Radcliffe College lives on as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, founded in 1999. This is the institute that fosters interdisciplinary research across the humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts, and professions. Founded in 1999 as the successor of Radcliffe College — originally a women's college affiliated with Harvard — the Radcliffe Institute brings together fellows, collaborative projects, and a library dedicated to women's history.
Its three programs shape daily life here. The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a highly selective fellowship that supports the work of 50 artists and scholars each year. The Academic Ventures program is for collaborative research projects and hosts lectures and conferences.
And the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America documents the lives of American women of the past and present for the future. The institute often hosts book talks and other public events, and it is a member of the Some Institutes for Advanced Study consortium. You are also standing where a predecessor began: the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study was founded in 1961 by Mary Bunting, and since 2018 Tomiko Brown-Nagin has served as dean.
Picture 50 artists and scholars passing through these fellowship halls each year, alongside the Schlesinger Library.