Centennial Celebration Events
September 2009–May 2010
Join us this year for any of the following free events. Check back regularly, as events will be added.
You can access videos and news coverage of past events at Centennial Media.
No More Teachers? No More Books? Higher Education in the Networked Age
A Centennial Panel on Information Technology
Wednesday, November 18, 4 pm
Lowell Lecture Hall
Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets
Cambridge, Mass.
This panel discussion explores what it means to offer higher education in a world of ubiquitous connectivity and a knowledge base that is hyperlinked and broadly accessible.
Panelists include:
- Craig Silverstein, Google’s “Employee #1” and director of technology
- David Weinberger, PhD, fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, The End of Business as Usual, and Everything is Miscellaneous, and a frequent writer and blogger, whose work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships, communication, and society
- Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Study of Science and Technology at MIT, author of The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit, and editor of Evocative Objects: Things We Think With, the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, and a featured media commentator on many network and cable news programs
- Robert Darnton, Carl Pforzheimer Professor of History and director of the Harvard University Library, a distinguished scholar whose writings include The Case for Books and a recent New York Review of Books article, “Google and the Future of Books,” in which he reflects on the Google book digitization project
Moderator
Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, co-author Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Light, seasonal refreshments available preceding event. For students, alumni, and the Harvard community, this event will be recorded for online viewing.
Boston Landmarks Centennial Concert
Friday, January 29, 8 pm
Charles Ansbacher, conductor
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
The concert features Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; other works to be announced. For students, alumni, and the public.
Winter Centennial Panel on the Liberal Arts
Wednesday, February TBA, 4 pm
Lowell Lecture Hall
This symposium on the different aspects of writing history today covers genres such as maritime history, literary biography, “big” history, and cultural history. Panelists TBA. It is moderated by Sue Weaver Schopf, associate dean of University Extension and director of the ALM program. For students, alumni, and the Harvard community, the event will be recorded for online viewing.
Spring Centennial Panel on Sustainability
Wednesday, April 14, 4 pm
Lowell Lecture Hall
This global forum on the future of sustainability features panelists Alexandra Cousteau (world water resources), Mark Plotkin (Extension graduate, rain forest conservation), and is moderated by Jack Spengler (air quality/local efforts), Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation at Harvard. For students, alumni, and the Harvard community, the forum will be recorded for online viewing.