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2014–2015 Kenneth I. Juster Fellows

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The Weatherhead Center is pleased to announce its 2014-2015 class of Juster Fellows. Now in its fourth year, this grant initiative is made possible by the generosity of the Center’s Advisory Committee Chair, the Honorable Kenneth I. Juster, who has...

Harvard Seminar on History and Policy

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"The History Manifesto" Speakers: David Armitage, Faculty Associate (on leave 2014–2015). Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. Jo Guldi, Professor of History, Brown University. Contact: Liz Steffen Elizabeth...

Conversations Across Borders: A Workshop in Transnational Studies

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"Actualizing Social Citizenship for Migrant Workers: The Systemic interdependence between Health Insurance and the Hukou System in the PRC" Speaker: Armin Müller, TSI Research Fellow in Global Social Protections for 2014-2015 and Postdoctoral Fellow in...

Michèle Lamont Named as New WCFIA Director

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Michèle Lamont, the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, will assume the directorship of the Center on July 1, 2015. Jeffry Frieden, the Stanfield Professor of...

Economic History Workshop

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"Fertility and Modernity" Speaker: Enrico Spolaore, Professor of Economics, Tufts University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard...

Economic History Workshop

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"The Political Legacy of American Slavery" Speaker: Matthew Blackwell, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor...

Economic History Workshop

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"Unbundling the Spanish Inquisition” Speaker: Mauricio Drelichman, Associate Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant...

Economic History Workshop

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"The Effects of Cash Transfers on Health" Speaker: Shari Eli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant...

Economic History Workshop

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"The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom" Speaker: Nathan Nunn, Professor of Economics, Harvard University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate...

Economic History Workshop

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TBA Speaker: Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant...

Economic History Workshop

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"The Space Race: Innovation and Productivity in US Cities" Speaker: Shawn Kantor, Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate...

Economic History Workshop

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"National Crises, in the Light of Personal Crises" Speaker: Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography, University of California at Los Angeles. Contact: Gia Petrakis gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu (617) 496-5079 Moderators: Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate...