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SUMMARY:From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War and the Rise of Modern South Korea
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \n\n\nSean C. Kim\, Professor of History\, University of Central Missouri \n\n\nIlisa Barbash\, Curator of Visual Anthropology\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, Harvard University \n\n\nSouth Korea has recently jumped onto the global stage through its economic rise and export of popular culture. Drawing on their new book\, The Forgotten Home Front: Roger Marshutz’s Photographs of Pusan\, South Korea\, 1952–1954 (Peabody Museum Press and KMEC Books\, 2026)\, coauthors Lisa Barbash and Sean Kim will visually explore a key moment of transition in the development of South Korea: the Korean War (1950–1953). This conflict ruptured Korea’s traditional and colonial past and ushered in new political\, economic\, and cultural opportunities—under American influence—that have shaped modern South Korea. By examining this moment of change through photography\, the lecture illuminates South Korea’s rise from a war-torn peninsula to an economic powerhouse and global cultural trendsetter. \nCopies of The Forgotten Home Front will be available for purchase and signing following the program. \nAdvance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/from-spam-to-k-pop-the-korean-war-and-the-rise-of-modern-south-korea/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Discussion
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SUMMARY:The Enigmatic Treasure of a Nubian Queen
DESCRIPTION:Queen Khensa was a Nubian royal and principal wife of King Piankhy\, the Kushite ruler (664–653 BCE) who conquered Egypt and established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. She was buried in a pyramid tomb whose contents were largely plundered in antiquity. Even so\, her burial still contained a variety of intriguing objects\, from precious-metal vessels and fine jewelry to tools\, figurines\, and natural history specimens. The function of many of these items remains a mystery. In this talk\, Denise Doxey will present what survives of Khensa’s mortuary offerings and discuss new ideas about how these treasures may have functioned in royal Nubian funerary ritual and belief. \nAdvance registration recommended.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/the-enigmatic-treasure-of-a-nubian-queen/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000
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SUMMARY:The Archaeology of Boston's Revolutionary Past
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Joe Bagley\, City Archaeologist and Director of Archaeology\, Boston Archaeology Program \nAdvance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance. \nJoin Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley for a presentation on archaeological research that is deepening our understanding of Boston’s role in the American Revolution. Bagley will share new findings on the impact of the Siege of Boston and the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill—the first major battle of the war—on the people of Boston. Although named for Bunker Hill\, the highest hill in Charlestown\, north of Boston\, the battle actually took place on Breed’s Hill\, located closer to the Charles River. Bagley will outline plans to pinpoint the exact location of the Breed’s Hill redoubt and to search for more than 200 unmarked graves of fallen soldiers. He will also discuss forthcoming investigations of the “lost forts” of Roxbury\, once positioned on a hill overlooking Roxbury Neck\, the only land route out of Boston in the late eighteenth century. Explore the hidden Revolutionary War landscape beneath modern Boston and Charlestown with the city’s lead archaeologist as your guide.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/the-archaeology-of-bostons-revolutionary-past/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Ancient Cities of Guatemala’s Pacific Coast
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos\, Associate Professor\, Yale University \nOn Guatemala’s western Pacific coast\, the region of Escuintla is home to many ancient cities\, and for thousands of years it has been an important crossroads\, drawing traders\, migrants\, and invaders. In this lecture\, archaeologist Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos will present discoveries from three decades of research at the Classic-period cities of Montana and Cotzumalhuapa (250–900 C.E.)\, highlighting how people moved\, interacted\, and recorded their histories along the Pacific coast. The discovery of causeways\, or raised roads\, has revealed the size and organization of these cities\, while refined dating methods have allowed researchers to trace their connections to other urban centers across Mesoamerica. Close study of Cotzumalhuapa’s monumental sculptures has further illuminated these networks through new readings of their intricate reliefs and hieroglyphic texts. Join us to explore how archaeology is reshaping our understanding of Guatemala’s Pacific coast and its place in Mesoamerican history. \nAdvance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/ancient-cities-of-guatemalas-pacific-coast/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Andrew H. Knoll at the Harvard Geological Lecture Hall
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store\, the Harvard University Division of Science\, the Harvard Library\, and Long Now Boston welcome Andrew H. Knoll—Fisher Research Professor of Natural History and Earth and Planetary Sciences\, Emeritus\, at Harvard University\, and author of A Brief History of Earth and Life on a Young Planet—for a discussion of his new book Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation. He will be joined in conversation by Robin Wordsworth—Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering\, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences\, and Co-Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/andrew-h-knoll-at-the-harvard-geological-lecture-hall/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Franklin\, Frankenstein\, and the Age of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Ask anyone why Benjamin Franklin is famous and they will likely mention his role in the American Revolution. Yet Franklin’s celebrity began with his science. Decades before independence\, Immanuel Kant hailed him as “the Modern Prometheus\,” a bold defier of nature whose scientific experiments made him an international star and helped launch his political career. In this lecture\, Joyce Chaplin\, author of The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, 2025)\, traces Franklin’s scientific pursuits\, showing the central role of science in Franklin’s life—and in the revolutionary era more broadly. She will also discuss how Franklin’s reputation lived on in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or\, The Modern Prometheus (1818)\, a powerful meditation on the rewards and risks of scientific ambition. \nThis lecture is presented to mark the 250th Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/benjamin-franklin-frankenstein-and-the-age-of-revolution/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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