The Great Conversation

Volume IV: Ideology and Emancipation

Dr. J. David Franks continued his leadership of The Great Conversation through the final semester of its two year cycle, reading a diverse group of authors including Hegel, Darwin, Eliot, and Malcolm X.

February 7 - May 9, 2023

Sound and Fury: Shakespeare Reading Group

Led by Harvard Ph. D. Student David Nee, a group of Harvard undergrads discussed The Winter’s Tale, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus over the course of the Spring Semester!

February 9 - April 27, 2023

Student Thesis Presentations

Each year, Harvard seniors are invited to present their thesis research at AAI. Presentations this spring included “COVID-Era Leaves of Absence at Harvard” and “Three Victorian Responses to the Decline of Agrarian England.”