WHAT: Mount Auburn Hospital Auxiliary’s 80th annual Thursday Morning Talks Series will begin in just a few months. The 2016 lecture series will feature speakers who will cover a wide variety of topics including: art, journalism, national security, and challenges to our democracy. Speakers will include Eric Lander, President and Found Director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Stephen Kurkjian, author and former investigative reporter for the Boston Globe, Ethan Lasser, Associate Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums, and more.
WHEN: Every Thursday, January 7th – February 25th, 2016 (weather permitting)
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Bouillon reception at 10:15 AM
Lectures start at 11:00 AM
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Upcoming talks include:
January 7th Eric Lander
President and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, The Human Genome and Beyond
January 14th Jeannie Suk
Professor, Harvard Law School, Regulating Sex on Campus
January 21st Jeffrey Burns
Chief of Critical Care Medicine and Executive Chair of International Health Services, Boston Children’s Hospital, OpenPediatrics.org: Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Improve the Care of Children Worldwide
January 28th Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Activist, Author, and Politician, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
February 4th Stephen Kurkjian
Author and former investigative reporter for the Boston Globe, The Gardner Museum Heist: Boston’s Last, Best Kept Secret
February 11th Gish Jen
Author, East Meets West: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self
February 18th Ethan Lasser
Associate Curator of American Art for the Harvard Art Museums, From the Philosophy Chamber; Harvard’s Lost Collection
February 25th Phillip Weinstein
Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College, Dark Twins: Faulkner and Race
Through a partnership with the Harvard Coop, books by all of the speakers will be available for sale and signing after each lecture.
WHERE: Holy Trinity Armenian Church
145 Brattle Street (at the Sparks Street Entrance)
Cambridge, MA 02138
COST: Tickets are open to the public and cost $20.00 per lecture, available for purchase at the event.
For more information please email thursdaymorningtalks@gmail.com.