"Celebrate 10 Years! Crossing Boundaries at the Radcliffe Institute"

Thursday, October 8, 2009–Friday, October 9, 2009

Thursday, 1–5:30 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600
Registration is required.

Experience the proceedings on-line: streaming video of the symposium is now available.

Panel I: Gendered Choices in the Public and Private Spheres
Video (1:24 minutes)

Panel II: From One Genre to Another
Video (1:11 minutes)

Panel III: Fiction Writing
Video (54 minutes)

Panel IV: On Sickness and Health
Video (1:02 minutes)

Panel V: The Digital Revolution and Academic Life
Video (1:18 minutes)

Panel VI: Radcliffe: Reflections Ten Years Later
Video (53 minutes)

To kick off our 10th-anniversary year, the Radcliffe Institute is hosting a two-day symposium on October 8 and 9 in Cambridge. Be part of this exciting event and enjoy an intimate look at the interdisciplinary exchanges and accomplishments that exemplify the Institute. Former fellows will share their cutting-edge work—from advances in medical science to the art of fiction writing—and experts in digital information will discuss the future of scholarly research and collaboration. Harvard leaders who helped found the Institute will also reflect on Radcliffe’s remarkable transformation.

We hope to see you in October and throughout our 10th-anniversary year!

Post-event coverage: "Celebrating the Radcliffe Institute’s First 10 Years"

Schedule

Thursday, October 8, 2009

1 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction

Barbara J. Grosz, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

1:10 p.m.
Panel I: Gendered Choices in the Public and Private Spheres

Moderator: Robert J. Sampson, Senior Advisor to the Social Sciences Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Chair, Department of Sociology, and Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University

Panelists: Darlene Clark Hine RI ’04, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History, Northwestern University
Jean Comaroff RI ’03, Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago; Director, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
Susan Faludi RI ’09, Independent Writer (United States)
Claudia Goldin RI ’06, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Director, Development of the American Economy Program, National Bureau of Economic Research

2:30 p.m.
Break

2:45 p.m.
Panel II: From One Genre to Another

Moderator: Leah Price RI ’07, Senior Advisor to the Humanities Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of English and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University

Panelists: Hauwa Ibrahim RI ’09, Visiting Fellow, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School; Senior Partner, Aries Law Firm (Nigeria)
Jeanne Jordan RI ’03, Filmmaker, West City Films, Inc.
Anne Makepeace RI ’09, Independent Filmmaker (United States)
Beverly McIver RI ’03, SunTrust Endowed Chair Professor of Art, North Carolina Central University
Tarik O’Regan RI ’05, Fellow in the Creative Arts, Trinity College, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

4 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m. Panel III: Fiction Writing

Moderator: Homi K. Bhabha RI ’05, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Department of English, and Director, Humanities Center, Harvard University

Panelists: Geraldine Brooks RI ’06, Independent Writer (United States)
Gish Jen RI ’02, Professor of Creative Writing and Codirector, Creative Writing Program, Brandeis University
Claire Messud RI ’05, Independent Writer (United States)

Friday, October 9, 2009

9 a.m.	Panel IV: On Sickness and Health Moderator: James Haber RI ’09, Professor of Biology and Director, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University Panelists: Shimon Attie RI ’07, Independent Artist (United States) Linda Hamilton Krieger RI ’05, Professor of Law and Director, Ulu Lehua Scholars Program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) Susan Lindquist RI ’08, Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Christine Mummery RI ’08, Professor of Developmental Biology and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands)
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Panel V: The Digital Revolution and Academic Life Moderator: Nancy F. Cott, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University Panelists: Suzanne Blier RI ’06, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University Marilyn Dunn, Executive Director, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, and Librarian for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Stuart Shieber RI ’07, James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Faculty Director, Office for Scholarly Communication, Harvard University; Cofounder, Cartesian Products, Inc.; Founder, Microtome Publishing Dmitri Tymoczko RI ’06, Composer; Associate Professor of Music, Princeton University
12:15 p.m.	Panel VI: Radcliffe: Reflections Ten Years Later Moderator: Barbara J. Grosz, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Panelists: Mary Maples Dunn RI ’02, First Acting Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies Neil Rudenstine, President Emeritus, Harvard University; Chair, ARTstor Nancy-Beth Sheerr, Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Former Chair, Radcliffe College Board of Trustees Susan S. Wallach, Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Overseer, Harvard University; Former Trustee, Radcliffe College Board of Trustees

Speakers' Biographies

See the Celebrate 10 Years! speakers' biographies page.