Lowell speeches are a historic Lowell tradition in which Lowell students deliver five-minute speeches after dinner in the Dining Hall during the first half of spring term. Each student speaker selects their own topic of personal significance to share with the Lowell community and works with a Lowell Senior Common Room mentor to write and deliver their speech.
Speeches begin at 7:30 PM.
Speakers and mentors: please arrive by 7:15 PM. Rehearsals are one week before speeches at 8:00 PM in the Coolidge Room. Polished drafts 750 words or less are due at rehearsals. Each speech night is coordinated by a speeches tutor: Georgia Stirtz, Chance Bonar, Bo Seo, Haim Moore, and Bes Bajraktarević.
Browse past Lowell House speeches on Vimeo.
Read the Harvard Magazine story about our speeches here.
For more information, please email Georgia at gstirtz@g.harvard.edu.
Schedule for Lowell Speeches 2024:
|
Dates |
Speakers and Mentors |
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1/31/24 |
Noah Siraj advised by Mahnum Shahzad |
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2/1/24 |
Catherine Liang advised by Sarah June |
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2/4/24 |
Alison Forchoh advised by Jennifer Kizza-Brown |
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2/5/24 |
Jaya Nayar advised by Robert Shapiro |
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2/6/24 |
Rasmee Ky advised by Bo Seo |
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2/8/24 |
Zack Foltz advised by Ryan Solís |
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2/12/24 |
Linh Vu advised by Rhea Tibrewala |
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2/14/24 |
Phoebe Barr advised by Sarah June |
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2/15/24 |
Brad Wolf advised by Sarah June |
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2/18/24 |
Catherine Huang advised by Di Ai |
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2/21/24 |
Milo Clark advised by Mahnum Shahzad |
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2/22/24 |
Kiran Ahmad advised by Kay Merseth |
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2/25/24 |
Serena Zhao advised by Kelly Miller |
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2/26/24 |
Anna Volpp advised by Mahnum Shahzad |
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2/27/24 |
Alex Chan advised by Sandy Alexander |
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2/28/24 |
Maria De Los Santos advised by Annie Park |
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2/29/24 |
Shriya Yarlagadda advised by Ryan Solís |
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3/3/24 |
Zoe Nagasawa advised by Brittany Ellis |
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3/5/24 |
Ritika Khanal advised by Sarah June |
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3/6/24 |
Uzma Issa advised by Ryan Solís |