Conversations
Dr. Deirdre Barrett Brings Her Dreams to Life
Barrett likes to inhabit the spaces we can’t firmly grasp — the hours between wake and sleep, the gap between the real and unreal, the world of dreams.
Fifteen Questions: Gregory Nagy on Heroes, Tricksters, and his Achilles Tendon
The “Ancient Greek Hero” professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss what we can learn from the Ancients. “If we sweep under the rug the bad parts of the heroic world, then we won’t understand why we have to keep processing and seeing what their mistakes were, just as we try to imitate what’s good about them,” he says.
Fifteen Questions: Sheila Jasanoff on STS, Objectivity, and Alternative Facts
The professor of Science and Technology Studies sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss how she came to the field and its unique contributions to today's political landscape. “A way forward is to recognize that disputes of facts are often really disputes over the credibility, the honesty, and the integrity of the body finding the facts,” she says.
The Road to Reclamation, Reconciliation, and Reparations: A Conversation With Public Historian Hannah Scruggs
Public historian Hannah Scruggs sat with Fifteen Minutes to discuss historical sites, descendants of slavery, and Harvard's road to remedying its difficult past. “Public history can be a powerful space for connection and healing,” she says.