# Photo Gallery for Spring 2025 Centerpiece ## Weatherhead Forum The Weatherhead Forum is our platform to address pressing topics of the day, and the pathbreaking Weatherhead research being done in those areas. The spring Forum, “Syria and Shifting Power Dynamics in the Middle East,” was held on February 19. Panelists included Ibrahim Al-Assil, Marwa Daoudy, Qutaiba Idlbi, and Leila Molana-Allen, and was chaired by Center Director Melani Cammett. *Credit: Lauren McLaughlin* ![Screenshot of five panelists speaking on zoom.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Forum-Syria-3by2.png?itok=ndbfFcKg) ## Trade and Inflation in a Fragmented World At left, Andrew O'Donohue asks a question to Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, who (at right) presents a talk titled "Trade and Inflation in a Fragmented World" on April 16. *Credit: Bethany Versoy* ![A man holds a microphone and asks a question to the speaker off camera.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_20_23__480x550/public/2025-05/Events-Special-SKalemli-Ozcan-Audience.jpg?itok=opJvmYoO) ![A woman points to a word in her powerpoint presentation.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Special-SKalemli-Ozcan.jpg?itok=mRU34iZd) ## Research Cluster Wrap-Up Left: The Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration held their final conference of the year, Solidarity and Migration, on April 11. *Credit: Lauren McLaughlin* Right: Dustin Tingley presents at the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Climate Change conference, held on April 4. *Credit: Lauren McLaughlin* ![Looking across the audience toward the front of the room where five panelists are seated at the table.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-Cluster-MigrationCluster.jpg?itok=i3YpcM5m) ![A man stands in a conference room in front of a projection screen.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-Cluster-ClimateCluster.jpg?itok=TJ-i5KDF) ## Other Conferences Top left: Keynote speaker and Nigerian Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi (right) sits in conversation with South African landscape architect Tarna Klitzner (left) at the African Landscape Architectures: Alternative Futures for the Field conference, held on March 6–7. *Courtesy of conference convener Gareth Doherty* Top middle: Attendees gather for the SCANCOR at Weatherhead annual conference, held on April 10. *Credit: Michelle Nicholasen* Top right: Attendees of the 17th Annual Political Economy of International Organizations Conference, held on January 23–25, gather for a group photo. *Credit: Michelle Nicholasen* Bottom left: Attendees gathered in Cambridge for the Central America’s Democratic Crisis: Drivers of Backsliding and Sources of Resilience conference held on May 2–3. *Credit: Diana Ocampo Belloso* Bottom right: The European Early Modern Colonial Law conference was held on April 28–29 in Florence, Italy. *Courtesy of I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies* ![Two women with microphones sit on either side of a small white table with a large vase of flowers on it.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-AfricaConf.jpg?itok=biincpov) ![Group of SCANCOR affiliates pose in a conference room lobby.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-SCANCOR.jpg?itok=-fBewIkw) ![Over 100 conference-goers fill the staircase and lower floor of the basement concourse.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-PEIOConf.jpg?itok=JMhddXGf) ![Dozens of professionals stand in front of staircase in the lobby.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_20_23__480x550/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-CentralAmericaConf.jpg?itok=ZJTUL6au) ![A couple dozen professionals stand outside on a grand stone staircase in front of an ivy-covered castle. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Conf-ColonialLawConf-Group.jpg?itok=rgFS0eAG) ## International Book Blitz Left: Speakers Tyler Jost and Serhii Plokhy in conversation after the International Book Blitz. *Credit: Bethany Versoy* Right (left to right): Weatherhead affiliates gather for an end-of-year celebration with the 2025 International Book Blitz featuring Yamina Aiyer, Theresa Betancourt, Jennifer Hochschild, Malika Zeghal (at podium), Tyler Jost, Serhii Plokhy. *Credit: Bethany Versoy* ![Two men speak to each other in front of a large piece of artwork.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_20_23__480x550/public/2025-05/Events-Special-TOC-BookBlitz1.jpg?h=c8aa11fa&itok=UjdGLMCa) ![Several panelist sit at the front of a room with one speaking at a clear podium in the middle.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_3_2__480x320/public/2025-05/Events-Special-TOC-BookBlitz2.jpg?itok=SwOxeZ2-) --- ## More from this issue [### Spring 2025, Volume 39 Number 2 ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025) ![Graphic of a large dark green W overlaid onto a lighter green background with the words "Centerpiece" and issue number, alongside a close-up of a world clock.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Mailchimp-cover.png?itok=WcFNnBbK) [### Message from the Executive Director ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/executive-director) ![Erin Goodman headshot next to her name and title. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/ED-message-16x9card_0.jpg?itok=bmnE7But) [### Of Note ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/of_note) ![Looking up at the clouds, trees, and top of a building on a sunny day.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Of%20Note%20Banner%201920x825.jpg?h=b1067185&itok=zlYPjMbP) [### New Books ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/newbooks) ![Collage of a bunch of overlapping book covers set against beige background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/NewBooksCollage.png?itok=oteuUsBN) [### American Foreign Policy in the Trump Era with Ben Rhodes ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/feature_manshel) ![Ben Rhodes stands at lectern and speaks to a packed room in Tsai auditorium.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Manshel-Rhodes_025.jpg?itok=gMAu_gCy) [### Drunken Trees & Early Spring: Climate Change in the Subarctic ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/feature_price) ![Tilting evergreen trees in a snowy landscape with a blue sky.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/DrunkenTrees-Opening.jpg?h=198d5fb9&itok=JFdNatV9) [### Student Programs ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/prog_student) ![Group photo of the 2024-2025 Graduate Student Associates and select Weatherhead staff.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/ResearchGroups-Students-GSA.jpg?h=225260e9&itok=b_hQxUlp) [### The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies 40th Reunion ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/prog_academy) ![Five current and former executive officers, all wearing suits, stand next to each other, and one is holding a Weatherhead Center sign.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/ResearchGroups-Academy-EOfficers.jpg?h=8376f7ff&itok=Ldx7kBlp) [### New Faculty Associates ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/new_faculty) ![Collage of 13 professionals in circular portrait frames set against a green background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/NewFacultyCollage-2.jpg?itok=rBrZEYq8) [### Howard Miller World Clock ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/miller_clock) ![Cory Gillis next to Howard Miller world clock.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Clock-FinishedwCory-plugremoved.jpg?itok=Oq4FVCHW) [### In Memoriam: Mala Htun ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/in_memoriam_htun) ![Headshot of Mala Htun next to her name and dates of life, 1969-2025.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Memoriam-Htun-16x9card.jpg?itok=HkKiiwrn) [### In Memoriam: Joseph S. Nye (1937–2025) ](/publications/centerpiece/spring2025/in_memoriam_nye) ![Headshot of Joe Nye alongside his name and dates of life, 1937-2025.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Memoriam-Nye-16x9card.jpg?itok=zd8xkb5o) See also:- [ Centerpiece: Spring 2025 ](/newsletter-issues/centerpiece-spring-2025)