# A Community Dialogue: Reckoning with the History of Slavery in Medicine & Higher Education #### calendar\_today Date and Time **March 3, 2026** 02:00PM - 03:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Lahey Room (Room 518), Countway Library** [10 Shattuck Street Boston, MA 02115 United States ]() [ Register arrow\_circle\_right ](https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmnK0k8Zjj2DztY) Building on our ongoing work to examine the history of slavery and its legacies at Harvard Medical School, this dialogue invites our community to reflect more broadly on how institutions of medicine and higher education across the country face these histories. Together, we will reflect on what it means to confront this past, how it continues to shape the present, and what a meaningful institutional reckoning with this history might involve. \*Note that a valid Harvard University ID will be required to attend this event. Dialogue facilitated by: **Scott Podolsky, MD** Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library **Joan Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA** Dean for Culture and Community Engagement This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Office for Culture and Community Engagement and Harvard Countway Library Center for the History of Medicine. ![Flyer for the Community Dialogue event.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-11%20at%201.50.40%20PM.png?itok=WgmBml-D) --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf A Community Dialogue - Reckoning with the History of Slavery in Higher Education - March 3, 2026.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/2026-02/A%20Community%20Dialogue%20-%20Reckoning%20with%20the%20History%20of%20Slavery%20in%20Higher%20Education%20-%20March%203%2C%202026.pdf) --- See also:- [ OCCE Event ](/event-categories/occe-event) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://occe.hms.harvard.edu/node/501/event-feed.ics) Copy link link