Following a University report that indicated the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology houses the remains of formerly enslaved people within its collections, anthropology scholars and curator advocates called on Harvard to promote conversations regarding museumsâ roles in perpetuating racism.
At the end of January, University President Lawrence S. Bacow announced the results of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology review, which found that the museumâs collections include the remains of 15 individuals of African descent who were likely alive during the time of slavery in the United States.
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and chair of the presidential initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, a University-wide effort to examine the legacy of slavery at Harvard, responded to Bacowâs announcement in a note to Radcliffe staff.
SEOUL, South Korea â A paper by Harvard Law School Japanese legal studies professor J. Mark Ramseyer that claims sex slaves taken by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II were actually recruited, contracted sex workers generated international controversy, academic criticism, and student petitions at Harvard this week.
The paper, âContracting for Sex in the Pacific War,â made headlines across South Korean media and was met with widespread public anger. Ramseyerâs work is set to be published in the March issue of the International Review of Law and Economics. Korean outlets picked up the news after Ramseyerâs paper was featured in a Jan. 28 press release in Sankei Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper.
Medical experts, cancer survivors, and philanthropists discussed the prevalence of cancer and the systemic inequities in the healthcare system during an event at the Harvard School of Public Health on Thursday to mark World Cancer Day, an international day to raise awareness about cancer.
Moderated by Pamela D. Oliver, a correspondent for Fox Sports, the panel included Chaunté Lowe, a cancer survivor and four-time Olympian; Dikembe Mutombo, an eight-time NBA all-star and humanitarian; and Ronald E. Rivera, a cancer patient and the coach of the Washington Football Team.
The event also featured three medical experts: Katrina A. Armstrong, a professor at Harvard Medical School; Meg O’Brien, vice president for Global Cancer Treatment at the American Cancer Society; and Timothy R. Rebbeck, a professor at the School of Public Health who studies cancer prevention.
In 1983, then-assistant Government professor Terry L. Karl accused fellow Government professor Jorge I. DomÃnguez of sexually harassing her.
On Thursday â nearly four decades later â University President Lawrence S. Bacow apologized to Karl in a letter accompanying the final report by an external committee tasked with determining what had allowed DomÃnguez to climb Harvardâs ranks despite multiple allegations of harassment over several decades.
âHarvard failed her,â Bacow wrote.
âI also apologize to those whose subsequent sexual harassment might have been avoided if Harvard had taken timely and appropriate actions,â he added.
Following the reportâs publication and Bacowâs letter Thursday, Karl and another woman whom DomÃnguez harassed, Charna E. Sherman â80, told The Crimson they were pleased Bacow apologized, but felt deeper systematic changes are still needed at Harvard to protect women from harassment in the future.
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âA Permissive Cultureâ: Six Takeaways on Harvardâs Failure to Prevent Decades of DomÃnguez Harassment
In a 26-page report released by the University on Thursday, an external committee reviewing sexual harassment at Harvard detailed a âpermissive culture regarding sexual harassmentâ at the school. Here are six key takeaways.
Advocates placed posters in the Center for Government and International Studies lobby in 2019 calling for an external review of the circumstances that allowed former Government professor Jorge I. DomÃnguez to sexually harass women at Harvard for nearly four decades. The results of that external probe were released Thursday.
On August 2, 1983, Henry Rosovsky, the then-dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, placed a letter in the personnel file of Government professor Jorge I. DomÃnguez following an investigation that found DomÃnguez had sexually harassed assistant Government professor Terry L. Karl.