IV League Bulletin
Welcome to the IV 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 Past Issues of the IV League Bulletin
Books Open, Gates Unbarred
The dinner and dialogue series, inspired by Seamus Heaney’s poem, features monthly Faculty Club dinners where students hear faculty discuss current issues. Students then continue the conversation among themselves. They leave with faculty-authored books to further their exploration
Recent News
- Ethics in Your World: What We Can’t Burn with Eve Driver and Tom Osborn
- Administrative Reports Won’t Make Students Speak Their Minds
- Free Speech is Dead at Harvard. I Doubt It’s Returning Anytime Soon.
- It’s Our Turn To Save Harvard’s Speech Culture
- Most Harvard Students Do Not Feel Comfortable Sharing Controversial Opinions in Class, Survey Finds
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Spring 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
A Night with The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper
Monday, February 10, 2025
Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Citizenship
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Ethics in Your World: What We Can’t Burn with Eve Driver and Tom Osborn
Fall 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Insight Spheres
Monday, October 21, 2024
Books Open, Gates Unbarred: Why is Harvard the Focus of So Much Political Attention
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
Spring 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
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
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Student and Administrator Intellectual Vitality Dinner and Dialogue
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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
Sunday, April 21, 2024
A live taping of the award-winning podcast Chinwag featuring actor Paul Giamatti and author and philosopher Stephen Asma
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Chat & Chew: Intellectual Vitality Follow-up (Session 1)
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Chat & Chew: Intellectual Vitality Follow-up (Session 2)