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BAC Lecture Series

All lectures are open to the public, and we hope you join us to learn from these incredible speakers.

Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25, Co-founder and Principal architect of EMBT Architects. Photo Credit: Sergi Alcazar.

Cascieri Lectureship in the Humanities

The Cascieri Lecture takes place as part of the Spring Lecture Series.

Cascieri Hall filled with people waiting a presentation.

Student Lecture Series

More 2026 Fall Lecture Series Info Coming Soon!

Kongjian Yu (left), Dean and Professor, Peking University, Founder and Design Principal, Turenscape. Photo by Turenscape; and Charles Waldheim (right), John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Photo by: Francois Robert.

Maurice F. Childs Memorial Lectureship

The Child's Memorial Lecture takes place as part of the Fall Lecture Series.

Upcoming Fall 2026 Lectures

Ignacio Cardona. Photo by Carolina Izquiel.

Restorative Community Design: Narratives of Justice Across Territories

Speaker: Ignacio A. Cardona

2026 Fall Lecture Series: Just Practices

J. Davis Harte, PhD, WELL AP, TiD-P, Director and Faculty, BAC Design for Human Health in the School of Design Studies.

Rooms that Remember Safety: Trauma-informed Design

Speaker: J. Davis Harte

2026 Spring Lecture Series: Just Narratives

Dr. Tatjana Crossley, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Design, Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Virtual Reality, the Body, and the Architecture of Experience

Speaker: Dr. Tatjana Crossley

Dr. Tatjana Crossley, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Design, Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Healing Spaces

34th Cascieri Speaker:
Benedetta Tagliabue, Hon'25

Antonio DiMambro, FAIA.

Parco San Giuliano: Reknitting Mestre-Venice and Its Lagoon

Speaker: Antonio DiMambro

Eric Höweler, FAIA, of Höweler and Yoon Architecture, LLP. Photo Credit: Conor Doherty.

ScreenTime: Architecture, Attention, and Atmosphere

Speaker: Eric Höweler

Dana McKinney White, Assistant Professor of Urban Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Co-Founder, enFOLD Collective; Founder, Studio KINN. Photo Credit: Maggie Janik.

Listening as Practice: Building Justice through Community-Informed Design

Speaker: Dana McKinney White