Calendar

Thursday, 3/1/2012

Middle East Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Palestine Refugees in a Changing Middle East" Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Friday, 3/2/2012

Political Violence Workshop
9:00 am - 10:30 am "US Army Small War Doctrine and Foreign Policy: Is It Driving the Bus or Was It Thrown Under It?"

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm "Explaining Corruption: Electoral Competition and Varieties of Rent-Seeking in India" This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson...

Economic History Workshop
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm "The Welfare Impact of a New Good: The Printed Book"

Monday, 3/5/2012

Religion and Politics Seminar
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm "The Longue Durée of America’s 'Mormon Moment'"  Discussant: Noah R. Feldman Faculty Associate. Bemis Professor of...

Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm "Why is the 'Social,' Not 'Technology,' the Central Subject in African(ist) History?"   RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu if you plan to...

Tuesday, 3/6/2012

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm "The Long Shadow of Juan Domingo Perón"

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan   "Enterprise Resilience: Turning Large Scale Disruptions into Competitive Advantage" ...

Wednesday, 3/7/2012

International Law and International Relations Workshop
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm "Getting to Rights: Treaty Ratification, Constitutional Convergence, and Human Rights"

WCFIA Roundtable on World Affairs
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm "The Role of Negotiated Settlement in Ending Civil War: Aceh Versus Sri Lanka"

International Economics Workshop
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm "Sovereign Defaults and the Political Economy of Market Reaccess"

Harvard International and Global History Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Faculty Roundtable: Is All History Global?

Special Event
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm "Winds of the Wakhan: A Photographic Presentation of Northern Afghanistan"   Felix de Rosen, Harvard College '13, discusses the value...

Thursday, 3/8/2012

The Twelfth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm "Religion and Civilization in International History"   Since its inception in 2001, ConIH has developed into an annual conference,...

Friday, 3/9/2012

The Twelfth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History
9:30 am - 6:00 pm "Religion and Civilization in International History"   Since its inception in 2001, ConIH has developed into an annual conference,...

Workshop in History, Culture, and Society
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm "Geospatial Analysis and History"

Economic History Workshop
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm "Freedom Passed Us By: The Social and Economic World of a Cotton Picking Family 1950-1970"

Monday, 3/19/2012

Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm "Pharma's Key Opinion Leaders: Valuing Conflicts of Interest and Independence"   RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu if you plan to attend.

Canada Program Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Outsourced: Neoliberalism and the Fate of Our Hospitals, Healthcare Systems, and Societies"

Tuesday, 3/20/2012

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm "Subnational Undemocratic Regime Continuity after National Democratization: Evidence from Argentina and Mexico"

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Special Series on Post-Disaster Japan  

Africa Research Seminar
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm "A Day in School:  How Much Opportunity to Learn Do Schools Provide?"

WCFIA Fellows Program Special Seminar
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm "Hiroshima, the Geneva of Asia" Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.

Wednesday, 3/21/2012

Project on Justice, Welfare & Economics Seminar
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm "The Liberal Traditions in the Americas: Rights, Sovereignty, and the Latin American Origins of Liberal Multilateralism" Greg Grandin is...

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm "The Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on European Welfare States" Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

International Economics Workshop
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm "Information Frictions in Trade"

Thursday, 3/22/2012

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Panel: Policy Learning and Diffusion in Japan and the U.S.  

Friday, 3/23/2012

Political Violence Workshop
9:00 am - 10:30 am "Do Laws Ameliorate the Horrors of War? An Analysis of Compliance with the Laws of War during Civil Wars"

Postponed: Workshop in History, Culture, and Society
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Please note this talk has been rescheduled for March 30.

Monday, 3/26/2012

Religion and Politics Seminar
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm "Political Theology and Secularization in Early-Modern Europe: A Conversation"   If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan.

Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm "Life in the Fast Lane? Towards a Sociology of Technology and Time"   RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu if you plan to attend.

Special Event: The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations 2011-2012 Distinguished Visitor Seminar
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm “Rebuilding Japan after Fukushima” The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations will honor Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, President of the Rebuild Japan Initiative...

Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Russia's Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century" *Please note the change in location.

Special Event: Exhibit Viewing Reception
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm "Beautiful Resistance: Life Beyond the Wall in the West Bank"  

Canada Program Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Municipal Challenges in Canada"

Tuesday, 3/27/2012

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm "Student Protests in Chile: Wider Significance and Political Impacts"

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Panel: Japan Confronts Globalization  

Transnational Studies Initiative Workshop
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "Experimental Aesthetics at the Jewish Museum" Tamar Barzel Assistant Professor of Music, Wellesley...

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm "The Role of the Czech Republic and the other Visegrad States in the Present Developments of the EU" Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg...

Wednesday, 3/28/2012

WCFIA Roundtable on World Affairs
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm "Women, Rights, and Development: Issues and Insights"

Harvard International and Global History Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "The Emotions of George Kennan"

Thursday, 3/29/2012

Middle East Seminar
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm "The Status of the Peace Process and Application for Admission to UN Membership"

Friday, 3/30/2012

Workshop in History, Culture, and Society
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm "State Agency and Network-Self: A Relational Approach to the Historical Sociology of Japan"

Economic History Workshop
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm "The Career Cost of Family"