{"id":38,"date":"2026-02-23T11:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlsorgs3stg.wpenginepowered.com\/ai\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:33:13","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/ai\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#FAF7F1;padding:88px 24px\">\n  <div style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto\">\n    <div style=\"font-family:ui-monospace,Menlo,monospace;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#A51C30\">Events<\/div>\n    <div style=\"display:none\" data-aia-hidden=\"calendar-pending\">\n<h2 style=\"color:#1A1A1E;font-size:clamp(26px,3.4vw,36px);font-weight:500;margin:12px 0 16px\">What&#8217;s coming up<\/h2>\n    <p style=\"color:#6E6A64;font-size:17px;max-width:60ch;margin:0 0 24px\">Speaker events, reading groups, and workshops. Lunch at most of them. Our events are open to all of Harvard.<\/p>\n    <div style=\"margin-bottom:44px\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/render?cid=c_e97b7b188aa7d28bbf2750e09680f6b900ffc80ef14ddc6d6e6cd891b6db6431%40group.calendar.google.com\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#A51C30;color:#fff;padding:13px 26px;margin:0 8px 8px 0;border-radius:3px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none\">Subscribe to our calendar<\/a>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/ical\/c_e97b7b188aa7d28bbf2750e09680f6b900ffc80ef14ddc6d6e6cd891b6db6431%40group.calendar.google.com\/public\/basic.ics\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:1px solid #C9C2B6;color:#1A1A1E;padding:12px 26px;margin:0 8px 8px 0;border-radius:3px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none\">Download (.ics)<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin:0 0 52px\">\n\n<p style=\"color:#6B6660;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;margin:10px 0 0\">All of our events are on this calendar. 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