Photos: Events
WCFIA Program and
Student Program Events
The Weatherhead Center hosts seven formal programs
that link faculty and affiliates working in similar research
areas. In addition, nurturing the research of graduate
and undergraduate students is one of the Weatherhead
Center’s highest priorities. The Center helps students financially
and intellectually by supporting their research
and by encouraging and facilitating meaningful collaboration
between students and other Center affiliates
including faculty, Fellows, and visiting scholars. In addition,
the Center encourages students to participate in its
seminars and conferences.
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/funding/student
- The Fellows Program gathers on October 25, 2012, for a photo following a special meeting with Vice Admiral Scott H. Swift, US 7th Fleet Commander. Photo credit: Kristin Caulfield
- The Center for History and Economics welcomes the 2012–2013 Prize Fellows. CHE director, Emma Rothschild. Photo credit: Megan Countey
- The Center for History and Economics welcomes the 2012–2013 Prize Fellows. CHE affiliates and Prize Fellows mingle. Photo credit: Megan Countey
- Nancy Khalil, director of Undergraduate Programs, speaks to a Harvard student during the Undergraduate Open House Reception in February. Photo credit: Megan Countey
WCFIA Seminars and Conferences
The Weatherhead Center hosts twenty-four seminars
that are open to the public. A constant stream of distinguished
presenters enriches discussion and the exchange
of ideas for more than 300 Center affiliates and
the general public.
Subscribe to the Weekly Calendar Email List www.wcfia.harvard.edu or visit www.wcfia.harvard.edu/calendar
- On November 5, 2012, the Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution presented “Covering Conflict: War, Storytelling, and the Impact of Witnessing Violence.” The seminar explored the emotional toll of war, how trauma affects brain and body alike, and what it takes to witness and narrate violent struggle in the world. The seminar was moderated by Associate Donna Hicks, and speakers included Finbarr O’Reilly, Reuters photographer and Nieman Fellow, and Bessel A. van der Kolk, medical director at the Boston Trauma Center. Photo credit: Megan Countey
- The Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People conference took place on November 16–17, 2012. It was the first collective enterprise to place the Pacific squarely within the paradigms of the new oceanic history and to bring together leading historians and anthropologists who have made signal contributions to the new histories of the Pacific. Pictured are speakers Christina Thompson, author, and Joyce E. Chaplin, the James Duncan Phillips Professor of History at Harvard University. Photo credit: Megan Countey
- The Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics engages faculty, visiting scholars, graduate students, and invited guests to present their research on contemporary issues in Latin America. On November 6, 2012, the seminar presented “The 2012 Mexican Election,” with special guest Chappell H. Lawson (left), associate professor of political science and director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo credit: Megan Countey