Connectionists and Facilitators: Cultural Agents Coin Words

Date and Time

November 7, 2017
04:00PM - 06:00PM EST

Location

Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Plimpton Room (133)

"Narrative, Creativity and Resilience in War-Affected Populations"

Speaker:

Theresa Betancourt, Salem Professor of Global Practice, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College; Director, Research Program on Children and Adversity, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Contact:

Polly Lauer
pwlauer@gmail.com

Chairs:

Doris Sommer, Faculty Associate. Ira Jewell Williams, Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures; Professor of African and African American Studies, Department of African and African American Studies; Director, Cultural Agents Initiative, Harvard University.

Alejandro de la Fuente, Faculty Associate. Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin-American History and Economics, Department of History; Professor of African and African American Studies, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

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