The Weatherhead Center is following Harvard University’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and current CDC guidelines. Our events are operating in a variety of formats, including Zoom-only, hybrid, and in-person. You can also check the Harvard Coronavirus website for University information and resources.

Please use the links below for up-to-date status information and full registration details on how to participate in our events.

PLEASE NOTE: Hybrid or in-person events may still require masks. Please be prepared to wear a mask during in-person events if asked.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Hybrid)

Associates’ Panel: “Opposition Party Coordination and Japanese Democracy”
“The Turnout Effects of Party Fragmentation: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Japan”
Speaker: Hikaru Yamagishi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, Yale University.
“Opposition Party Cooperation on the Ground: Hokkaido in the 2021 House of Representatives Election”
Speaker: Kentaro Yamamoto, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Professor, Department of Political Science, Hokkai-Gakuen University.
12:00pm to 1:00pm ET (Hybrid: Check listing for registration requirements)

Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard (In Person)

“Moving Cells, Making Value: The Biography of Living Things Revisited”
Speaker: Pierre Delvenne, Senior Research Associate, Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.–FNRS); Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Liège.
12:15pm to 2:00pm ET

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

“Civil Society is Not an Unalloyed Good: The Organizational Foundations of Bolsonarismo”
Speaker: Liz McKenna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
12:00pm to 1:20pm ET (Hybrid: Check listing for registration requirements)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Nigeria in the World Seminar (Hybrid)

“A Conversation on Nigerian Youth Perspectives on the Future of Nigeria”
Discussant: Jacob K. Olupona, Faculty Associate. Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School; Professor of African and African American Studies, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.
12:00pm to 2:00pm ET (Hybrid: Check listing for registration requirements)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration Seminar (In Person)

“Three Tales from Kharkiv: Ethnographic Fragments of Displacement and Resilience from the Ukraine War”
Speaker: Danilo Mandić, Associate Senior Lecturer on Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.
12:00pm to 1:00pm ET (In person: Check listing for registration requirements)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Seminar in Economic History (Zoom)

“Market Integration in the Ottoman Empire and the Great Divergence, 1550–1914”
Speaker: Sevket Pamuk, Professor of Economics and Economic History, Bogaziçi University.
1:15pm to 2:45pm ET (Zoom: Check listing for attendance details)

ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT: The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please get in touch with the person listed as the contact on the individual event listing in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the university will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.

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