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2009–2010 Fellows' Presentation Series

The following presentations by current fellows at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 617-495-8212.

September

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Why Was Darwin’s View of Species Rejected by Twentieth-Century Biologists?”

James Mallet, 2009–2010 Helen Putnam Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, University College London (England)
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

October

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Building Crashing Thinking”

Peter Galison, 2009–2010 Walter Jackson Bate Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Phylogenetic Analysis of World Rhythms”

Godfried Toussaint, 2009–2010 Emeline Bigelow Conland Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, McGill University (Canada)
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Searching for Earths”

Debra Ann Fischer, 2009–2010 Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Yale University
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Tasting and Talking Terroir: Ecologies of Value in American Artisan Cheese”

Heather Paxson, 2009–2010 Mary I. Bunting Institute Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

November

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Lost Properties of the Twentieth Century”

Ravit Reichman, 2009–2010 Lisa Goldberg Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Brown University
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

December

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Functional Biomimetics: Art and Science”

Joanna Aizenberg, Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Radcliffe, Harvard University
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“Arab-Jewish Identity: Memory, Poetry, and Singularity”

Reuven Snir, 2009–2010 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Haifa University (Israel)
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Fellows’ Presentation Series
“A Poetry Reading”

Katie Peterson, 2009–2010 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Deep Springs College
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8212