# Events
**Source**: https://haa.fas.harvard.edu/events
**Parent**: https://haa.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program
## EVENTS
## HAA Events
[### The Arts and Humanities at the Event Horizon: Shep Doeleman on Photographing Black Holes](/event/arts-and-humanities-event-horizon-shep-doeleman-photographing-black-holes?occ_id=0)
Mar 12, 2026
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
CELESTIAL SPHERES Speaker: Shep Doeleman, Harvard University / Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Can you take a photograph of a black hole? What does it mean to have imaged an object whose nature is to remain unseen? Black holes are cosmic objects so...
[### Neuroaesthetics: At the Threshold of Consciousness](/event/neuroaesthetics-threshold-consciousness?occ_id=0)
Mar. 21 - Mar 22, 2026
2:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
Multimedia Exhibition Public Visit: March 21–22, Saturday & Sunday, 2:00–5:00 pm This exhibition is grounded in an interdisciplinary framework that integrates neuroaesthetics, cognitive science, media theory, and contemplative studies—while remaining...
[### Aga Khan Lecture Series: Serpil Bağcı "Picturing the İskendername: Visual Interpretation in Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Manuscripts"](/event/aga-khan-lecture-series-serpil-bagci-picturing-iskendername-visual-interpretation-fifteenth?occ_id=0)
Mar 26, 2026
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
Speaker: Serpil Bağcı (AKPIA Fellow; Professor, Department of History, Bilkent University) More information forthcoming. Image: İskender and philosophers consulting Khizr on tawḥīd, Ahmedi, İskendername , Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, cod. or. 90...
[### Signal and Strata In Conversation](/event/signal-and-strata-conversation?occ_id=0)
Mar 26, 2026
6:30PM - 8:00PM EDT
Professor Patricio del Real will discuss the exhibition Signal and Strata in conversation GSD faculty. Signal and Strata brings together the work of three Peruvian artists—Elena Damiani, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks—whose practices...
[### Making and Unmaking Value II: Transformations Through Space](/event/making-and-unmaking-value-ii-transformations-through-space?occ_id=0)
Apr. 23 - Apr 25, 2026
All day
Making and Unmaking Value II: Transformations Through Space delves into how the movement of materials across regions reshapes their perceived value and function. Through examining the significance of place, speakers will explore how metals and minerals...
[### Aga Khan Lecture Series: David Roxburgh "Vaulting Techniques in Iranian Islamic Architecture: An Unpublished Study by Myron Bement Smith and Doǧan Kuban"](/event/aga-khan-lecture-series-david-roxburgh-vaulting-techniques-iranian-islamic-architecture?occ_id=0)
Apr 30, 2026
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
Speaker: David Roxburgh (Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History, Harvard University) Image: Axonometric drawing of a ribbed domical vault, Kum, Iran. Drawing prepared by an unidentified architect for Doǧan Kuban, before April 8, 1974...
[### Harvard Visual China - Enclosures: In and Out of Worldmaking](/event/harvard-visual-china-enclosures-and-out-worldmaking?occ_id=0)
May 1, 2026
All day
Throughout history, the meeting of images and architecture has generated spaces of imagination, devotion, and meaning. From murals and sculpture ensembles in Buddhist cave temples to digital projections and immersive installations, images and architecture...
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## Harvard Events
[### Writers Speak | Catherine Lacey in conversation with Laura van den Berg](/event/writers-speak-catherine-lacey-conversation-laura-van-den-berg?occ_id=0)
Apr 21, 2026
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
In Person
Photo Credit: Anna Huix, Barcelona 2025 Speaker: Catherine Lacey In Conversation with Laura van den Berg About the Speakers Catherine Lacey is author most recently of The Möbius Book , as well as the novels Biography of X , Pew , Nobody Is Ever Missing...
[### The Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen: Pulse | Lecture Six](/event/norton-lectures-steve-mcqueen-pulse-lecture-six?occ_id=0)
May 5, 2026
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
In Person
The 2025-26 Norton Lectures | Steve McQueen: Pulse Norton Lecture Six This is the sixth and final of six Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen. For all Lecture dates and information, click here . Admission is FREE; tickets are required. Tickets can be...
## Greater Boston & Beyond
[### Historical Archives / Architectural Archives. From The Institution to the Construction of Knowledge](/event/historical-archives-architectural-archives-institution-construction-knowledge?occ_id=0)
Apr. 12 - Apr 15, 2026
All day
First Research Forum of Latin American Architectural Histories: “Historical Archives / Architectural Archives. From the Institution to the Construction of Knowledge.” Mexico City, April 12–15, 2026 Created in 2023, the affiliate group Latin American...
[### The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts I. Regio dissimilitudinis: Art and Ars in a Fallen World](/event/w-mellon-lectures-fine-arts-i-regio-dissimilitudinis-art-and-ars-fallen-world?occ_id=0)
May 3, 2026
2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
This is the first of four lectures in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.
[### The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts II. Opus/Onus: Art’s Burden in Medieval Europe](/event/w-mellon-lectures-fine-arts-ii-opusonus-arts-burden-medieval-europe?occ_id=0)
May 10, 2026
2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
This is the second of four lectures in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.
[### The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts III. Obscuritas: Ambiguity and Disorientation](/event/w-mellon-lectures-fine-arts-iii-obscuritas-ambiguity-and-disorientation?occ_id=0)
May 17, 2026
2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
This is the third of four lectures in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.
[### The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts IV. Passio—Patientia—Potentia: Tribulation, Tension, Transformation](/event/w-mellon-lectures-fine-arts-iv-passio-patientia-potentia-tribulation-tension-transformation?occ_id=0)
May 24, 2026
2:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
This is the final lecture in In Praise of Difficulty: Ambiguity, Aesthetics, and the Work of Art in Medieval Europe, the 75th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Aden Kumler of Universität Basel. Click here for more information.