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Andrea Ritchie: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

Author, organizer, and police misconduct attorney Andrea J. Ritchie sits with Georgetown law professor Paul Butler to discuss her book, _Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color._ Ritchie details the racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement violence experienced by women of color. Through the personal stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall, Ritchie looks at the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, documents the evolution of movements centering women’s experiences of policing and demands a radical rethinking of how we view safety. Paul Butler is the author of _Chokehold: Policing Black Men._ Photo by[ The All-Nite Images/Flickr.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/7278633@N04/ "")

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Policing The Black Community: Consequences And Activism

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Tina Brown: "The Vanity Fair Diaries"

Mon, Dec 11, 2017

Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The Daily Beast visited the Brattle Theater in Cambridge to talk about her book, "The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983–1992." She is joined in conversation by Meredith Goldstein, columnist and reporter for The Boston Globe.

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Khizr Khan: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice

Mon, Nov 6, 2017

**Khizr Khan** is a Muslim American and a Gold Star father. He stepped into public view at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, where he gave a speech on the sacrifice of his son and the love for the country he had immigrated to as a young man. Now Khan is out with a memoir, "An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice" which outlines his experiences from arriving in the U.S. as a hopeful student, to his marriage and the family he raised with his wife, to losing his son while he served in the military, to ultimately deciding to publicly support Hillary Clinton's bid for President of the United States in 2016. In this talk presented by the Harvard Book Store, Khan talks with his former Harvard Law School professor **Martha Minow**. This event was co-sponsored by the [Cambridge Community Foundation](http://cambridgecf.org/ "CCF website"). (Image: Voice of America [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

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Kathryn Sikkink: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century

Fri, Sep 29, 2017

Harvard Kennedy School professor Kathryn Sikkink explores the reasons we should aspire to guarantee human rights and in her new book "Evidence for Hope" she demonstrates with years of fieldwork how human rights work has been effective over time. Photo: [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-person-photo-227578/ "")

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Worldwide Week with Transition Magazine

Fri, Oct 27, 2017

A panel discussion hosted by Transition Magazine, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and Harvard Book Store. **About [World Wide Week](https://worldwide.harvard.edu/worldwide-week "")**: The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University sponsored events to raise awareness of the school's global reach and presence around the world. **About Jalada 05 / Transition 123** Through fortuitous meeting in Kampala at the 2015 [Writivism Festival](http://writivism.com/ ""), Transition and Jalada have joined forces to present this issue on the theme of Fear. Contributors were asked to reflect on our phobias, the things that make us human or, indeed, inhuman. Our fears, and the dance between fear and fearlessness, can shape how we live and how we conceptualize ourselves and others. **About Transition 124** In this year marking the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation, Transition celebrates over four hundred years of Black presence in Canada.

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Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Sex and the Spaces Between

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

Philosopher, cultural theorist, and film critic **Mladen Dolar** will host two pillars of modern philosophy to talk about their latest works. **Slavoj Žižek** will break down his thinking on "the empty spaces between philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the critique of political economy" laid out in his book _Incontinence of the Void: Economico-Philosophical Spandrels_. **Alenka Zupančič** shares her exploration on what kind satisfaction we get from sex and how it might be replaced with satisfaction from equally sexual activities such as talking or writing, painting or praying. Her new book is titled _What IS Sex?_ Image by Thesupermat - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28518438

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Armistead Maupin Reads From "Logical Family: A Memoir"

Thu, Oct 5, 2017

Amistad Maupin, author of the bestselling _Tales of the City_ series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to free-wheeling San Francisco and his evolution from curious youth to ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer. Maupin recalls his losses and life-changing experiences with humor and unflinching honesty and brings to life flesh-and-blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid, fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels. - [HarperCollins Publishers](https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062391223/logical-family "") (Image: Forum Network)

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"The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia" with Masha Gessen

Wed, Oct 4, 2017

In Masha Gessen's latest book, The Future Is History, follow the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. In this talk filmed at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies talks with Gessen about Russia's history, identity narrative, and the current political climate. (Image: book cover)

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Vanessa Grigoriadis: 'Rape' or 'Consent' and Who Should Judge the Accused?

Thu, Sep 7, 2017

What’s really happening behind closed doors on America’s college campuses? A new sexual revolution is sweeping the country, and college students are on the front lines. Women use fresh, savvy methods to fight entrenched sexism and sexual assault even as they celebrate their own sexuality as never before. Many "woke" male students are more sensitive to women’s concerns than previous generations ever were, while other men can still perpetuate misogyny. Meanwhile, the new Secretary of Education appointed by President Trump intends to eliminate college court hearings of rape. Amid all the contradictions, it’s no surprise that intense confusion shrouds the topic of consent on campus. Vanessa Grigoriadis dispels that confusion as no other writer could by talking candidly with dozens of students—among them, both accusers and accused—as well as administrators, parents, and researchers. Her unprecedented investigation presents a host of new truths. Photo: SchuminWeb in [Slutwalk FlickrRiver](http://www.flickriver.com/groups/1830007@N22/pool/random/ "")

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Salman Rushdie: The Golden House

Fri, Sep 8, 2017

Author Salman Rushdie discusses his latest novel,_ The Golden House_. Rushdie is joined in conversation by Homi K. Bhabha, Director of the [Mahindra Humanities Center](http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/ "website") at Harvard University. **About the Book** On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. [—Penguin Random House](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558138/the-golden-house-by-salman-rushdie/9780399592805/ "") Thumbnail Image: [Spencer Means/Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_punk/23139048910 "")

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