The Director’s Faculty Seminar, launched formally in 2004–2005, provides an opportunity for Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center to present and discuss their work. The Weatherhead Center’s primary mission is research, supported through grants as well as leaves for up to five faculty members each academic year. The Director’s Faculty Seminar is held once a semester and offers a forum for the recipients of these grants, as well as other Center associates, to present their research to Harvard colleagues. The seminar is chaired by Jeffry Frieden in fall 2009 and James Robinson in spring 2010.