#  2026 Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 9, 2026** 

 02:00PM - 03:30PM EDT 

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 **Waterhouse Room, Gordon Hall**  

 [25 Shattuck Street  
Boston, MA 02115  
United States



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*“How to be a Confident Pluralist”*

**Guest speaker:**  
**Danielle Allen, PhD**  
James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University  
Director, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at Harvard Kennedy School  
Director, Democratic Knowledge Project-Learn at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

**About the speaker**:

Danielle Allen is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy as well as a seasoned nonprofit leader, democracy advocate, tech ethicist, distinguished author, and mom. She is a contributing columnist at *The Atlantic* magazine and was the 2020 winner of the Library of Congress' Kluge Prize. Her many books also include the widely acclaimed *Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality*; Cuz: T*he Life and Times of Michael A.; Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus*; and *Justice by Means of Democracy*. Her forthcoming book, *The Radical Duke*, is due out with Liveright/Norton in 2026.

**About the Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture**:

The Howard, Dorsey, Still Lecture is named for the first three African-Americans who graduated from Harvard Medical School: Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard, MD, Class of 1869, Thomas Graham Dorsey, MD, Class of 1869, and James Thomas Still, MD, Class of 1871.

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