Radcliffe Institute, Radcliffe Yard, 10 Garden Street, Knafel Center
June 7-9, 2019
Welcome to the Little Berks! This page has all the events going on during the 2019 Little Berks. Attendees were welcome to attend them all, or not, as you like.
A note for newcomers: Most folks dress up for dinner at the Little Berks. You should decide what that means to you, but don’t be surprised if you see some super dandy ties or some beautiful dresses.
A note for all: Irving House is about an .8 mile walk to Radcliffe. Please bring shoes you can walk in. There is no shuttle between locations, but you can also easily get a taxi/Lyft between the venues, if need be. Explore the Radcliffe Institute campus map.
Since you are all members of the Berks, we encourage everyone to attend the Business Meeting on Saturday afternoon. It is an informational and working meeting, and provides a great opportunity to get to know the organization and what we work on together.
Events Schedule
Friday, June 7, 2019
3:00-6:00pm
Arrival – Irving House is the “conference” hotel for the Little Berks. People on the Program Committee are staying at the Harvard Square Hotel (110 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138). Many people are staying locally with friends or at home.
Location: Irving House, 24 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138. 617-547-4600
6:00-7:15pm
Sadada Jackson, Land Acknowledgement. (Sadada, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School with her MA in Theological Studies in Indigenous Traditions, is a member of the Natick Nipmuc tribe.)
Mary McNeil (American Studies graduate student, Harvard University) introduces Kendra Field (Associate Professor of History, Tufts University), “’Things to be Forgotten’: Time, Place, and Silence in African American Family Histories”
Location: Radcliffe Institute (Knafel Center, Radcliffe Gym), 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
7:30-9:00pm
Dinner: Radcliffe (Knafel Center, Gym)
Post dinner
games/hang out time
Location: Irving House and Harvard Square Hotel
Saturday, June 8, 2019
7:00-8:00am
Walk, if you like. Please make a plan at dinner Friday.
7:00-10:00am
Breakfast at Irving House for people staying there.
10:00am – 12:00pm
Digital Archiving and Oral History Workshop: Ellen Shea (Head of Research Services, Schlesinger Library); Kelly Anderson (Director, Archives Concentration, Smith College).
Location: Radcliffe (Knafel Center, 105)
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Free time – Explore Cambridge, Lunch on your own.
Highlighted Tours/Exhibits: Maps and postcards are available for both at registration.
- African American Trail Project (a collaborative project co-led by Kendra Field & Kerri Greenridge, Tufts)
- “Can She Do It?” Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote at the Massachusetts Historical Society
3:00-5:00pm
Business Meeting
Location: Radcliffe (Knafel Center, 105)
5:00-6:00pm – break time
6:00-7:15pm
Sadada Jackson: Land acknowledgement. Sarah Sadlier (History graduate student, Harvard University, Lakota) introduces Lisa Brooks (Professor of American Studies, Amherst College, Abenaki), “Reading the Archive of the Land.”
Location: Radcliffe (Knafel Center, Gym)
7:30 – 9:00pm
Dinner reception
Location: Radcliffe (Knafel Center, Gym)
Sunday, June 9, 2019
8:00 – 10:00am
Breakfast, Irving House
11:00am – 12:00pm
Departure
Download/print a PDF version of the Schedule for the 2019 Little Berks.
