Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Music Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Music Admission/Cost: Free; no tickets required Event Contact Name: Anna Griffis Event Contact Email: anna.griffis@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-2253 Link: https://humanities.tufts.edu/international-symposium-musical-arts-africa-coit-phelps-lecture-2025 The story of the kora, one of Africa’s most iconic instruments, featuring kora player Ballaké Sissoko. Co-written and co-directed by Lucy Durán and Laurent Benhamou, this screening is part of the International Symposium on the Musical Arts of Africa (ISMAA) taking place at the Granoff Music Center March 28–29, 2025.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: 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.

Building: Anderson Auditorium City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston SMFA campus Location Details: 230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 (Anderson Auditorium) Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor Details: Thanks to Robert Nagel, Tufts University Art Galleries, the MFA Graduate Program, and the Department of Graphic Arts for their continued support of the visiting artist series. Admission/Cost: Free Event Contact Name: Sophie Cloherty Event Contact Email: sophie.cloherty@tufts.edu Please join us at the SMFA for a talk and Q&A by visiting artist Chitra Ganesh! Across a twenty-year practice, Chitra Ganesh has developed an expansive body of work rooted in drawing and painting, which has evolved to encompass animations, wall drawings, collages, computer generated imagery, video, and sculpture. Through studies in literature, semiotics, social theory, science fiction, and historical and mythic texts, Ganesh attempts to reconcile representations of femininity, sexuality, and power absent from the artistic and literary canons. She often draws on Hindu and Buddhist iconography and South Asian forms such as Kalighat and Madhubani, and is currently negotiating her relationship to these images with the rise of right wing fundamentalism in India. Open to Tufts university students, faculty, and staff.

Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 101 Multipurpose Room Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Global Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Tufts for Health Equity Event Contact Name: Daniel Giraldo Event Contact Email: daniel.giraldo@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.presence.io/event/global-health-equity-fair The Global Health Equity Fair is a dynamic event that brings together student organizations committed to advancing health equity on local and global scales. This fair serves as a platform for student-led clubs, research groups, and advocacy organizations to showcase their work, whether through community initiatives, policy advocacy, or groundbreaking research on health disparities. Each organization is given a table to engage attendees in discussions about their projects, share findings on pressing health equity issues, and inspire collaboration among like-minded students. Through interactive displays, networking opportunities, and educational materials, the fair fosters a community of change-makers dedicated to addressing systemic health inequities.

Building: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Distler Performance Hall Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: 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.

Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Medical Education Building, Tufts University School of Medicine 145 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA, 02111 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Global Engagement,Health/Wellness Event Sponsor: School of Medicine Event Sponsor Department/Area: Public Health & Community Medicine department Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Global Health Interest Group, Center for Global Public Health, Tufts One Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the Office of the Provost RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgKhZphuUIoFR7V9ppmcputRsHuB5LZCPTcnwEaJAVLnJXMw/viewform Event Contact Name: Dan Nguyen Event Contact Email: nguyen.dan@tufts.edu Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgKhZphuUIoFR7V9ppmcputRsHuB5LZCPTcnwEaJAVLnJXMw/viewform The theme for this year's Global Tufts Month is "Global Health Equity." This symposium aims to highlight the global health work done in the Boston area, shed light on how to enter a career in global health, and further educate student attendees about global health issues.  9:00–9:30 a.m. Breakfast, coffee, and check-in 9:30–10:30 a.m. Keynote speaker 10:40–11:30 a.m. Breakout Panels 11:30–12:30 p.m. Panel on USAID stop-work order and NIH funding cuts 12:30 p.m.–onwards Lunch and networking