Past Events

2021 Dec 17

Herbert C. Kelman Seminar (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"This Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speaker:

Peter Coleman, Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University.

Contact:

Donna Hicks
dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu

Remote Access Information:

To join by computer:

https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vKo-Kh6ISI6DjOvBa3bTOw

Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the meeting link and password.
2021 Dec 16

Nigeria in the World Seminar (Zoom)

1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"Getting Justice for the #EndSARS Movement, and the Future of Civil Resistance in Nigeria"

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Speaker:

Obianuju Catherine Udeh (DJ Switch), Nigerian disk jockey, musician, and creative producer.

Contacts:

Jacob Olupona
Olupona@fas.harvard.edu

Darren Kew
Darren.kew@umb.edu

Co-sponsored by UMass Boston's Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD).

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 13

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Zoom)

9:15am to 10:45am
Location:
Online Only
Panel: "Japan, the U.S., and Economic-Security Policy Linkages in the Taiwan Strait"

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Panelists:

Tain Jy Chen, Professor of Economics, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science; Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University.

Sadamasa Oue, Senior Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative; Lt. Gen. (retired), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of Political Science, Davidson College.

Daniel Russel, Vice President, International Security and Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI).

Moderator:

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. This seminar is part of the Special Series on Policy Innovations in Crises, supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP).

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 09

Project on Shi'ism & Global Affairs Seminar (Zoom)

2:00pm to 3:15pm
Location:
Online Only
"Betwixt and Between Culture and Religion: Hosay as a Universal Phenomenon"

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Speaker:

Frank J. Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University.

Moderator:

Payam Mohseni, Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs. Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Payam Mohseni
pmohseni@fas.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 08

Mexico Seminar: The Local and the Territorial in Mexican National Politics

6:00pm to 7:15pm
Location:
Online Only
"Mexico Seminar: The Local and the Territorial in Mexican National Politics"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speakers:

Sergio Aguayo, Professor of International Studies, El Colegio de México; Visiting Scholar, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University.

María Marván, Researcher and Academic Secretary, Institute for Juridical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Moderator:

Diane Davis, Faculty Associate. Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 08

WCFIA Book Launch (Zoom)

4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom (registration required)

Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions with Coeditor Annette Idler

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required for this Zoom webinar.

Fifty years after US President Nixon declared the war on drugs, this “war” has failed to significantly reduce the scale or impact of illicit drug production and trafficking. Yet consensus on the way forward is missing from the international policy debate: some states have introduced national reforms; others continue to champion militarized approaches. We are at a crossroads. How to tackle the complex causes and consequences that this war is intended to address? Challenging conventional thinking in defense and security sectors, Transforming the War on Drugs constitutes the first comprehensive and systematic effort to theoretically, conceptually, and empirically investigate the effects of the international drug control regime’s war on drugs. The volume unpacks the dynamics behind illicit drug markets, the fluid motivations of “warriors,” and the evolving consequences for “victims” of this war—the lines between warriors and victims often being blurred.... Read more about WCFIA Book Launch (Zoom)
2021 Dec 06

Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Seminar (Zoom)

2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"The Future of the Past: Searching for a Usable History across Time and Space"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speaker:

Stephen Ortega, Associate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Associate Professor, Department of History, Simmons College.

Contact:

Ilana Freedman
ifreedman@g.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 06

Political Violence Workshop (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"Violence as Work"

Speaker:

María José Méndez, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.

Contact:

Kevin Troy
kevintroy@g.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 06

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"High-Tech Alliance: Pursuing Economic Security through Closer U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Collaboration"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speaker:

James L. Schoff, Senior Director, US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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2021 Dec 03

Harvard-Brown-MIT Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:45pm
Location:
Online Only
"How do Gender Quotas Impact Accountability?"

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Speaker:

Zuheir Desai, Assistant Professor, School of Global and Public Affairs, IE University.

Contact:

Grace Cardogno
grace_cardogno@brown.edu

Co-sponsored by the Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University and the MIT Center for International Studies.

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"Getting Justice for the #EndSARS Movement, and the Future of Civil Resistance in Nigeria"

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"Betwixt and Between Culture and Religion: Hosay as a Universal Phenomenon"

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"Mexico Seminar: The Local and the Territorial in Mexican National Politics"

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Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions with Coeditor Annette Idler

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"The Future of the Past: Searching for a Usable History across Time and Space"

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"Violence as Work"

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