Centerpiece: Fall 2017

Since its founding in 1986, made possible through the generous support of the late Dr. Ira Kukin, founding benefactor of The Harvard Academy, and Albert and Celia Weatherhead and the Weatherhead Foundation, The Harvard Academy has supported over 140...

The new Weatherhead Scholars Program, which evolved from the former Fellows Program, welcomed its first group of participants this fall. This first class includes both academic scholars, such as visiting faculty and postdoctoral researchers, and...

2017–2018 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2017–2018 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its seventh year, this grant initiative is made possible by the generosity of Kenneth I. Juster, former chair of the Center’s...

The Development Dilemma: Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History By Robert H. Bates Today’s developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War. Only a handful of these countries have subsequently attained a level of prosperity and...

Sunil Amrith: 2017 MacArthur Fellow Faculty Associate and Harvard Academy Senior Scholar Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and professor of history, was named a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Colloquially known as the “genius”...

Born out of a need to complement the Center’s traditional focus of supporting individual faculty and student research, our new Weatherhead Research Clusters center around hefty questions for the social sciences and the world. The Weatherhead Research...

Last spring, fifteen 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...

The fall has been an exciting time at the Weatherhead Center. We welcomed our first cohort of Weatherhead Scholars, a wonderfully dynamic group of postdoctoral scholars, visiting faculty, and practitioners who, on a regular basis, exchange ideas on...

The fall 2017 issue of Centerpiece highlights the Center's recent activities, including program updates on the Weatherhead Scholars Program and The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Also included in the issue are new books published by...