Centerpiece: Fall 2022

2022–2023 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2022–2023 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its twelfth year, this grant initiative is made possible by the generosity of the Honorable Kenneth I. Juster, Harvard and...

This fall, the Weatherhead Center welcomed its sixty-fourth cohort of Weatherhead Scholars and Fellows. The twenty-four visiting affiliates comprising the Weatherhead Scholars Program (WSP)—seven postdoctoral fellows, ten visiting scholars, and seven...

Henry Rosovsky, 1927–2022 Henry Rosovsky, former acting University president and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), passed away on November 11, 2022, at age 95. In 1986, during his tenure as FAS dean, Rosovsky founded The Harvard...

By Gbemisola Abiola i want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark home is the barrel of the gun and no one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore unless home tells you to leave what you could not behind, even if it was human. —Excerpt...

Every spring, a select group of Harvard College students receive travel grants from the Weatherhead Center to support their thesis field research on topics related to international affairs. We selected seventeen exceptional undergraduates whose research...

Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective By Hicham Alaoui This book provides a new theory for how democracy can materialize in the Middle East, and the broader Muslim world. It shows that one pathway to...

Panagiotis Roilos Appointed as President of the European Cultural Center of Delphi Faculty Associate Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, was recently elected...

This fall, I was honored to step into the role of acting director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs as our director, Melani Cammett, takes a well-earned sabbatical. I welcome the opportunity to work more closely with our amazing staff...

The fall 2022 issue of Centerpiece highlights the Center's recent activities, including program updates, feature articles, new books, and more. The Center's acting director, Erez Manela, shares updates for the WCFIA in the Message from the Director column...