Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Arts,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Global Engagement,Humanities,Music,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Center for Humanities at Tufts, Department of Music RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdF91ogr6RejKaMuUfkJaVwpNO_qa3x6Rz8SfQCmnjfvBY2Qw/viewform Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper Event Contact Email: amanada.pepper@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 2037639353 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/international-symposium-musical-arts-africa-coit-phelps-lecture-2025 Join us March 28 and 29 for a dialogue between communities of practice and communities of learning—an interface between orality and literacy—in the context of African music and its research. African musical arts on the continent are as vibrant and diverse as the societies and communities whose creativity and performances enliven life in both temporal and non-temporal domains. As a form of communication, African musical arts operate within a larger framework of orality where musical sounds and expressions constitute symbolic and living curricula, which consistently generate knowledge systems about the African worldview. Orality, however, does not imply lack of literacy, as songs, instrumental accompaniment, storytelling, epic poems, instrumental music, and the physical body of musical instruments indexes literacy in subtle and intricate ways. Ultimately, the International Symposium on the Musical Arts of Africa (ISMAA) will foster crucial dialogues on critical issues, including the imbalanced power dynamics between researchers and African communities, the persistent challenge for African societies to access scholarship produced in the West, and “research fatigue” among African communities, which occurs when Africans become uncomfortable and less receptive toward Western academics.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Approximate date (moon dependent).  Also known as the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. One of the two main Islamic festivals (the other is Eid al-Adha), this day celebrates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. It comes on the first day of the next lunar month, Shawal. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Building: Cabot Intercultural Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: ASEAN Auditorium Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Event Sponsor: The Fletcher School Event Contact Name: Sara Rosales Laverty Link: https://forms.monday.com/forms/d60d793a14b6e771ee999b3709e0b1f3?r=use1 David Grann is an award-winning New Yorker writer and the bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager. In his talks, Grann explores his creative process—from what initially inspires him to investigate a story to his painstaking research and then links the (often) forgotten histories to their relevance to today.

Campus: Off-campus Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends,Faculty,Parents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Health/Wellness,Medicine,Social Justice/Human Rights Event Sponsor Details: Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice RSVP Information: https://bmhc.vfairs.com/ Event Contact Name: Judith Jeanty Event Contact Email: Judith.Jeanty@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-636-3847 Link: https://bmhc.vfairs.com/ Be part of history at the 8th Annual Black Maternal Health Conference, happening April 4–5, 2025! This year, we’re diving into the groundbreaking theme: "Centering on the Role of Fathers in Addressing Maternal Health Inequities."  What’s in store: Powerful keynotes from leading voices. Fireside chat with policymakers, clinicians, and advocates. Bold discussions on the transformative role of fathers in saving the lives of Black mothers and babies   Don’t miss this chance to connect, learn, and act. Register today!

Building: SMFA Campus Location: Boston SMFA campus City: Boston, MA 02115 Building: SMFA Campus: Boston SMFA campus Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Arts,Community Celebration,Dental Medicine,Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence,Education,Engineering/Technology,Global Engagement,Health/Wellness,Humanities,Innovation,International Affairs,Medicine,Music,Politics/Policy/Law,Public Service/Government,Religion/Spirituality,Science,Social Justice/Human Rights,Sustainability/Climate,Theater/Dance,Veterinary Medicine Event Sponsor: School of the Museum of Fine Arts,Tufts University Speaker Name: Daniela Rivera Event Contact Email: researchdevelopment@tufts.edu Link: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/arts-society-dialogues SMFA at Tufts is teaming up with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Corporate and Foundation Relations to host a spring event featuring wide-ranging, interdisciplinary dialogues across the arts and contemporary society. Welcoming keynote speaker Daniela Rivera, this event aims to create new connections among Tufts faculty, artists, and students through thought-provoking panels, immersive demonstrations, engaging exhibits, and focused "provocations and conversations" sessions on themes such as risk, materiality, and sound. Open to the entire Tufts community, this is a unique opportunity to explore and exchange groundbreaking ideas.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: No Link: https://tufts.app.box.com/s/pez8sv6jxhceh34dulqzdvqrg2o4vtqj Isis Settles is Professor of Psychology and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. She received her BA from Harvard College and her PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Settles taught at Michigan State University for 15 years in the Department of Psychology. Using an interdisciplinary, intersectional framework, her research focuses on two related processes: the experiences, perceptions, and consequences of unfair treatment directed at devalued social group members, especially Black people and women; and protective factors and coping strategies used by members of devalued social groups to counteract experiences of mistreatment, especially those protective factors related to group identity (e.g., racial identity). Two major research projects she is currently working on are an examination of the experiences of faculty of color in academia and the role of diversity in interdisciplinary team dynamics.