Lecture Series

The Center currently sponsors the following lectureships:

Current Lectureships

Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture Series
The Jodidi Lecture is among the most prominent lecture series of the Weatherhead Center and is one of the most distinguished at the University. Established in 1955, the lecture series provides for the “delivery of lectures by eminent and well-qualified...
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna and Melani Cammett are seated in leather chairs and smiling at someone in the audience (off camera).

The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy
The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy was established at the Center for International Affairs in 1993 by members of the Manshel family and by many of their friends. It stands as a memorial to the Manshels’ longstanding commitment...
A large audience is listening to a man speak at a podium.

Past Lectureships

K. T. Li Lecture Series
On October 15, 1990, the Honorable K. T. Li inaugurated the Center’s first K. T. Li Lecture, with a talk entitled “Policy Formulation in a Dynamic Economy: The Experience of the ROC in Taiwan,” which reviewed the transformation of an agricultural society...

Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture Series
The Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture series was established in 1981 thanks to the generosity of Frank Boas and the Frank Boas Foundation. The series brought European leaders to Harvard to speak on issues of importance to the United States and Europe. Suspended in...