Cambridge
United States
Harvard GSD has organized a series of virtual public lectures and conferences for the Fall 2020 semester, inviting designers and other curious viewers from around the world to join the school’s dialogue. This fall’s program offers topical observations—among them, a symposium on equitable development in Washington, D.C., Detroit, and Boston (September 25), and a lecture from Michael Maltzan on addressing homelessness (October 13)—and a roster of noteworthy artists, activists, and other thought leaders, including chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson (October 15), writer, activist, and political candidate Nikil Saval (October 29), and the Black Reconstruction Collective (November 17).
All programs will take place virtually, are free and open to the public, will be live captioned, and require registration, and all times are listed in United States Eastern Standard/Eastern Daylight Time. Please visit the GSD's events calendar for more information, including registration details.
The full public program appears below and can be viewed on the GSD’s events calendar. Please visit the GSD’s home page to sign up to receive periodic emails about the School’s public programs, exhibitions, and other news.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the Public Programs Office at events@gsd.harvard.edu.
Linda Shi, "Green Infrastructure Beyond Flood Risk Reduction"
September 10, 7:30pm
John Hejduk Soundings Lecture: Rafael Moneo with Sarah Whiting, "Learning Architecture"
September 14, 12pm
Kiley Fellow Lecture: Seth Denizen, "Thinking Through Soil: Case Study from the Mezquital Valley"
September 21, 12pm
50th Anniversary of Urban Design Lecture: Alex Krieger, "The American City Prior and (Possibly) Following the Pandemic"
September 22, 7:30pm
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Symposium: “In Pursuit of Equitable Development: Lessons from Washington, Detroit, and Boston”
September 25, 12:30pm
Danielle Allen and Michael Murphy with Sarah Whiting
September 28, 12pm
Emmanuel Pratt
October 1, 12pm
Metahaven
October 5, 12pm
Charles Davis
October 6, 7:30pm
Loeb Lecture: Edgar Pieterse
October 8, 12pm
John T. Dunlop Lecture: Michael Maltzan, “Addressing Homelessness: What Can (and Can’t) Architecture Do?”
October 13, 7:30pm
Rouse Visiting Artist Conversation: Marcus Samuelsson
October 15, 7:30pm
Aga Khan Program Lecture: Nasser Rabbat, "History’s Currency: the Afterlife of al-Maqrizi’s Khitat"
October 22, 6:30pm
Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Everett L. Fly
October 27, 7:30pm
"The Architecture of Democracy": A conversation hosted by Mark Lee and Nicholas de Monchaux, with colleagues from Harvard and MIT
October 28, 7:30pm
Open House Lecture: Nikil Saval, "A Rage in Harlem"
October 29, 7:30pm
Margaret McCurry Lectureship in the Design Arts: Sierra Bainbridge and Lisa Tziona Switkin in conversation
November 10, 7:30pm
Aimi Hamraie, "Critical Access Studies"
November 12, 7:30pm
Kathryn Yusoff, "Natural Resources as Geologic Necropolitics"
November 16, 12pm
Carl M. Sapers Ethics in Practice Lecture: Black Reconstruction Collective, "Black Reconstruction"
November 17, 7:30pm
Sylvester Baxter Lecture: Sheila Foster, "Co-Cities: Reimagining the City as a Commons"
November 19, 7:30pm
