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Radcliffe Institute
For Advanced Study

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University—known as Harvard Radcliffe Institute—is one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary exploration. We bring students, scholars, artists, and practitioners together to pursue curiosity-driven research, expand human understanding, and grapple with questions that demand insight from across disciplines.

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2025 01 Jan
1970

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Lectures

Drawing from Life: Storytelling, Heritage, and Turning the Personal into the Universal

03 Dec
2025

Fellows' Presentations

Floods Splintering Earth's Ice Sheets

10 Dec
2025

Fellows' Presentations

The Value of Human Empathy: Comparing Perceived Human and AI-Generated Empathy

16 Sep
2025 19 Dec
2025

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exhibition

Hồng-Ân Trương: With love from your Vietnamese sisters

21 Apr
2025 30 Jan
2026

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exhibition

Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives

28 Jan
2026

Fellows' Presentations

American Monument: The Kinship of Harriet and John Jacobs

18 Feb
2026

Fellows' Presentations

On Paper

02 Mar
2026 08 Jan
2027

exhibition

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

04 Mar
2026

Fellows' Presentations

Feminists on Drugs: A History

01 Apr
2026

Fellows' Presentations

Work Through Disaster: Labor and Trafficking amid Climate Ruin

15 Apr
2026

Fellows' Presentations

Crowdsourcing the Hunt for Nearby Worlds

13 May
2026

Fellows' Presentations

The Nature of Adolescence: A Cross-Species Perspective

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You See Saturn’s Rings. She Sees Hidden Number Theory.

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How Sexism in Medicine Continues to Endanger Women’s Health

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Claims of Pure Bloodlines? Ancestral Homelands? DNA Science Says No.

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When Jodie Foster Found Out Acting Wasn’t a Dumb Job

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We Used to Read More, Scream Less

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Providing Medical Care Is Important, but So Is Ensuring Access

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He Was Walking in Washington and Just Like That He Was Gone

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Wishing Real World Wasn’t Starting to Feel So Much Like Her Dystopian Novel

Fellows 1,354

Radcliffe fellowships awarded since the Institute’s founding

Public Events 122,700

Number of people to attend Harvard Radcliffe Institute public events (virtually and in person) since fall 2020

Schlesinger Library Collections 999,999+

Pages of historical material digitized and made available to researchers since 2015

Monica C. Bell

Jen Bervin

Brian DeLay

Maya Doig-Acuña

Mya Frazier

Cheng-Zhi Anna Huang

Shafiqul Islam

Fowzia Karimi

Imani Perry

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025–2026 Fellows

The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program offers scholars in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts—as well as writers, journalists, and other distinguished professionals—a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard. The 2025–2026 worldwide cohort marks our 26th class of fellows.

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Substance Use Disorders Among Women: Reasons for Concern—and Hope

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The Thrill of Archival Discovery

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Is Losing an Hour of Sleep Really That Big a Deal?

An Unconventional Path to Computer Science

Language and Thought around the World, Part 1

Music and Chaos

A Conversation with Ruth J. Simmons

Using Machine Learning to Listen to Whales

Math—It’s Not Just Numbers

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Healthcare Disparities for People with Disabilities

Who Gets Autism?

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Gifts of Intergenerational Friendship

Tackling Environmental Inequality across Academic Disciplines

Let’s Talk about Climate Resilience

What Is the Heliosphere—and What Happened to It 3 Million Years Ago?

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In Their Own Words—The Diaries of the Schlesinger Library

How to Be a Better Sexual Citizen

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Jodie Foster: Power, Privacy, and Purpose

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Free Speech, Political Speech, and Hate Speech on Campus

Storytelling and Grief in Palliative Care

Minipod: Nikolas Bowie on Justice

Artificial Intelligence—How Does It Work?

Minipod: Durba Mitra on Gender

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Memory in Poetry

Conversation with Aslı Ü. Bâli

America’s Authoritarian Turn

Conversation with Noah Feldman

Black Traditions of Mardi Gras

Portrait of Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo and Oscar Lopez

Honoring Mexico's Disappeared

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A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill

Minipod: Ayodele Casel on Creativity

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The Importance of Representation in Film

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Should Universities Voice Opinions?

The Unique Power of Cartoons

Kindness—It’s Good for You!

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A Conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom

Language and Thought around the World, Part 2

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Riding the Radcliffe Wave

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Wounds across Borders

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The US Pain and Overdose Crises

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Justice-Impacted Brilliance

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Radcliffe Moments Past, Present, and Future

By fostering inquiry across traditional boundaries, the Institute ignites creativity and drives innovation, giving rise to what we call Radcliffe Moments. We invite you to learn about a few of our Radcliffe Moments and meet some of the individuals who make up this vibrant community.

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