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Gone are the days when most forced international migration occurred along well-charted and predictable routes. People fleeing war, violence, climate related disaster, and other threats to their lives now routinely lack any official humanitarian assistance. Instead they are forced to resort to tortuous and improvised itineraries which not only expose them to serious, even life-threatening risk, but also bring them face to face with frontline host populations ill-equipped to receive and sustain them. Yet, despite their lack of...

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The Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy (PE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic, and political systems and how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual...

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This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global history. It is part of History 2950A/B, Approaches to Global History, and includes both reading sessions designed for graduate students and research sessions open to the interested public during which students and faculty participants will present current research. Faculty participants are drawn from a number of schools, and, most especially, from the group of fellows in global...

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The seminar serves as a forum for discussing new research in the field of International Relations (IR). The series meets three to four times per semester and features presentations of ongoing research from visiting speakers working in political science and related fields. The seminar features methodologically diverse presentations on developments across the study of IR, from international security to international organizations to international political economy. The series is cosponsored by the Weatherhead Center for...

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The Culture and Social Analysis Workshop is a forum where social scientists studying culture come together to discuss their empirical research and reflect on the future of the field. The workshop provides budding scholars of culture with an opportunity to discuss their work in progress, interact with leading researchers in the field, and think through central...

This seminar is open to Harvard affiliates and members of the Cambridge and Boston academic community. Members of the public may attend only upon receiving specific permission from the chairs.

The Workshop in History, Culture, and Society provides a forum for the presentation of interdisciplinary scholarship in history across the social sciences. The workshop invites graduate students and faculty in the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to present work on historical topics. The social sciences differ...

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The Tuesday Seminar Series brings together Harvard faculty and graduate students, visiting scholars, and scholars from institutions around the world to present their research and discuss the current state of Latin America. 

The series is cochaired by Alisha Holland, assistant professor of government; Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paolo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government; and Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and professor of government. This series is presented by the David...

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The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Circle at Harvard is a weekly colloquium series fostering interdisciplinary conversations about contemporary issues in science and technology that are relevant to people in fields including anthropology, history, history of science, sociology, STS, law, government, public policy, the natural sciences, engineering, and...

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The Program on US-Japan Relations holds a weekly seminar that is open to the University community and the general public. Speakers include leading faculty and experts from Harvard and other universities in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere who have made significant contributions to the Program's research areas. Seminars feature a discussion period and are attended on average by fifty faculty members, students, and researchers from Harvard and from the greater Boston-Cambridge community.

Unless otherwise indicated,...

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The Political Violence Workshop brings together graduate students and faculty from the Harvard and Cambridge/Boston area who are working on issues related to political violence and international security, including revolutions, coups, civil wars, ethnic conflict, terrorism, and repression. One objective is to develop a cohesive community of scholars focusing on related research. The second objective is to share and develop new research, and to provide direct training and feedback for advanced graduate students working in the...

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As Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, undergoes some of the most significant social transformations and challenges in its history, its importance in the global political, economic, and social order is becoming increasingly recognized. This monthly seminar explores the future of Nigeria's engagement with the world community. It serves as a forum for scholars, researchers, policy makers, professionals, and members of the Cambridge and greater Boston community to reflect on and engage with critical issues pertaining...

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The cosponsored WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar, as it has developed since its inception in 1975, has focused on the political, economic, and social conditions in the Middle East. Because of the region's rich history and its cultural and social impact throughout the world, events in the Middle East have enormous ripple effects globally. Through presentations by scholars and practitioners, the seminar seeks to analyze the impact of such factors as poverty, gender, refugees, peacemaking, institution building, economic...

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South Asia's economic and strategic relevance has grown significantly in recent years. While scholars often note India's economic resurgence and South Asia's struggle with terror, the region offers much more that is of enormous intellectual and scholarly interest.

Among the important questions of politics, economics, and security in South Asia, the seminar continues to focus on...

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The Seminar in International Economics (Economics 3108) covers a broad spectrum of recent theoretical and empirical research on international trade, capital markets, monetary arrangements, and sovereign debt. Examples of recent topics include monetary unions, global financial adjustment, causes of...

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The 2023–2024 Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution explores conflict-resolution efforts domestically and worldwide. The seminar considers ways to strengthen the capacity to prevent, resolve, and transform international conflicts. The topics this year include the war in Ukraine and its impact on domestic, regional, and global politics and economics; US-Russian relationship; China and US relations; the role of the 2024 election on domestic and global conflicts; and more. Speakers include...