# Weatherhead Forum 2024–2025 ## Academic Year 2024–2025 **All Weatherhead Forum events are open to the public.** The Weatherhead Forum is our platform to address pressing topics of the day, and the pathbreaking Weatherhead research being done in those areas. Speakers include faculty affiliates and expert practitioners. All Weatherhead affiliates are invited to attend! The Forum is chaired by the Center’s director. All Forum events are held on Zoom, and registration is always required. ## Fall 2024 ## October 9, 2024 12:00PM - 01:15PM ### Geopolitical Stakes of the 2024 US Presidential Election *This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the* [*event listing*](/event/special-event-weatherhead-forum-10-09-24 "Weatherhead Forum (Zoom)") *for details.* READ MORE: "[Outside of the U.S., how do leaders view Harris and Trump?](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/outside-of-the-u-s-how-do-leaders-view-harris-and-trump/)" in *The Harvard Gazette* - **Timothy Colton**, Chair, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Faculty Associate. Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University. - **Ziad Daoud,** Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy ‎School. Chief ‎Emerging Markets Economist, Bloomberg. *(Daoud is replacing Tarek Masoud, who can no longer participate in this event.)* - **Diana Durán Nuñez**, Neiman Fellow, Harvard University. Bogotá-based journalist, formerly for TV news magazine *LosInformantes* on Caracol Televisión in Colombia. - **Rana Mitter**, S.T. Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School. - **Chair: Melani Cammett**, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. --- ## November 6, 2024 12:00PM - 01:15PM ### What's Next? Breaking Down the US Presidential Election Results *This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the* [*event listing*](/event/special-event-weatherhead-forum-11-06-24 "Weatherhead Forum (Zoom)") *for details.* READ MORE: ‘"[A Very Frightening Picture’: Harvard Professors Discuss Trump’s International Impact at Forum](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/7/weatherhead-trump-election-international/)," *The Harvard Crimson* - **Joshua D. Kertzer**, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University. - **Pippa Norris**, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School. - **Daniel Ziblatt**, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Department of Government; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. - **Chair: Melani Cammett**, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. ## Spring 2025 ### February 19, 2025 12:00–1:15pm ### Syria and Shifting Power Dynamics in the Middle East *This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the* [*event listing*](/event/special-event-weatherhead-forum-02-19-25 "Weatherhead Forum (Zoom)") *for details.* - **Ibrahim Al-Assil**, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute. - **Marwa Daoudy**, Seif Ghobash Chair in Arab Studies; Associate Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University. - **Qutaiba Idlbi**, Resident Senior Fellow, Syria, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs, Atlantic Council. - **Leila Molana-Allen**, Special Correspondent, PBS Newshour. - **Chair: Melani Cammett**, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. ## Contact **Sarah Banse** *Events Manager.* 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K217 Cambridge, MA 02138 \[ [Map](http://goo.gl/maps/GxyRd) \] p: (617) 495-9006 f: (617) 495-8292 ## Related Events Special Event ### Weatherhead Forum Series on Israel/Palestine [ Learn more about the series arrow\_circle\_right ](https://prod-wcfia.drupalsites.harvard.edu/conferences/23-24-weatherhead-forum/series-israel-palestine) ![The words Israel and Palestine are side by side in the colors of their flags on a black background with a line slicing through them diagonally and shifting the letters.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-04/Weatherhead%20Forum%20Israel%20Palestine%20Series.png?itok=eo8TrX73) ## Valuing Accessibility The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the access provided, please get in touch with the person listed as the contact on the individual event listing in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the Weatherhead Center will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability. See also:- [ Conferences ](/content-types/conferences) - [ 2025 ](/content-types/2025) - [ 2024 ](/content-types/2024)