Safety ](/policing-incarceration-and-public-safety) ![prc](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_prc.png?itok=pfJ-k8Bn) [### Project on Race & Gender in Science & Medicine ](https://rgsm.fas.harvard.edu/) ![PRG](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_prg.png?itok=dlCJJncs) [### Transition Magazine ](https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/) ![Transition](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_transition.png?itok=DsLsWC9m) [### Du Bois Review ](/dubois-review) ![DR](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hp_review.png?itok=AqrEGCNm) ### 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. [ Learn about the ODAAE arrow\_circle\_right ](/odaae) ![A few volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary on a bookshelf](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-08/OED2_volumes_0.jpg?itok=15oFT4dz) [### Transition Magazine Issue 139 ](https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/current-issue/)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](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/T139_Cover__Card_0.jpg?h=17daa666&itok=UaWE90uI) [### Du Bois Review Volume 23 ](https://cup.org/4ld3ehA)Founded in 2003, the *DBR* provides a forum for discussion and increased understanding of race and society. ![Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/du_bois_review_2_1.jpg?itok=E1Y_1CYg) [### Webcasts ](https://www.youtube.com/hutchinscenter)Watch recordings and livestreams of our events on our YouTube channel. ![home page brick 3](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hpbrick3.jpg?h=d54b8292&itok=keuRekd9) [### Contact Us ](/contact)We'd love to hear from you! ![home page brick 6](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hutchins/files/hpbrick6.jpg?itok=oqP60S6a) ### Remembering Marcyliena H. Morgan 1950 - 2025 [ Statement & Rememberances arrow\_circle\_right ](/remembering-marcyliena-morgan) ![Marcyliena Morgan in front of the Hiphop Archive](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-09/9735e5d8-44c3-79e2-3ba3-e111ef65ae51.jpeg?h=80d792aa&itok=xkPHN_Uy) ### Harvard’s Walking Tour App Highlights Overlooked History Visit the Hutchins Center and other sites that center Black history at Harvard [ Learn More arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/harvard-s-walking-tour-app-highlights-overlooked-history) ![tour_01.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10831/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/hutchins/files/tour_01.jpg?itok=bKWGVm_E)