Centerpiece: Spring 2019

Edward R.J. “Roger” Owen, 1935–2018 Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University, passed away on December 22, 2018, at age 83. Owen was a Faculty Associate since 2008 and former Harvard Academy Senior Scholar...

The following Harvard faculty accepted invitations to be WCFIA Faculty Associates during the 2018–2019 academic year: Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University. The political economy of...

Our research cluster’s recent colloquium, “Religion and the Public Sphere in Africa and the African Diaspora,” held on December 7–8, 2018, brought together sixteen scholars to discuss the above-stated theme from various interdisciplinary perspectives...

The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, which began in 1980, now has almost 600 alumni. Prominent alumni include five current members of Japan’s parliament; Fred Hiatt (1986–1987), editor of the editorial page and columnist, the Washington Post; Kojiro...

2019 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Winners The Weatherhead Center congratulates the following Undergraduate Associates who were awarded 2019 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prizes on the basis of their outstanding scholarly work. Sunaina Danziger, “Nazis in America...

On August 3, 2014, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the Yazidi people in Sinjar, northern Iraq, the homeland of approximately 500,000 Yazidis. ISIS killed and captured thousands of people in the small religious community because the militants...

Interview by Michelle Nicholasen Assistant Professor of Government Pia Raffler understands the fraught relationship between politicians, bureaucrats, and voters. Her research on the political economy of development asks the question: How do voters hold...

The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism Edited by Erica Chenoweth, Richard English, Andreas Gofas, and Stathis N. Kalyvas The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism systematically integrates the substantial body of scholarship on terrorism and counterterrorism before and...

Michèle Lamont Awarded Andrew Carnegie and Russell Sage Foundation Fellowships Center Director Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, is...

A Leaking Pipeline for International Studies As always, our Center has been bustling with activity as the academic year ends. In the first week of April, we cosponsored the Harvard Summit for Gender Equity and hosted an amazing Jodidi Lecture delivered by...