Distinguished Lecture Series

A Critique of Resilience in the Age of Trauma Joelle M. Abi-Rached Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study March 27, 2024 • 3:00-4:15PM William James Hall #105 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA Reception to follow ABSTRACT In this...

Why The Child Is Not Always Father (Parent) To The Man (Person) There is a global crisis in mental health that existed long before the ravages of Covid-19. So where are we with respect to prevention and intervention? As a benchmark, the last 50 years...

Nature - Nurture Revisited and Resolved The astounding success of agriculture over the past millennia relied on the practice of selective breeding, the mating of organisms of desired traits. Selective breeding is based on the fundamental observation that...

Mind, heart and body: The creative process of making theater from a director’s perspective How does an actor transform into a character? What is the process that allows this transformation to happen? What is the role of the audience in completing the...

Mahzarin R. Banaji Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~banaji/ This event is open to the general public. NOTE: This lecture will be re...

Instant Gratification, Multiple Selves, and Self-Control: How to Control Your Selves Hosted by MBB Co-Directors Alfonso Caramazza and Albert Galaburda We are pleased to announce our 2010-2011 MBB Distinguished Harvard Lecture. Our special lecturer will be...

Center on the Developing Child Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series: Advancing the Science of Learning, Health, and Behavior The Neurobiology of Social Behavior Development Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Science Director, National Scientific Council on the...