Centerpiece: Spring 2016

The following books were recently published by Harvard Academy Scholars. How Solidarity Works for Welfare: Subnationalism and Social Development in India By Prerna Singh Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and...

New Grant Award The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations was awarded a multi-year grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) to investigate a series of topics relating to the general theme, "Japan's Global Leadership in the 21st...

Fellows Program alumni have served in various capacities and in many places throughout the world since their days at Harvard. They have pursued distinguished careers in many professional areas including diplomatic service, military, politics, journalism...

Undergraduate Associates 2016–2017 The following students have been appointed Undergraduate Student Associates for the 2016–2017 academic year and have received grants to support travel in connection with their senior thesis research on international...

The following Harvard faculty accepted invitations to be WCFIA Faculty Associates during the 2015–2016 academic year: Sunil Amrith, Director, Center for History and Economics; Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies; Professor of History, Department...

Progress and Confusion: The State of Macroeconomic Policy Edited by Olivier Blanchard, Raghuram Rajan, Kenneth Rogoff, and Lawrence H. Summers What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre...

by Jennifer Hyndman More than ever, multiculturalism is a contested concept and policy. After the recent attacks in Brussels, Paris, and Beirut—among other cities—immigration is increasingly and often erroneously linked to questions of national security...

Interview by Meg Murphy and Megan Margulies Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music, has played the trumpet since she was ten years old. She found her way to jazz after observing that there was much less time spent counting bars of...

Robert D. Putnam Wins Lifetime of Service Award Faculty Associate and Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam was presented with the City Year New Hampshire Lifetime Achievement Award by Senator Kelly Ayotte and former...

At the end of a busy year, looking forward to the fall It is impossible to forget that the Weatherhead Center is first and foremost a research center. One of the ways it fosters research is through collaboration between faculty, students—graduate and...