# News and Events ## News and Events ![John Harvard statue sitting under U.S. flag.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13021/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/2026-06/shutterstock_166548722-1-895d2231876857a1.jpeg?itok=nJrHNNAs) ### IV League Bulletin Stay updated about events and programming related to Intellectual Vitality, learn more about the importance of the initiative, and meet students, faculty, and staff who are working toward the goal of creating a culture where all our community members speak, listen, and ask questions of each other – and ourselves. [ Read the April 25, 2026 edition arrow\_circle\_right ](https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=3fcd874108d1439a4331934b6&id=61f022563a) [ View Past Editions arrow\_circle\_right ](/resource/past-editions-iv-league-bulletin) ![Light shining into Harvard Yard.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13021/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-06/gates1-0cc49d588a043bc5.jpg?itok=xaIYdmkS) ## Recent News [### (Re)Discovering Wonder at Visitas ](/news/2026/05/rediscovering-wonder-visitas) May 26, 2026 [### Under Deming, Harvard’s Intellectual Vitality Initiative Takes a New Shape ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/30/intellectual-vitality-under-deming/) April 30, 2026 [### Challenging Thought Through Thesis ](https://college.harvard.edu/about/news/challenging-thought-through-thesis) April 29, 2026 [### Ethics of Disability Accommodation ](/news/2026/04/ethics-disability-accommodation) April 22, 2026 [### Overseer Candidate Arti Garg Says Open Dialogue Key at Harvard ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/2/25/arti-garg-overseer-candidate/) February 25, 2026 [### A Special Edition of Berg Banter ](/news/2026/02/special-edition-berg-banter) February 25, 2026 [ View All News arrow\_circle\_right ](/all-news) ## Upcoming Events ## Past Events ### Spring 2026 expand\_more Tuesday, May 26, 2026 [**(Re)Discovering Wonder at Visitas**](/news/2026/05/rediscovering-wonder-visitas "(Re)Discovering Wonder at Visitas") Wednesday, April 22, 2026 [**Ethics of Disability Accommodation**](/news/2026/04/ethics-disability-accommodation "Ethics of Disability Accommodation") Thursday, February 26, 2026 [**A Special Edition of Berg Banter**](/news/2026/02/special-edition-berg-banter "A Special Edition of Berg Banter") ### Fall 2025 expand\_more Wednesday, November 12, 2025 [**The Good Life**](/news/2025/11/good-life "The Good Life") Saturday, October 25, 2025 [**Harvard Takes on Generative AI: Parents’ Weekend Intellectual Vitality Keynote**](/news/2025/10/harvard-takes-generative-ai-parents-weekend-intellectual-vitality-keynote "Harvard Takes on Generative AI: Parents’ Weekend Intellectual Vitality Keynote") Thursday, October 23, 2025 [**Independence for Sale: Unpacking Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration (Pt. II)**](/news/2025/10/independence-sale-unpacking-harvards-response-trump-administration-pt-ii "Independence for Sale: Unpacking Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration (Pt. II)") Monday, September 22, 2025 [**Independence for Sale: Unpacking Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration**](/news/2025/09/independence-sale-unpacking-harvards-response-trump-administration "Independence for Sale: Unpacking Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration") ### Spring 2025 expand\_more Monday, April 21, 2025 [**“Crises of Masculinity” with Iris Rachimimov**](/news/2025/04/crises-masculinity-iris-rachimimov "“Crises of Masculinity” with Iris Rachimimov") Monday, April 7, 2025 [**A Conversation with Robert Doar and Professor Jack Goldsmith**](/news/2025/04/conversation-robert-doar-and-professor-jack-goldsmith "A Conversation with Robert Doar and Professor Jack Goldsmith") Thursday, March 27, 2025 [**We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite, A Book Talk with Musa Al-Gharbi**](/news/2025/03/we-have-never-been-woke-cultural-contradictions-new-elite-book-talk-musa-al-gharbi "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. A Book Talk with Musa Al-Gharbi") Tuesday, February 4, 2025 [**A Night with The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper**](/news/2025/02/night-daily-shows-jordan-klepper "A Night with The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper") Monday, February 10, 2025 [**Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Citizenship**](/news/2025/02/books-open-gates-unbarred-citizenship "Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Citizenship") Thursday, February 27, 2025 [**Ethics in Your World: What We Can’t Burn with Eve Driver and Tom Osborn**](/news/2025/02/ethics-your-world-what-we-cant-burn-eve-driver-and-tom-osborn "Ethics in Your World: What We Can’t Burn with Eve Driver and Tom Osborn") ### Fall 2024 expand\_more Thursday, September 5, 2024 **Insight Spheres** Monday, October 21, 2024 [**Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Why is Harvard the Focus of So Much Political Attention**](/news/2024/11/harvard-political-spotlight-faculty-and-students-tackle-why-so-much-attention "Harvard in the Political Spotlight: Faculty and Students Tackle ‘Why So Much Attention?’ at Intellectual Vitality Books Open, Gates Unbarred Event") Tuesday, November 5, 2024 **Election Night Watch Party** Friday, November 8, 2024 **Community Soundscape Hour** Thursday, November 14, 2024 [**Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Pursuing Reconciliation After Ethnic Conflict**](/news/2024/11/books-open-gates-unbarred-pursuing-reconciliation-after-ethnic-conflict "Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Pursuing Reconciliation After Ethnic Conflict") ### Spring 2024 expand\_more Thursday, January 18, 2024 [**Harvard College and PEN America Intellectual Vitality and Free Expression Student Summit**](/news/2024/02/harvard-college-and-pen-america-intellectual-vitality-and-free-expression-student "Harvard College and PEN America Intellectual Vitality and Free Expression Student Summit") Wednesday, January 24, 2024 [**Harvard College and PEN America Intellectual Vitality and Free Expression Staff Summit**](/news/2024/02/harvard-college-and-pen-america-intellectual-vitality-and-free-expression-staff-summit "Harvard College and PEN America Intellectual Vitality and Free Expression Staff Summit") Wednesday, February 7, 2024 [**Student and Administrator Intellectual Vitality Dinner and Dialogue**](/news/2024/02/student-and-administrator-intellectual-vitality-dinner-and-dialogue "Student and Administrator Intellectual Vitality Dinner and Dialogue") Thursday, February 22, 2024 [**Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Violence and Nonviolence by the Numbers**](/news/2024/02/books-open-gates-unbarred-violence-and-nonviolence-numbers "Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Violence and Nonviolence by the Numbers") Monday, April 8, 2024 [**Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Books Open, Gates Unbarred: The University and the Limits of Free Speech**](/news/2024/04/books-open-gates-unbarred-university-and-limits-free-speech "Books Open, Gates Unbarred: The University and the Limits of Free Speech") Sunday, April 21, 2024 [**A live taping of the award-winning podcast Chinwag featuring actor Paul Giamatti and author and philosopher Stephen Asma**](/news/2024/05/chin-wag-have-chat-friendly-conversation "Chin-wag: to have a chat, a friendly conversation.") Wednesday, April 24, 2024 **Chat & Chew: Intellectual Vitality Follow-up (Session 1)** Thursday, May 16, 2024 **Chat & Chew: Intellectual Vitality Follow-up (Session 2)**