Past Events

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poster with text in black on white background with white and gold border
Second Meeting of the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies Initiative, 11/14
Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies (AMEMS) is a new initiative at Tufts University intended to bring together faculty, students, and staff around shared interests in the study of ancient, medieval, and early modern topics.
November 14 | 12:00 pm ET
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green flyer with yellow text and spotted design
A Conversation on Land, Art, and Abolitionist Practice, with JT Roane and jackie sumell, 11/13
On November 13, University Ecologies will be hosting a special discussion entitled "A Conversation on Land, Art, and Abolitionist Practice," in Eaton Hall, Room 260. We will be joined by JT Roane, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and artist j ackie sumell.
November 13 | 4:30 pm ET
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poster featuring three people crouched at a riverbank, holding a pelt, in a snowy landscape, with text in white
CHAT Fellow Presentation: The Slipspace, with Fern Thompsett, 11/12
Join us November 12 at 4 pm to hear an original presentation by CHAT Postdoctoral Fellow, Fern Thompsett.
November 12 | 4:00 pm ET
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poster with black text and blue borders, with picture of Malcom Turvey at the bottom
Faculty Book Talk: Film, Art, and the Limits of Science, with Malcolm Turvey, 11/12
Join us November 12 at noon to hear Malcolm Turvey discuss his publication, Film, Art, and the Limits of Science.
November 12 | 12:00 pm ET
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poster with green and yellow blocks of text, and photo of 4 men talking
Pluralism and Peace: A Qawwali Mehfil, 11/5
The English Department and Tufts Chaplaincy are delighted to announce that the legendary Ustad Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad will be performing qawwali at Tufts on November 6.
November 06 | 6:30 pm ET
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poster with mean girls on top and text on white on the bottom with blue text boxes
"Stop Trying to Make Piaget Happen" with Fernando Salinas-Quiroz, 11/5
Join us for a special conversation with Fernando Salinas-Quiroz from the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development.
November 05 | 4:30 pm ET
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poster with top pink border, pink and green circles at bottom and text in black and white in middle
Whose Land? Boston’s Indigenous Past, Present, and Future, 11/5
The Department of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning invites the Tufts Community for the second session of the series: Whose Land? Beyond Land Acknowledgements.
November 05 | 12:00 pm ET
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Richard gill in a suit and tie in black and white
Gill Fellowship and SCL Info Session, 11/3
Join us November 3rd at noon to learn more about the Gill Fellowship, an avenue to participate in research for the Tufts Slavery, Colonialism and their Legacies Initiative.
November 03 | 12:00 pm ET
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poster with bees and flower design and pictures of speakers along the bottom
University Ecologies Event: The Past and Future of the Tufts Pollinator(+) Initiative, 10/30
Join us for a roundtable discussion about the Tufts Pollinator initiative, past & present.
October 30 | 3:30 pm ET
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outdoor scene with wildflowes in foreground, academic building in the background and text in white
University Ecologies Event: “Losing Control of Campus Landscapes,” 10/30
Join us October 30 to hear a special presentation by Mark Bomford (Director Yale Sustainable Food Program, Yale)
October 30 | 12:00 pm ET
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book cover with photo of a paris street and silhouette of a woman
Faculty Book Talk with Dr. Miranda Spieler, 10/30
Miranda Spieler is an historian of France and the French overseas empire. Her areas of expertise include European legal history, slavery and emancipation, the history of French Guiana and the Caribbean, policing and carceral systems, human rights, and the history of Paris. She is joining us to discuss her new book, Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories (Harvard, May 2025), a biographical study of enslaved people who lived in France's capital city between the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. She pieces together vivid, granular portraits of men, women and children who came
October 30 | 12:00 pm ET
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brown flyer with picture of Fung house on top, text in dark brown below
CHAT Mid-Semester Open House, 10/29
All Faculty, Staff, and Fellows at Tufts are welcome to join us on October 29 for an Open House event here at the Fung House. Join us for refreshments and a chance to mingle with faculty & staff from other departments. All are welcome.
October 29 | 4:00 pm ET