Public Lectures

Free Hybrid Lecture Speaker: David S. Hibbett, Professor of Biology, Clark University From mushroom tattoos and T-shirt graphics to fungal-infused coffee, gummies, and nutritional supplements promising physical and spiritual well-being, fungi are having a...

In-Person Presentation Speaker: Sasha Post – Graduate Student – Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. 2:00–2:30 pm Let’s play a game of...

Free In-Person Lecture Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, and the Peabody Museum at Harvard welcome Daniel E. Lieberman—paleoanthropologist at Harvard University...

In-Person Presentation Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. 2:00–2:30 pm – Building a Planet from the Inside Out Speaker: Jack Sheehan – Graduate Student in the Earth and...

Free Hybrid Lecture Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers: Daniel Faccini, PhD Candidate, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Neil S. Greenspan, Professor Emeritus of Pathology...

Free In-Person Lecture 2026 John M. Prather Lecture Series Speaker: Neil Shubin, Robert. R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago; President-Elect, National Academy of Sciences Every organ...

Free Hybrid Lecture Speaker: Steven Haddock, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Dive into the wonders of the ocean with marine biologist and photographer Steven Haddock, coauthor with Sönke Johnsen of The Radiant Sea (Abrams Books...

Free Hybrid Book Presentation Speaker: Manvir Singh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis What is shamanism and why has it endured across cultures and centuries? In this talk, anthropologist Manvir Singh will explore the...

Free In–Person Event Speaker: Wallace Chan. Artist and Innovator A broken spoon. A burning kiln. A world reborn. In this intimate lecture, jewelry master Wallace Chan reflects on his childhood poverty, the symbolism of porcelain, and the years of trial...

2025 Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Louise Leakey, Director, Koobi Fora Research Project; Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University; National Geographic Explorer at Large...