"The 'Industrial Experience' in Mass Culture: Railways, Simulations, and the Early American Amusement Park"

Speaker:

Charles Gaillard, PhD Candidate in History and Theory of Architecture, Harvard University.

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"'Man Has Escaped His Head': Georges Bataille, Walter Otto, and the Antifascist Avant-Garde"

Speaker:

Nate Herter, PhD Candidate in Classical Philology, Department of the Classics, Harvard University.

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"'The Fearful Imagination': Fiction and Politics in Contemporary China"

Speaker:

David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.... Read more about Cultural Politics Seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (In Person)

"Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Mariupol Greeks: Transnational Tensions, Cultural Politics, History"

Speaker:

Tetiana Liubchenko, Associate Professor of Greek Linguistics, Kyiv National Linguistic University.... Read more about Cultural Politics Seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (In Person)

"France/Kafka: The Politicization of a Cultural Icon"

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Speaker:

John T. Hamilton, William R. Kenan Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University.

Contact:

Alberto Parisi
albertoparisi@g.harvard.edu

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"The Hidden Paradox of Education and Democracy: Political Mobilization and Education Quality in Democratic Regimes"

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Speaker:

Aurelio Nuño, Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Former Minister of Education, Mexico; Former Chief of Staff, President of Mexico; Cofounder, EMTECH.

Contact:

Alberto Parisi
albertoparisi@g.harvard.edu

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"Social Acceleration, the Democratic Archive, and the Role of Remembering in Political Decision-making"

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Speaker:

Andreas Schäfer, Visiting Professor, Humboldt University of Berlin; Visiting Scholar, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Alberto Parisi
albertoparisi@g.harvard.edu

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"Engaging Influential Politics: Queer Activism on Social Media Platforms"

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Speaker:

Elliott Tilleczek, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto.

Contact:

Alberto Parisi
albertoparisi@g.harvard.edu

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"The Republic of Z: Putin’s Hyperreal War"

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Speaker:

Nathan Goldstone, PhD Candidate, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.

Contact:

Alberto Parisi
albertoparisi@g.harvard.edu

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"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

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"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

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“Transnational Visions of Judicious Integration: The Curious Fates of a Recessive Diplomatic Tradition"

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Speaker:

George Kalpadakis, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University; Assistant Researcher, Modern Greek History Research Center (KEINE), Academy of Athens.

Contact:

Ilana Freedman
ifreedman@g.harvard.edu

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"The Classical Past as Cultural Capital: Transcultural Perspectives"

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Speaker:

Ilana Freedman, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Harvard University.

Contact:

Ilana Freedman
ifreedman@g.harvard.edu

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

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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

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"Rites of Nation in Crosscultural Contexts: Exploring The Effect of National Rituals in Israel and the U.S."

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Speaker:

Yossi Harpaz, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel-Aviv University.

Contact:

Ilana Freedman
ifreedman@g.harvard.edu

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