Tag: WCFIA

  • Nation & World

    Nonviolent resistance proves potent weapon

    Harvard Professor Erica Chenoweth discovers nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns.

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    Hossam el-HamalawyLove and Revolution الثورة والحب. Revolutionary Graffiti at Saleh Selim Street, the island of Zamalek, Cairo. Taken on Oct. 23, 2011.
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    Program on U.S.-Japan Relations adds 16 associates and research fellows

    The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations has announced its 16 program associates and advanced research fellows for the 2009-10 academic year.

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    Around the Schools: Harvard Divinity School

    A new lecture series presented by the Center for the Study of World Religions explores ecology in light of religion.

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    Weatherhead Center introduces 26 doctoral candidates for 2008-09

    Twenty-six doctoral candidates will be supported by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs for the 2008-09 year. The associates come from a multidisciplinary group of advanced-degree candidates in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ departments of Anthropology, Economics, Government, History, Health Policy, Middle East Studies, Social Policy, and Sociology. All of the students are…

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  • Nation & World

    Program allows gifted scholars to kick back and … work

    Abena Dove Osseo-Asare studies African medicinal plants, including their fate at the hands of modern science and global patent systems.

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    Weatherhead names new class of fellows

    The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) recently announced its 2008-09 class of fellows. Each year, the WCFIA fellows program brings senior-level international-affairs professionals to Harvard, where they conduct focused, independent research and also interact intensively with the academic community, including faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.

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    Former fellow establishes program at Weatherhead

    The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has established a new Program on Transatlantic Relations, thanks to a donation by Pierre Keller of Geneva. Keller was a fellow in 1979–80 at the then–Center for International Affairs, as part of a program that welcomes senior-level diplomats, politicians, military officers, and private-sector professionals to the University for a…

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    Weatherhead Center names 2007-08 associates

    The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is supporting 24 doctoral candidates as Graduate Student Associates for 2007-08. The associates represent a multidisciplinary group of advanced-degree candidates from Harvard’s departments of Anthropology, Government, History, Religion, and Sociology; the Kennedy School’s Public Policy Program; and the Law School’s S.J.D. program. All of the students are working on…

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    Weatherhead Center selects a dozen new international fellows

    The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) recently announced its 2007-08 class of fellows.

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    Harvard Foundation set to honor DR president

    The Harvard Foundation will host Dominican Republic President Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna on Sept. 24. Fernández will receive the Harvard Foundation Medal for his creation of the Foundation for Global Democracy and Development. His visit is co-sponsored by the Harvard Foundation, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the Weatherhead Center for International…

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