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Welcome Message from Director Melani Cammett
Welcome to the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University! We support pathbreaking research across the social sciences on the most important questions facing societies around the world. We leverage our deep pool of experts to bring...
Ping-hsiu Alice Lin Receives IACS Dissertation Prize
Academy Scholar Ping-hsiu Alice Lin is the recipient of a dissertation prize from the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society for her dissertation titled, “Precious Economies: Gems and Value-Making in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Borderlands.” Lin’s research...
Victor Seow Wins Michael H. Hunt Prize for International History
Faculty Associate Victor Seow, associate professor of the history of science at Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2023 Michael H. Hunt Prize for International History for his book, Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia...
Melani Cammett Receives 2023 Star-Friedman Challenge Award
Center Director Melani Cammett is among the recipients of the Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research, an award given annually through an endowment at Harvard University. The award offers opportunities for eligible faculty to seek...
Daniel Carpenter and Theda Skocpol Win APSA Career Awards
Faculty Associates Daniel Carpenter and Theda Skocpol each received a career award at the annual APSA (American Political Science Association) meeting and exhibition. Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government at Harvard University, received...
Michael Herzfeld Receives Honorary Doctorate
Faculty Associate (emeritus) Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, was awarded an honorary doctorate—the degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa—at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland...
New 2023–2024 Cohort for Weatherhead Scholars Program
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is pleased to announce the 2023–2024 scholars and fellows of the Weatherhead Scholars Program (WSP). The twenty-seven members of the cohort consist of ten postdoctoral researchers, seven visiting scholars...
David Bloom receives Taeuber Award
Faculty Associate David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the recipient of the 2023 Irene B. Taeuber Award. The Taeuber Award, given by the Population Association of...
Five Faculty Associates Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Seventeen Harvard professors were elected to become members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023, and five of them are Weatherhead Center Faculty Associates: Amitabh Chandra (HKS, HBS); William C. Clark (HKS); Michèle Lamont (Sociology...
Diane Davis Named Fellow at CIFAR
Faculty Associate Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, has been named a Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). She will codirect a research...
Gabriela Soto Laveaga Receives Best Article Prize from LASA
Faculty Associate Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico at Harvard University, won the Best Article in Social Sciences from the Mexico Section Awards 2023 from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Laveaga won...
Robert Putnam Receives Talcott Parsons Prize
Former Center Director Robert D. Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, at Harvard Kennedy School, is the recipient of the Talcott Parsons Prize from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for distinguished and original...
Jayita Sarkar Wins Honorable Mention for ISS Book Award
Former Visiting Scholar Jayita Sarkar, a senior lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Glasgow, received an honorable mention from the Global Development Section at the International Studies Association for her recent book...
Three Faculty Associates Receive Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award
Every year, the Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award is presented to one or more Harvard faculty members who provide excellent and exceptional mentorship to graduate students. Awards are given on the basis of nominations from students in the...
Daniel Ziblatt Wins APSA Honorable Mention Award
Faculty Associate Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University, received a Best Article Honorable Mention Award from the American Journal of Political Science. Ziblatt won the award with coresearcher Aditya Dasgupta...
Victor Seow Wins John Whitney Hall Book Prize
Faculty Associate Victor Seow, assistant professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, received the 2023 John Whitney Hall Book Prize for his recent book, Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia (University of...
Melani Cammett Appointed Honorary Professor to the Mitchell Institute
Center Director Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, was appointed Honorary Professor to the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. The institute, housed at Queen’s...
New Hicham Alaoui Fellowship Fund
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is pleased to announce the Hicham Alaoui Fellowship Fund, made possible by a generous gift from Advisory Committee member Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah Alaoui of Morocco. The fund will support...
Marino Auffant Wins John McCain Dissertation Award
Former Graduate Student Associate Marino Auffant, now a postdoc at Johns Hopkins University, won the 2023 John McCain Dissertation Award. The prize is awarded annually to up to two outstanding doctoral dissertations dealing with an aspect of transatlantic...
Gbemisola Abiola Selected a Harvard Horizon Scholar
Graduate Student Associate Gbemisola Abiola is one of nine graduate students selected as a 2023 Harvard Horizons Scholar. As part of Harvard’s PhD community, each scholar receives in-depth mentoring on how to present their work effectively, which prepares...
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