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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is dedicated to creating and sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, through its annual Fellowship Program. Resources on gender and society abound in the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Through its Academic Ventures program, the Institute fosters collaborative research projects and sponsored lectures and conferences that engage scholars with the public. A number of Institute Fellows have contributed to the development of global health learning at Harvard, and the Institute has welcomed and co-sponsored colloquia and related events that engage faculty and students in global health and global learning.

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Featured Resource

The Schlesinger Library at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute puts together research guides for a variety of topics related to the history of women in America. This research guide focuses on activists who fought to address violence against women.

Featured Event

On March 14, the Radcliffe Institute hosted a talk with Swathi Veeravalli, the director of climate change and adaptation at the White House National Security Council. This presentation, part of a lecture series on climate change, discussed how climate change affects global security and how the United States might respond to mitigate security risks while also ensuring an equitable distribution of resources.