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Upcoming Events
Psychedelics in Context: A Hybrid Conference
Nov. 12 & 13, 2024 9am to 12 pm, Swartz Hall, Room 101 (Braun Room
Hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Supported by Psychedelics in Society & Culture Initiative Funding
This conference brings together leading experts from across disciplines to examine sociocultural and ethical dimensions of the rapidly evolving field of psychedelic research and medicine.
Day 1: Policies, Philosophy, Science
Day 2: Politics, Epistemologies, Ethics
Featured News
Psychedelics for Healing
Harvard Magazine
Harvard’s I. Glenn Cohen on the use of “magic mushrooms” and other psychedelics in medicine, by Olivia Farrar.
Recent Research
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Introducing Petrie-Flom’s POPLAR and PULSE Affiliated Researchers on Psychedelics
Bill of Health // Petrie-Flom Center The Petrie-Flom Center is excited to announce our affiliated researchers for the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) and our new project, Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience (PULSE). Through research, writing, workshops, and other projects, POPLAR and PULSE affiliated researchers will provide expertise and a range of perspectives on psychedelics law and policy. We look forward to learning from them and sharing their…
Latest News
What Western medicine can learn from the ancient history of psychedelics
David Cox explores what the long history of psychedelics, drawing from traditions in the Americas and Europe, could teach contemporary medical interest in these substances. Featuring CSWR Postdoctoral Fellow Osiris González Romero on Mesoamerican histories of psilocybin mushrooms.
Introducing Petrie-Flom’s POPLAR and PULSE Affiliated Researchers on Psychedelics
The Petrie-Flom Center is excited to announce our affiliated researchers for the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) and our new project, Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience (PULSE). Through research, writing, workshops, and other projects, POPLAR and PULSE affiliated researchers will provide expertise and a range of perspectives on psychedelics law and policy. We look forward to learning from them and sharing their insights with our audiences.
Front of mind for Michael Pollan: psychedelics
What is unique to the new Harvard project, Pollan stressed, is its integration of expertise from the Divinity School and Law School as well as disciplines from across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley, will also contribute. This diversity of thought will enable researchers to pursue nonclinical applications including those in the religious realm.
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