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Research Cluster on Identity and Conflict Workshop

November 5, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EST

The Shadow Sides of Rootedness. How Geographic Stability Across Generations Fosters Radical-Right Attitudes

Speaker: Andreas Wimmer, Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy, Department of Sociology, Columbia University.

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Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health

November 6, 2026
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10:00AM - 12:00PM EST

Panel on Ethnographic Writing

Speakers: Felicity Aulino, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Robert R. Desjarlais, Professor of Anthropology, Sarah Lawrence College.

Sharika Thiranagama, Professor of Anthropology...

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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...