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SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center Seminar
October 20, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Contingency Effects of National Culture and Institutions on How Social Networks Influence Individual Creativity

Presenter: Carl F. Fey, Visiting Scholar, SCANCOR at the Weatherhead Center (fall 2026). Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship...

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Canada Seminar
October 20, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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Across the Detroit River: Why the American and Canadian White Working Class Votes Differently

Speaker: Lewis Krashinsky, William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and...

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Tuesday Seminar in Latin American Politics
October 20, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:20PM EDT
Hybrid

Escolas de Samba and Electoral Behavior under Brazil's Military Dictatorship

Speaker: Cesar Zucco, Lemann Family Foundation Professor of Brazilian Studies and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

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Latest News

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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