Weatherhead Forum

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. smiling and sitting in his living room chair with art on the walls and a small side table and lamp beside him.

Date and Time

October 15, 2025
12:00PM - 01:15PM EDT
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The Legacy of Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required for this Zoom webinar.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. served as director of the Weatherhead Center, then named the Center for International Affairs, from 1989–1993. From his theories of complex interdependence to soft power (and beyond), his legacy is vast and he has influenced many institutions, leaders, and political scholarship at large. We hope to touch on these myriad contributions in our Forum event.

Speakers

  • Graham T. Allison, Jr., Faculty Associate. Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School.
  • Carla Dirlikov Canales, Advisory Committee. Fellow, Social Innovation and Change Initiative, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School.
  • Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Faculty Associate. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.
  • Jake Sullivan, Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order, Harvard Kennedy School; Senior Fellow, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire.

Chair

  • Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact

Sarah Banse
sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu 

Image credit: Stephanie Mitchell / Harvard University

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 Forum events are open to the public and held on Zoom. Registration is Required.

 

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