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CANCELED: HIGHS: Harvard International and Global History Seminar
October 21, 2026
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3:45PM - 5:45PM EDT
In Person

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled.

Palestine, Israel, and the Road to Permanent International Intervention, 1947-1949

Speaker: Derek Penslar, Faculty Associate (on leave fall 2026). William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Department of...

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Workshop in Economic Sociology
October 21, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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AI and Science, and Other Things AI

Speaker: Toby E. Stuart, Leo Helzel Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

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Middle East Seminar
October 22, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:30PM EDT
In Person

Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: What Would it Mean?

Speaker: Gary Samore, Crown Family Director, Crown Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the Practice, Brandeis University.

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New Advisory Committee Members
The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce four new members of our Advisory Committee, the external governance board that advises on strategic direction. David Battat, Paula J. Dobriansky, Juan Enriquez, and Saumitra Jha join a distinguished group of...

Press Release for "Imagine: Reflections on Peace"

Imagine: Reflections on Peace opens October 5 at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse Level, Cambridge, MA. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Imagine: Reflections on Peace, an exhibition of photographs and short films...
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