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2022 Jun 03

Special Event | Weatherhead Scholars Program (Zoom)

8:30am to 12:30pm
Location:
Online via Zoom
“The Future of Sanctions: Law & Diplomacy”

Organized by Weatherhead Scholars Program Fellow (2021–2022) and Consul General Arnaud Mentré and cosponsored by the Consulate of France in Boston and Georgetown Law.

Over the last 30 years, the use of economic sanctions has become one of the most significant developments in the foreign policy of the United States and, more recently, of the European Union and its Member States. Sanctions have been used in a variety of international crises, with growing political and economic impact, as...
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2022 Jun 02

Special Event | Weatherhead Scholars Program (Zoom)

8:30am to 2:30pm
Location:
Online via Zoom
“The Future of Sanctions: Law & Diplomacy”

Organized by Weatherhead Scholars Program Fellow (2021–2022) and Consul General Arnaud Mentré and cosponsored by the Consulate of France in Boston and Georgetown Law.

Over the last 30 years, the use of economic sanctions has become one of the most significant developments in the foreign policy of the United States and, more recently, of the European Union and its Member States. Sanctions have been used in a variety of international crises, with growing political and economic impact, as...
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2022 May 31

Cultural Politics Seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Zoom)

1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"Mobility, Migration and Climate Change”

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Speaker:

Etienne Piguet, Professor, Institute of Geography of the University of Neuchâtel; Vice-President, Swiss Federal Commission on Migration (CFM/EKM).

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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2022 May 20

Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Zoom)

1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"How do Variations of Nationalism affect Variations in Domestic and International Conflict?"

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Speaker:

Benny Miller, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Full Professor of International Relations, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa.

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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2022 May 20

Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"Bringing Theory to Practice and Practice to Theory: A Story of a Mediation Program in North Central Nigeria"

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Speaker:

Rebecca Wolfe, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of International Policy & Development, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.

Contact:

Donna Hicks
dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu

Remote Access Information:

To join by computer:

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/kelman-wolfe-theory-practice-theory/

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

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2022 May 18

Nigeria in the World Seminar (Zoom)

12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Online Only
“Challenges Facing the Nigerian Judiciary and Bar for National Security and Development”

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Speaker:

A. B. Mahmoud, Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

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).

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2022 May 13
The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam (Zoom)
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

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1:00PM - 2:30PM EDT | Panel 5: Shi’a Identities and Politics in the Modern Levant and Turkey

"Ambiguity and Interfaith Dialogues: Making and Unmaking Bonds between the Isma'ili Druze and the Twelver Shi'a in Lebanon"
Rula Abisaab, McGill University.

"Lebanese Shi'a and Hezbollah: A Mutually Impacting Relationship"
Aurelie Daher, Paris-Dauphine University.

"Becoming a Minority: Alawites and Identity Politics in Syria"
Aghiad Ghanem, Sciences Po.

"State-Religion Relations and Alevis in Turkey"
Mustafa Sen, Middle East Technical University.

"Baba Rexheb and the Bektashi Order: Between Sufism and Shi'ism"
Seyed Amir Hossein Asghari, Indiana University.

Moderator: Payam Mohseni, Harvard University.

2:30PM EDT | Closing Remarks

For more information, please visit the symposium website.

Contact:

Payam Mohseni
pmohseni@fas.harvard.edu

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2022 May 13

Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health (Zoom)

10:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"The Sky Is Falling"

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Speaker:

Entang Wiharso, artist.

Discussant:

Christine Cocca, Director, Black Goat Studios.

Contact:

Sadeq Rahimi
Sadeq_Rahimi@hms.harvard.edu

This seminar is cosponsored by the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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2022 May 12
The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam (Zoom)
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

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2:00PM - 3:30PM EDT | Panel 4: Comparative Approaches towards Shi’a Theology and Philosophy

"Ismaili and Sufi Doctrines of Messianic Age, 4^th-7^th/10^th-13^th Centuries"
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

"Paradigms of Ethics in the Twelver Shii Tradition: A Schematic Approach"
Nicholas Boylston, Seattle University.

"Islamic Theology in Thirty Topics: A Zaydi contribution to Islamic thought"
Scott Lucas, University of Arizona.

"Survival and Loss: the Preservation and Recovery of the Arabic Legacy of Ismaili (Fatimid) Shiism in Modern Times"
Paul Walker, University of Chicago.

Moderator: Gurdofarid Miskinzoda, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

For more information, please visit the symposium website.

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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2022 May 11
The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam (Zoom)
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

1:00PM - 2:30PM EDT | Panel 3: Ismaili Traditions in Central and South Asia

"Central Asian Ismailis and their Traditions"
Dagi Dagiev, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

"Ismaili History and Traditions in Afghanistan: A Sociological and Historical Analysis"
Yahia Baiza, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

"Tradition and Ta'wil in the Construction of Bohra Identity in South Asia"
Sumaiya Hamadani, George Mason University.

"Kalām-i Hazrat Sūltānil Aulīā or Kalām-e Maulā, a Satpanth Lyrical Text: Shared Heritage of Khoja Sunnis, Khoja Ithna 'Asharis and Ismailis from South Asia"
Hussain Jasani, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

"Bohra Ritual Life: Everyday Practices and the Sacred Materiality of Objects"
Olly Akkerman, Freie Universität Berlin.

Moderator: Ali Asani, Harvard University.

For more information, please visit the symposium website.

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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“The Future of Sanctions: Law & Diplomacy”

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"Mobility, Migration and Climate Change”

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"How do Variations of Nationalism affect Variations in Domestic and International Conflict?"

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"Bringing Theory to Practice and Practice to Theory: A Story of a Mediation Program in North Central Nigeria"

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“Challenges Facing the Nigerian Judiciary and Bar for National Security and Development”

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"The Sky Is Falling"

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"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

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