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A nexus for Americanists at Harvard and in the Boston area, the Warren Center hosts visiting faculty from around the country, provides grants for graduate and undergraduate research, supports postdoctoral fellows, and sponsors lectures and workshops on critical topics in American History [more...] (Posted Apr 2013)

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Research by Caroline Elkins leads to historic settlement by Britain with victims of abuse by colonial authorities during Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion [more at Harvard Gazette; Elkins in The Guardian] (Posted June 2013)

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Upcoming Events

Summer Solstice at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Summer Solstice at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

Date:
Friday, June 21, 2013, 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Free and open to the public!

Celebrate the longest day of the year with live music, ice cream, hands-on activities, and free admission to all four of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.

Join outdoor festivities on The Plaza located at One Oxford Street in Cambridge:

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6/21/2013 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Movie Night! "Time Bandits" (Sci Cntr C)
Movie Night! "Time Bandits" (Sci Cntr C)

Date:
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public. Science Center Lecture Hall C (1 Oxford St, Cambridge)

Time Bandits (1981)
Directed by Terry Gilliam, 110 min.
Starring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duval.

A young boy accidentally joins a band of dwarves as they jump from time-period to time-period looking for treasure to steal...

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7/2/2013 7:00pm
Movie Night! "Run Lola Run" (Sci Cntr C)
Movie Night! "Run Lola Run" (Sci Cntr C)

Date:
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public. Science Center Lecture Hall C (1 Oxford St, Cambridge)

Run Lola Run (1998)
Directed by Tom Tyker, 80 min.
Starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup.

A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100K Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket...

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7/16/2013 7:00pm
Movie Night! "Memento" (Sci Cntr C)
Movie Night! "Memento" (Sci Cntr C)

Date:
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public. Science Center Lecture Hall C (1 Oxford St, Cambridge)

Memento (2000)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, 113 min.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior.

A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife...

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7/30/2013 7:00pm
Movie Night! "Primer" (Sci Cntr C)
Movie Night! "Primer" (Sci Cntr C)

Date:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public. Science Center Lecture Hall C (1 Oxford St, Cambridge)

Primer (2004)
Directed by Shane Carruth, 77 min.
Starring Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden.

Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention....

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8/13/2013 7:00pm