Event Type: Networking

Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Student Open House 

Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Türkiye from the prehistoric through the Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest-running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest […]

Written by on September 21, 2026

Navigating Cultural Differences: An Interactive Workshop

In today’s global academic and professional environments, the ability to navigate cultural differences is essential for effective collaboration. This interactive workshop explores how cultural values and communication patterns may influence teamwork, leadership, feedback, trust, decision-making, disagreement, and responses to uncertainty. Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Erin Meyer’s Culture Map as practical lenses rather than fixed […]

Written by on September 12, 2026

Chinese Intellectual Traditions in Global Higher Education

Please join Professor Rui Yang, Dean of Hong Kong University and Chen Yidan Visiting Global Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for this conversation with HGSE faculty Fernando Reimers and Liao Cheng. Professor Yang is an internationally recognized leader in Chinese higher education systems, and how Chinese intellectual traditions shape education globally. Lunch […]

Written by on September 10, 2026

Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Student Open House

Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Türkiye from the prehistoric through the Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest-running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the […]

Written by on October 2, 2025

Bias in the Evaluation of Violence Against Civilians: Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Disengagement in Colombia

How do individuals’ relative preferences for one side of the conflict over the other shape their evaluations of violence against civilians? An online survey experiment in Colombia suggests that people justify lenient punishments for their preferred side by characterizing their side’s violence as less harmful and less likely to be the responsibility of group leadership.

Written by on October 25, 2024