2024–2025

Ukraine: Scenarios for the Future Speaker: Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. Contact: Donna Hicks dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu

Political Economy of Business and Government Conference The Political Economy of Business and Government Conference, organized by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government, will explore evolving interactions between businesses and states...

Losing Venezuela: Trade Collapse and the Performance of Colombian Exporting Firms Speaker: Luis Martinez, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago. Contact: Eliza Rakaseder erakaseder@fas.harvard.edu

Religion and Democracy: Navigating Faith and Freedom in Nigeria and Beyond Speaker: The Governor, His Excellency Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, Governor of Benue State, Nigeria. Chair: Jacob K. Olupona, Faculty Associate. Professor of African...

Turkey, Israel, and the Trump Effect on Global Democracy Speakers: Evren Balta, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Professor, Department of International Relations, Özyeğin University. Alper Coşkun, Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Carnegie...

Pirates and Patents: The Role of Patents in the Industrialization of the Western World Speaker: Petra Moser, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University. Contact: Emily Dietzel edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America Speaker: Belén Fernández Milmanda, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Trinity College. Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David...

Associates' Panel: Innovation and Growth Strategy Speakers: Ryo Fukuda, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Senior Vice President, Human Resources Management Department, Development Bank of Japan Inc. Kohei Takeda, Associate, Program on US-Japan...

Partisan Prosecution? Theory and Evidence from Corruption Probes in Argentina Speaker: Guadalupe Tuñón, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Harvard...

Liberation Technology? The Impact of the Sewing Machine on Women Speaker: Philipp Ager, Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim. Contact: Emily Dietzel edietzel@fas.harvard.edu