Centerpiece: Fall 2022

Student Programs

2022–2023 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows 

The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2022–2023 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its twelfth year, this grant initiative is made possible by the generosity of the Honorable Kenneth I. Juster, Harvard and Weatherhead Center alum, member of...

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In Memoriam

Henry Rosovsky, 1927–2022

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Henry Rosovsky, former acting University president and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), passed away on November 11, 2022, at age 95. In 1986, during his tenure as FAS...

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Dispatches: Undergraduate Researchers in the Field

Every spring, a select group of Harvard College students receive travel grants from the Weatherhead Center to support their thesis field research on topics related to international affairs. We selected seventeen exceptional undergraduates whose research we will support financially as well as in other ways, from helping revise research methods to planning projects that don’t require travel. The Weatherhead Center has encouraged these Undergraduate Associates to take advantage of the Center’s research community by connecting with graduate students, faculty,...

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New Books

Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective

By Hicham Alaoui

This book provides a new theory for how democracy can materialize in the Middle East, and the broader Muslim world. It shows that one pathway to democratization lays not in...

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Of Note

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Panagiotis Roilos Appointed as President of the European Cultural Center of Delphi

Faculty Associate Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, was recently elected...

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Message from the Director

Erez ManelaThis fall, I was honored to step into the role of acting director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs as our director, Melani Cammett, takes a well-earned sabbatical. I welcome the opportunity to work more closely with our amazing staff, especially at a time when the Center,...

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Fall 2022, Volume 37 Number 1

Image of the front cover of the CenterpieceThe fall 2022 issue of Centerpiece highlights the Center's recent activities, including program updates, feature articles, new books, and more. The Center's acting director, Erez Manela, shares updates for the WCFIA in the Message from the Director column. Four of our Undergraduate Associates detail their summer travel experiences abroad doing thesis research in our annual Dispatches feature. Graduate Student Associate Gbemisola Abiola writes our second feature article on internally displaced people in Borno, Nigeria, who have fled their homes in the wake of violence from Boko Haram. The Weatherhead Scholars Program update shares details on the plethora of fall activities cluster affiliates have enjoyed. We announce the newly awarded Kenneth I. Juster Fellows in our Student Programs update. Finally, we mourn the loss of Henry Rosovsky, a beloved and longtime Harvard professor, former dean, former president, and founder of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.... Read more about Fall 2022, Volume 37 Number 1