It’s pretty complicated: 10 speakers, 10 minutes, and 10 small thoughts.

Inspired by TED Talks and motivated by what makes Harvard extraordinary—avant-garde research, brilliant professors, and penetrating ideas—FM Thinks Small will be a mesmerizing two hours, a new Harvard tradition, and an all-around exciting, revolutionary, thought-provoking, and downright MINISCULE event.

Join us in hearing:

Caroline Elkins, Professor of History; Chair of the Standing Committee on African Studies; Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethnic Studies

“Contextualizing the Limits of Ethnicity, or, White Girls Dancing to Beyonce”

Richard Beaudoin, Lecturer on Music

“‘Ploughin’, ‘Plowin’ or ‘Plowing’: The Art and Etiquette of Naming Your Playlist”

S. Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation and Member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Consultant in Audiology in the University Health Services; Clinical Professor of Neurology

“Does Piercing Just My Right Ear Have Implications About My Orientation?”

Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Member of the Faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

“An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of That Guy Who Counts Out Exact Change When There’s A Huge-Ass Line Behind Him And We’ve All Got, Like, Places to Be”

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