2017-2018

"The Integration of Economic History into Economics" Speaker: Robert Margo, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Boston University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu Chairs: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of...

“A Panacea or Curse: The Effect of Syrian Immigration on the Ongoing Turkish Political-Economic Picture"
 Speaker: İlhan Can Özen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Contact: Jessica Barnard jbarnard@wcfia.harvard...

"The New Normal in the Middle East: The Gulf and the Blockade of Qatar – Strategizing a Way Forward" Speaker: Michael Greenwald, Former United States Treasury Attache to Qatar and Kuwait. Contact: Jessica Barnard jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu Chairs: Herbert...

“The Dilemma of Islamic Constitutionalism” Speaker: Intisar A. Rabb, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Faculty Director, Islamic Legal Studies Program; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Contact: Jessica...

"Thinking about Hegemonic Masculinity and Femininity as a Requirement for Class Position” Speaker: Cecilia Ridgeway, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Culture and Social...

"‘What Kind of a Grown Man Doesn’t Have a Full-Time Job?’: Gender, Part-Time Work, and Hiring Evaluations” Speaker: David Pedulla, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Stanford University. Contact: Sarah Banse sarahbanse@wcfia...