# Conference Archives ## expand\_more Past conferences are still being input into this website. If you are looking for information on a past conference that you do not see listed, please contact [Sarah Martin Banse](mailto:sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu). ## Conference Archives Open all sections Close all sections ### 2024 expand\_more [### Information Warfare, Hybrid Threats, and Nuclear Risk: The Hidden Threats of a Digital Age ](/conferences/24-information-warfare) [### Manuscript Workshop | The Future That Was: Third World Feminism and the Crisis of Authoritarianism ](/conferences/24-the-future-that-was) [### Jodidi Lecture with Tjada D'Oyen McKenna ](/conferences/24-jodidi-lecture-tjada-doyen-mckenna) [### International Comedy Night with Katie Boyle ](/conferences/24-international-comedy-night) [### Richard English Book Talk: Does Counter-Terrorism Work? ](/conferences/24-richard-english-book-talk) [### Weatherhead Forum 2024–2025 ](/conferences/24-25-weatherhead-forum) [### The Future of Warfare ](/conferences/24-the-future-of-warfare) [### The Politics of Victimization: Citizenship, Agency, and Contestation Among Victims of Violence ](/conferences/24-politics-victimization) [### Pernicious Prejudice: Scholarly Approaches to Antisemitism and Islamophobia ](/conferences/24-pernicious-prejudice) [### International Book Blitz 2024 ](/conferences/24-international-book-blitz) [### AALIMS-Harvard Conference on the Political Economy of the Muslim World ](/conferences/24-aalims-harvard) [### 2024 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/24-weatherhead-center-undergraduate-thesis-conference) [### 2024 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/24-peif) [### Weatherhead Forum 2023–2024 ](/conferences/23-24-weatherhead-forum) ### 2023 expand\_more [### International Comedy Night with Alingon Mitra ](/conferences/23-international-comedy-night) [### Law, Regions, and Ports: Toward Imagining Alternative Futures ](/conferences/23-laws-regions-and-ports) [### 2023 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/23-piep) [### Special Event with Peter Sheridan | "Peacebuilding: A Matter of Trust (and the Benefits of a Bowl of Soup)" ](/conferences/23-peter-sheridan-lecture) [### Decolonization’s Discontents: Dissent and Opposition in the Aftermath of Independence ](/conferences/24-decolonizations-discontents) [### Weatherhead Spotlight 2023–2024 ](/conferences/23-24-weatherhead-spotlight) [### Weatherhead Forum 2023–2024 ](/conferences/23-24-weatherhead-forum) [### Early Modern Workshop on Ways of Knowing Consent in Early Modern Europe ](/conferences/23-early-modern-workshop-ways-knowing-consent-early-modern-europe) [### Conference on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora: Religion and Human Flourishing ](/conferences/23-religion-public-life-africa-and-african-diaspora) [### 2023 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/23-weatherhead-center-undergraduate-thesis-conference) [### Weatherhead Forum 2022–2023 ](/conferences/22-23-weatherhead-forum) [### 2023 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/23-peif) [### Weatherhead Spotlight 2022–2023 ](/conferences/22-23-weatherhead-spotlight) [### Conference on Comparative Economic Growth ](/conferences/23-conference-comparative-economic-growth) ### 2022 expand\_more [### International Comedy Night with Zarna Garg ](/conferences/22-international-comedy-night) [### Weatherhead Forum 2022–2023 ](/conferences/22-23-weatherhead-forum) [### 2022 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/22-piep) [### Empire, Nation, Federation: South Asia’s Freedom in Global Perspective ](/conferences/22-empire-nation-federation) [### Disability Climate Justice and Building Forward Better ](/conferences/22-disability-climate-justice-and-building-forward-better) [### Weatherhead Spotlight 2022–2023 ](/conferences/22-23-weatherhead-spotlight) [### 2022 Undergraduate Associate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/22-undergraduate-associate-thesis-conference) [### Weatherhead Forum 2021–2022 ](/conferences/21-22-weatherhead-forum) [### Historicizing Consent: What Did it Mean to Agree in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World and Why Should We Care? ](/conferences/22-historicizing-consent-what-did-it-mean-agree-late-medieval-and-early-modern-world-and-why) [### 2021 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/21-piep) [### 2022 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/22-peif) ### 2021 expand\_more [### Weatherhead Forum 2021–2022 ](/conferences/21-22-weatherhead-forum) [### International Comedy Night with Ronny Chieng ](/conferences/21-international-comedy-night-ronny-chieng) [### 2021 Undergraduate Associate Thesis Conference ](/undergraduate-associate-thesis-conference-2021) [### Weatherhead Forum 2020–2021 ](/conferences/20-21-weatherhead-forum) [### 2022 Climate Pipeline Project ](/conferences/21-challenge-and-opportunity-climate-change-political-science) [### The Anticolonial Transnational: Networks, Connections, and Movements in the Making of the Postcolonial World ](/conferences/21-anticolonial-transnational) [### Conference on International Economics ](/conferences/21-conference-on-international-economics) [### Global Food+ 2021 ](/conferences/21_global-food-symposium) ### 2020 expand\_more [### 2020 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/20-peif) March 14, 2020 This conference is closed to the public. Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) is a continuing series of annual one-day PEIF conferences that brings together scholars interested in economic and political economy issues in... description [### International Comedy Night (in the Afternoon) with Noam Shuster ](/conferences/20-international-comedy-night-noam-shuster) October 6, 2020 This event is free and open to the public. For more event details, including a link to register (required), see the event listing . To kick off Harvard’s Worldwide Week this year, the Weatherhead Center presents our fourth annual... description [### Political Science of Lynching in Global Comparative Perspective ](/conferences/20-political-science-lynching-global-comparative-perspective) July 16–17, 2020 This conference is closed to the public. This conference brings together a group of scholars who are all examining the dynamics of a persistent and often-horrifying practice in the contemporary world: the use of lynching as a form of... description [### Symposium on the Political Economy of Development ](/conferences/20-symposium-political-economy-development) October 2–4, 2020 This conference is closed to the public. Building on the recent research that documents the range of transformations under way in Africa, and taking account of the extensive work on the subject across a range of disciplines, the... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2019–2020 ](/conferences/19-20-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2019–2020 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the forum each year is to tease out the... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2020–2021 ](/conferences/20-21-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2020–2021 Jump to: Spring 2021 The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research and debates of the various units and affiliates of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. This year the forum will be a bit different. As we have in the... description ### 2019 expand\_more [### 2019 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/19-piep) December 7, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars whose work examines political institutions with those who focus on the analysis of economic policy making. The conference encourages the... description [### 2019 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/19-politics-and-economics-international-finance-peif) March 9, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. This is the fifth in a continuing series of annual one-day conferences on the Politics and Economics of International Finance. Our goal is to bring together scholars interested in economic and... description [### 2019 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/19-weatherhead-center-undergraduate-thesis-conference) February 7–8, 2019 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Website ] The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of two... description [### A Prospective Retrospective | The Successful Societies: Mobilizing the Social Sciences to Understand Collective Well-Being ](/conferences/19-prospective-retrospective-successful-societies) November 1–2, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. This closed meeting (by invitation only) is an occasion for those who have been affiliated with the program to reconnect with old friends, share their research, and exchange around the... description [### Ethical Engagement in Conflict Research ](/conferences/19-ethical-engagement) July 9–10, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. The past two decades have seen a major expansion in the breadth and depth of research on armed conflict, oppression, and inequality. Our research methods and tools have grown more advanced. This... description [### International Comedy Night with Cristela Alonzo ](/conferences/19-international-comedy-night-cristela-alonzo) October 9, 2019 This event is free and open to the public. For more details, see the event listing . Get a fresh new perspective on the world. Join us for a dose of international-themed humor with Netflix comedian Cristela Alonzo and the Harvard College... description [### Interpreting Energy Dependence in Eurasia ](/conferences/19-interpreting-energy-dependence-eurasia) May 9–10, 2019 This conference is open to the public, but requires registration here . Energy dependence is the leitmotif of Eurasian political economy. The concept recurs in official speeches and is often invoked to imply a threat. The higher the level... description [### Sacred Groves & Secret Parks: Orisha Landscapes in Brazil and West Africa ](/conferences/19-sacred-groves-and-secret-parks) October 3–4, 2019 This conference is open to the public. For details, see our event listing . This colloquium and exhibition brings together insights on the materiality and spatiality of Afro-religious diasporic practices, decentering Western canons of... description [### The Future of Geography ](/conferences/19-future-of-geography) October 3–4, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. As Geography Departments are dramatically disappearing from universities across the US and geographic knowledge is diffusing itself and taking on new forms, this conference identifies a set of... description [### The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies ](/conferences/19-oxford-handbook-politics) December 5–6, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. Studies of Muslim societies have largely been absent from broader debates in the social sciences, although in recent years this has been changing. The primary aim of the volume is to take... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2018–2019 ](/conferences/18-19-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2018–2019 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the Forum this year is to tease out the... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2019–2020 ](/conferences/19-20-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2019–2020 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the forum each year is to tease out the... description [### What's Wrong with Democracy? — The Challenges and Promise of Democracy in the Middle East, South Asia, and the US ](/conferences/19-whats-wrong-democracy) April 12, 2019 This conference is open to the public. See event listing for details. Modern democracy was conceived as an experiment in governance and takes many forms around the globe. In South Asia, the Middle East, and the US, democratic institutions... description [### Whose Health is it Anyway? Mental Health and Decision-Making in the CRPD Era ](/conferences/19-whose-health-is-it-anyway) September 12–13, 2019 This conference is closed to the public. This workshop focuses on decision making and mental health in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The introduction of the CRPD has been... description ### 2018 expand\_more [### 2018 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/18-political-institutions-and-economic-policy-piep) December 8, 2018 This conference is closed to the public. The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars whose work examines political institutions with those who focus on the analysis of economic policy making. The conference encourages the... description [### 2018 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/18-peif) March 10, 2018 This conference is closed to the public. This is the fourth in a continuing series of annual one-day conferences on the Politics and Economics of International Finance. Our goal is to bring together scholars interested in economic and... description [### 2018 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/18_undergraduate) February 1–2, 2018 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Website ] The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of two... description [### Changing Middle Classes: Comparative and Global Perspectives ](/conferences/18-changing-middle-classes-comparative-and-global-perspectives) September 21–22, 2018 This conference is open to the public. Presented by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion Our cluster's goal is to gain a more fine-grained understanding of the many complex processes that feed both... description [### Food in the Global Welfare State: Consumer Subsidies as Social Protection Conference ](/conferences/18-food-global-welfare-state) November 9–10, 2018 This conference is closed to the public. As a first step towards gaining a better understanding of the role of consumer subsidies in the global welfare state, this workshop brings together political scientists and sociologists who... description [### Gender Inequality: It's about Time ](/conferences/18-gender-inequality) April 19–20, 2018 This conference is open to the public. For full conference details, check the Weatherhead Initiative on Gender Inequality website listing . The conference will focus on recent and novel research on time use and policies that affect the... description [### Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion on International Development ](/conferences/18-interdisciplinary-panel-discussion-international-development) October 4, 2018 This conference is open to the public. See our event listing for more information. This event will bring together leading experts on the politics, economics, and history of international development to share the most exciting developments... description [### International Book Blitz ](/conferences/18-international-book-blitz) October 24, 2018 This event is open to the public. Listen to Harvard authors present their global books in a café-style setting. A panel of Weatherhead Center Faculty Associates will each give an eight-minute “speed talk” about their recent book... description [### International Comedy Night with Hari Kondabolu ](/conferences/18-international-comedy-night-hari-kondabolu) October 25, 2018 This event is free and open to the public. Break down barriers and create common ground! Join us for a dose of international-themed humor with comedian Hari Kondabolu and the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society. About Hari Kondabolu... description [### Unelected Power: Book Talk by Paul Tucker ](/conferences/18-unelected-power-book-talk-paul-tucker) October 24, 2018 This talk is open to the public. The underlying theme of Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State, and what connects it to current debates, is that a certain kind of liberalism (especially... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2017–2018 ](/conferences/17-18-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2017–2018 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the forum is to bring together the... description [### Weatherhead Forum 2018–2019 ](/conferences/18-19-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2018–2019 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the Forum this year is to tease out the... description ### 2017 expand\_more [### 2017 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/17-piep) December 2, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. The goal of these conferences is to bring together scholars whose work examines political institutions with those who focus on the analysis of economic policy making. The conferences encourage the... description [### 2017 Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) ](/conferences/17_politics-and-economics-international-finance-peif) April 1, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. This is the third in a continuing series of annual one-day conferences on the Politics and Economics of International Finance. The series is made possible by a gift from Andrew Quale, Jr., a lawyer... description [### 2017 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/17_undergraduate) February 2–3, 2017 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Website ] The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of two... description [### Challenges and Opportunities to the Atlantic Basin in a Globalized World ](/conferences/17_challenges-and-opportunities-atlantic-basin-globalized-world) March 15–17, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. The Atlantic Basin is a vast geographic area that covers North America, Europe, Latin America and Atlantic Africa. Historians have described it as an “oceanic system” whose chief constituents were... description [### Comparative Inequality Conference ](/conferences/17_comparative-inequality-conference) March 24–25, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. Conference summary TBD. Conveners Michèle Lamont Center Director; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of... description [### Director's Lunch Seminar ](/conferences/16-17_directors-lunch-seminar) Academic Year 2016–2017 These events are closed to the public. The Director's Lunch Seminar provides an opportunity for various affiliates of the Weatherhead Center, such as the graduate student affiliates, members of The Harvard Academy, Fellows, members... description [### Europe on Credit: Narratives of Speculation, Decline, and Responsibility ](/conferences/17_europe-credit-narratives-speculation-decline-and-responsibility) April 27–29, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. For the better part of a decade, Europe has experienced a “debt crisis” that, at moments, has seemed severe enough to threaten the future of European integration. Although the roots of the crisis... description [### Global Food+ 2017: 24 Speed Talks at the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium) February 24, 2017 This conference is free and open to the public. Global Food+ 2017 is an event open to all that will feature an afternoon of “speed talk” presentations by two dozen top scholars in the Boston area. This event will highlight current... ![Image for Global Food Plus 2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/wcfia/files/webpage-banner.jpg?itok=LOAxURPc) [### International Comedy Night ](/conferences/17-international-comedy-night) October 24, 2017 No tickets are required. This event is free and open to the public. Break down barriers and create common ground! Join us for a dose of international-themed humor with comedian Nemr Abou Nassar and the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic... ![image of Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/wcfia/files/harvardsucs_web.jpg?itok=0BMKf_FZ) [### Michael Ondaatje: Writers Speak ](/conferences/17-michael-ondaatje) In Conversation with Claire Messud November 13, 2017 This conference is open to the public. Michael Ondaatje is the author of five novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. His novel The English Patient won the Man Booker... description [### Next-Generation International Security Scholars Conference ](/conferences/17-international-security) October 14–15, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. International security remains a subject of vital importance for political science—and an integral part of the research of faculty and students at Harvard University. The Next-Generational... description [### Report Launch | Making Politics Work for Development ](/conferences/17_making-politics-work-for-development) May 4, 2017 NOTE: This event has been cancelled. Synthesizing the body of economics research on the functioning of political markets, the World Bank’s policy research report Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen... description [### State Capacity in Comparative Perspective ](/conferences/17-state-capacity-comparative-perspective) October 20–21, 2017 This conference is closed to the public. The objective of the conference is to bring together scholars who study the state in different world regions to explore the fundamental issue of state capacity. We are interested in encouraging... description [### The Canadian Model of Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities ](/conferences/17-canadian-model-diversity) October 20, 2017 This conference is open to the public. Canadian society has several aspects that make study of it crucial to understanding global challenges in the twenty-first century. These include migration issues, religious diversity, and the... description [### The Shanghai Conference on Africa and China ](/conferences/17-shanghai-africa-china) November 15–17, 2017 This conference is open to the public. The Shanghai Conference on Africa and China is a major component of a broader initiative that seeks to expand the knowledge base around key topics in contemporary African-Chinese relations... description [### This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate with Naomi Klein ](/conferences/17_naomi-klein) April 19, 2017 Admission is free. Tickets are required. Limit of 2 tickets per person. Tickets must be procured in person at the Harvard Box Office located at 10 Holyoke Street (Farkas Hall) starting Wed, April 5th and are not available online or by phone... ![Image of event poster graphic](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/wcfia/files/conferenceswebpage.jpg?itok=i06kWn7p) [### Weatherhead Forum 2017–2018 ](/conferences/17-18-weatherhead-forum) Academic Year 2017–2018 These events are closed to the public. The Weatherhead Forum showcases the research of the various units that are associated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The goal of the forum is to bring together the... description ### 2016 expand\_more [### 2016 Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP) ](/conferences/16_political-institutions-and-economic-policy-piep) December 3, 2016 This conference is closed to the public. This is a multiyear attempt to bring together scholars of political economy from the two broad traditions that make up that enterprise—the analysis of the impact of political institutions on... description [### 2016 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Conference in Talloires, France ](/conferences/16_talloires) June 17–19, 2016 [ The WCFIA Talloires Conference Website ] This conference is closed to the public. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs organizes annually a gathering of international participants in Talloires, France, to address current... description [### 2016 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/16_undergraduate) February 4–5, 2016 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Website ] The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of two... description [### Director's Lunch Seminar ](/conferences/16-17_directors-lunch-seminar) Academic Year 2016–2017 These events are closed to the public. The Director's Lunch Seminar provides an opportunity for various affiliates of the Weatherhead Center, such as the graduate student affiliates, members of The Harvard Academy, Fellows, members... description [### Mobilized Contention: The State-Protest Movement Nexus ](/conferences/16_mobilized_contention) May 6–7, 2016 This conference is closed to the public. “Mobilized Contention: The State-Protest Movement Nexus” focuses on government funding and control of social movements, nongovernmental organizations, and rebel groups—both inside and outside their... description [### Politics and Economics of International Finance 2016 (PEIF) ](/conferences/16_PEIF) April 2, 2016 This conference is closed to the public. This meeting on the Politics and Economics of International Finance (PEIF) is the second in a possible continuing series of annual one-day PEIF conferences. The goal is to bring together scholars... description [### Soccer as a Global Phenomenon ](/conferences/16_soccer-global-phenomenon) April 14–16 This conference is open to the public but registration is required. [ Visit the conference website for more information and registration ] “Soccer as a Global Phenomenon” is organized around the theme of tension between the globalizing impulse... description [### Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication ](/conferences/16_social-inclusion-and-poverty-eradication) November 17–18, 2016 This conference is open to the public. Social exclusion and poverty are interrelated in multiple and complex ways, depending on the context in which they occur. Poverty is not only about income or material deprivations, but also... description [### The Cambridge History of the Indian Ocean ](/conferences/16_cambridge-history-indian-ocean) October 14–15, 2016 This conference is open to the public. The interregional arena of the Indian Ocean has emerged as a connected—if not unified—field of historical study. While the case for integration had been strongly suggested by historical... description [### The Maccabean Moment ](/conferences/16_maccabean-moment) January 16, 2016 This conference is closed to the public. Recent events in the Middle East—most notably the apocalyptic revivalism of the Islamic State—have drawn scholarly attention back to previous globalized and religiously articulated insurrectionary... description [### Weak Institutions in Latin America: New Theoretical and Empirical Approaches ](/conferences/16_weak-institutions-latin-america) May 9–10, 2016 This conference is closed to the public. Over the last three decades, scholars of comparative political institutions have taken advantage of the variation generated by the spread of democratic institutions in the developing world to deepen... description ### 2015 expand\_more [### 2015 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Conference in Talloires, France ](/conferences/15_talloires) June 19–21, 2015 [ The WCFIA Talloires Conference Website ] This conference is closed to the public. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs organizes annually a gathering of international participants in Talloires, France, to address current... description [### 2015 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/15_undergraduate) February 5–6, 2015 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Program ] The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of two... description [### Africa's Development in Historical Perspective ](/conferences/15_africa_development_historical) April 17–18, 2015 This conference is open to the public. In 2010, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Robert Bates, Nathan Nunn, and James Robinson were awarded a Weatherhead Initiative grant (2010–2012) to examine African poverty over the longue durée. The Initiative... description [### Conference to Celebrate the Contributions of Jorge I. Domínguez ](/conferences/15_jorge_dominguez) May 7–8, 2015 This conference is closed to the public. This conference will honor the career and contributions of Jorge I. Domínguez to the Weatherhead Center and Harvard University. Four topics will serve as the focus for a panel discussion: US-Latin... description [### Harvard Research Symposium on the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society ](/conferences/15-Harvard-Food-Plus-Research) February 27, 2015 [ Symposium agenda with links to audio and video of individual speed presentations ] The Harvard Research Symposium on the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society (Food+ Symposium) featured twenty-two Harvard faculty... description [### Intractable Conflicts: The Future of Interactive Problem-Solving (IPS) Workshops in Theory and Practice ](/conferences/15_intractable_conflicts) September 18–19, 2015 This conference is closed to the public. This conference builds on the wide range of developments to Interactive Problem Solving (IPS) over the past decades, and addresses the challenges facing it. The sustainability of interactive... description [### New Research on the Slave Trade ](/conferences/15_new-research-slave-trade) October 3, 2015 This conference is closed to the public. [ Conference Agenda ] A network of specialists on comparative slavery—called the Working Group—is based at Harvard, but includes colleagues from neighboring universities such as MIT, Boston... description [### Political Institutions and Economic Policy 2015 (PIEP) ](/conferences/15_piep) December 5, 2015 This conference is closed to the public. Over the past twenty-five years, two separate strands of research in political economy have developed. The first is the analysis of the impact of political institutions on political behavior and... description [### Spaces, Scales, and Routes: Region Formation in History and Anthropology ](/conferences/15_spaces_scales_routes) May 1–2, 2015 This conference is open to the public. [ Conference Website ] In recent years, various regions have drawn growing interest in scholarly and popular debates. Clandestine migration overflows national borders along routes that often follow... description ### 2014 expand\_more [### 2014 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs conference in Talloires, France ](/conferences/14_talloires) June 13–15, 2014 [ The WCFIA Talloires Conference Website ] This conference is closed to the public. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs organizes annually a gathering of international participants in Talloires, France, to address current... description [### 2014 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/14_undergraduate) February 6–8, 2014 [ WCFIA Undergraduate Thesis Conference Website ] This conference is open to the public. The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference... description [### Conference on International Migration Policy and Law Analysis (IMPALA) ](/conferences/14_impala) October 16–17, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. [ Conference Program ] Governments adopt a variety of approaches to regulating immigration and make adjustments to these policies frequently. But currently there exist no comprehensive, cross... description [### Harvard Academy Alumni Reunion Conference ](/conferences/14_harvard_academy_alumni) September 18–20, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. [ Conference Program ] In 1984, Dean Henry Rosovsky and the founding benefactor, Ira Kukin, agreed on the terms for Kukin’s gift for the Harvard Academy. Since the founding, over one hundred... description [### Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad ](/conferences/14_identity_sovereignty_baghdad) September 18–20, 2014 This conference is open to the public but registration is required. Please contact Phillip Baker to register (). [ Conference Program ] Using the history of urban development in Baghdad as a starting point... description [### Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Global Systems Perspective ](/conferences/14_sustainable_development) April 24–25, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. The goal of the conference is to advance understanding of the global innovation system that is emerging to address sustainable development goals: improving intergenerational well-being of the... description [### Our Divine Double ](/conferences/14_author_cstang) November 7, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. In the second and third centuries of the Common Era, we witness the sudden appearance of a peculiar figure in the religious imagination of the Eastern Mediterranean: the divine twin or double. We... description [### Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP Fall 2014) ](/conferences/14_dec_piep) December 6, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. [ Conference Program ] Over the past 25 years, two separate strands of research in political economy have developed. The first is the rigorous analysis of the impact of political institutions on... description [### Sacred Politics: The State and Islam in the Contemporary Middle East ](/conferences/14_author_mzeghal) October 3, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. Malika Zeghal’s book, Sacred Politics: The State and Islam in the Contemporary Middle East, illuminates the modern state’s ineluctable engagement with religion and its consequences by reflecting on... description [### The Transformation of Intractable Conflicts: Perspectives and Challenges for Interactive Problem Solving ](/conferences/14_intractable_conflicts) March 27–29, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. This conference is held in honor of Professor Herbert C. Kelman, who developed a method of conflict management known as “Interactive Problem Solving Workshops,” and involves representatives who... description [### Why People Migrate? The Diverse Mechanisms of Mexico-U.S. Migration ](/conferences/14_why_people_migrate) December 12, 2014 This conference is closed to the public. There are diverse mechanisms that lead individuals to migrate. These mechanisms are studied in various migration theories developed in multiple disciplines. In neo-classical economics, higher... description ### 2013 expand\_more [### 2013 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs conference in Talloires, France ](/conferences/13_talloires) June 14–16, 2013 [ The WCFIA Talloires Conference Website ] This conference is closed to the public. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs organizes annually a gathering of international participants in Talloires, France, to address current... description [### 2013 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Thesis Conference ](/conferences/13_undergraduate) February 7–9, 2013 [ WCFIA Undergraduate Thesis Conference Website ] This conference is open to the public. The Weatherhead Center Spring Thesis Conference, will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference... description [### Global Challenges of Electoral Integrity ](/conferences/13_global_electoral_integrity) June 3–4, 2013 [ Electoral Integrity Project Website ] This conference is open to the public. Countries around the world share challenges in meeting international standards of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include... description [### Local States of Play: Land and Local Capitalism in China ](/conferences/13_author_mrithmire) November 8, 2013 This conference is closed to the public. Attendees of this book conference are reading and discussing a book manuscript on land politics, property rights, and the institutions of Chinese capitalism. Based on a subnational comparison of... description [### Mexico 2012 Public Opinion and Election Conference: The 2012 Public Opinion Panel Project ](/conferences/13_mexico) January 24–26, 2013 This conference is closed to the public. This small conference examines the circumstances of public opinion in Mexico during and immediately after the presidential election campaign in 2012. Its objective is to understand the reasons... description [### Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference ](/conferences/13_neudc) November 2–3, 2013 This conference is closed to the public. [ 2013 NEUDC Conference Website ] The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference is a major forum in development economics. NEUDC has organized annual conferences in... description [### Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP Fall 2013) ](/conferences/13_piep) December 7, 2013 This conference is closed to the public. This is a multiyear attempt to bring together scholars of political economy from the two broad traditions that make up that enterprise—the analysis of the impact of political institutions on... description [### The Global E.P. Thompson: Reflections on the Making of the English Working Class after Fifty Years ](/conferences/13_global_epthompson) October 3–5, 2013 This conference is closed to the public. Fifty years ago E. P. Thompson published The Making of the English Working Class, one of the most influential social history works ever. Its approach to the history of common people, its arguments... description