Centerpiece: Fall 2016

The WCFIA Canada Program is home to eleven affiliates in 2016–17, including three visiting scholars and eight student Canada Research Fellows. The three visiting scholars are: Professor Krishna Pendakur, professor of economics at Simon Fraser University...

2016–2017 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows [ Jump to the Juster Fellow Research Update by Mattea Mrkusic ] The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2016–2017 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its sixth year, this grant initiative is made possible by the...

Slavery’s Capitalism Edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of...

Michael Reich Receives Lifetime Service Award for Research Michael Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has received a Lifetime Service award. Reich was given the award for his work...

By Kai M. Thaler It is rare in recent years when a civil war has not grabbed global headlines—be it the ongoing civil wars and international interventions in Syria and Yemen, the fragile peace process to end Colombia’s half-century-long war, or the...

Last spring, thirteen Harvard College students received travel grants from the Weatherhead Center to support their thesis field research on topics related to international affairs. Since their return in September, the Weatherhead Center has encouraged...

At the time of this writing, the world remains transfixed by the result of the American presidential election. Colleagues and friends beyond our borders who followed a particularly mercurial presidential campaign now speculate on what the future will...

The fall 2016 issue of Centerpiece highlights the Center's recent activities, including student program and Canada Program updates and new books published by Weatherhead Center affiliates. Included in the student programs section is a brief research...