Press releases

New 2023–2024 Cohort for Weatherhead Scholars Program

June 23, 2023
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is pleased to announce the 2023–2024 scholars and fellows of the Weatherhead Scholars Program (WSP). The twenty-seven members of the cohort consist of ten postdoctoral researchers, seven visiting scholars, and ten practitioner fellows. They hail from across the globe and across disciplines, including peace and conflict specialists from Afghanistan, Ireland, and Nigeria; career diplomats from Canada, Korea, and Poland; and researchers of urban design, migration, and economics. This year we are particularly pleased to announce the inaugural Moulay Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellow, Asmaa Elgamal, whose work will focus on Morocco’s colonial regime and contemporary green development. Read more in the press release

Weatherhead Center Director Michèle Lamont Awarded Erasmus Prize 2017

February 20, 2017

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The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is delighted to announce that its Director, Michèle Lamont, has been awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize. One of Europe’s most illustrious recognitions, the prize honors individual or group contributions to European culture, society or social science. The prize is named after Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch Renaissance humanist, and the awards ceremony will be held in November at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. It comes with an award of 150,000 Euros.

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