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Seminar in International Economics
September 14, 2026
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4:35PM - 5:50PM EDT
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Morris and Sophie Chang Building, Room E52-324
In Person

Optimal Tariffs under Geopolitical Risk: A Theory of Strategic De-risking

Speaker: Ina Simonovska, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis.

Seminar in Economic Development
September 14, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:15PM EDT
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Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium (110)
In Person

Human Capital and the Organization of Production in Low-Income Countries

Speaker: Tommaso Porzio, Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School.

Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health
September 11, 2026
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10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
Virtual

A Conversation with Gene Bukhman: A Rootless Cosmopolitan’s Cardio-Anthropological Journey from Post-Soviet Central Asia to Post-Colonial Africa and Beyond

Speaker: Gene Bukhman, Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of...

Alberto Alesina Seminar on Political Economy
September 10, 2026
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3:00PM - 4:15PM EDT
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Baker Library
In Person

Identity in Journalism: Evidence from News Reporting of Violence Against Women

Speaker: Claudia Marangon, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Politics and Social Change Workshop
September 3, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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William James Hall, Room 450
In Person

Kickoff and Professional Development

Please join us for food, fellowship, and brainstorming our workshop goals - alongside your individual goals - for the semester ahead. In the last 45 minutes, Professor Jocelyn Viterna will lead a professionalization...

Hyperreality Colloquium
May 7, 2026
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4:00PM - 7:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel, Room K354
In Person

Hyperreality Colloquium: Second Session

Interdisciplinary perspectives on hyperreality, culture, and politics.

Panel: Histories and Futures of the Global Environment
May 7, 2026
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1:00PM - 5:15PM EDT
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61 Kirkland Street, Room 202
In Person

Panel: Histories and Futures of the Global Environment

These panels bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to consider the past, present, and future of the "global environment." The first panel will focus on histories of the environment in...

Hyperreality Colloquium
May 7, 2026
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11:00AM - 4:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel, Room K031
In Person

Hyperreality Colloquium: First Session

Interdisciplinary perspectives on hyperreality, culture, and politics.

Seminar in Economic History
May 1, 2026
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1:15PM - 2:45PM EDT
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Littauer Center of Public Administration, Room 301
In Person

From Bronze to Algorithm: The Story of China in Ten Technologies

Speaker: David Yang, Faculty Associate. Yvonne P. L. Lui Professor of Economics, Department of Economics; Director, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University.

Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health
May 1, 2026
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10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
Virtual

Reflections

Speaker: Arthur Kleinman, Faculty Associate. Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical...