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| Nov 2nd, 2009 (Mon) | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| Inequality and Poverty in Brazil: Public Policies of Inclusion or Structured Exclusion? A Conversa with Sedi Hirano, Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Racism at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Professor Hirano will address the mechanisms around the production and persistence of poverty and inequality in Brazil, particularly the capitalist market logic that imposes formal requirements on potential workers which in turn creates a large unemployable population in Brazil who are destined for poverty and social exclusion. This population of informal workers lack job security and are therefore deeply vulnerable and highly dependent on state sponsored cash transfer programs, such as Bolsa Família. Professor Hirano will analyze whether Bolsa Família is an effective policy of social inclusion or yet another mechanism that reproduces preexisting structures of exclusion. Light Brazilian lunch Free and open to the public Consecutive translation will be provided This event is co-sponsored with The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216 Monday, November 2nd 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 2nd, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM |
| "I Am Naturally Anti-Slavery": Slavery and Lincoln's Early Career Eric Foner (Columbia University) American Civilization Program's 2009 Massey Lectures About the Massey Lectures Sever Hall, room 113 Monday, November 2nd 3:45pm |
| Nov 2nd, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| South América's Institutional and Political Challenges: UNASUR, Unión de Naciones Sudaméricanas, a Feasible Dream? Eduardo Duhalde, Former President of Argentina. Dr. Duhalde has held several political positions in Argentina, including Governor of Buenos Aires, Vice President and President of the country. He was the main promoter of the creation of the Union de Naciones Suraméricanas, UNASUR, which is formed by twelve independent countries of South America. Its main goal is to create integration and unity of cultural, social, economic and politic aspects among its members. This organization was created in 200 under the name Comunidad Sudaméricana and was renamed as UNASUR, in 2007. Please note that this talk will be in Spanish with simultaneous translation offered to a limited number of people. Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room, S020 Monday, November 2nd 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 3rd, 2009 (Tue) |
| "A House Divided": Slavery and Race in the 1850s Eric Foner (Columbia University) American Civilization Program's 2009 Massey Lectures About the Massey Lectures Sever Hall, room 113 Tuesday, November 3rd 4:00pm |
| Nov 3rd, 2009 (Tue) | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "The Impact of Globalization on Family Firms" Jon Martinez, Luksic Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S250 Tuesday, November 3rd 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 3rd, 2009 (Tue) | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "Rising Crime and Crime Reduction Strategies in 21st Century Japan" Kanayama, Taisuke, Director, Police Policy Research Center, National Police Agency (Japan) Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar Special Series on Common Problems of Advanced Industrial Democracies Co-sponsored by the WCFIA Fellows Program and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School. Center for Government and International Studies, Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K262 Tuesday, November 3rd 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed) | 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "The Soviet Union and Left-Right Coalitions in Early Cold War-Era East Asia" James Lee, Assistant Professor of History, Stonehill College Davis Center: Cold War Studies Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 Wednesday, November 4th 12:15pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed) | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
| Customary and Religious Laws in National Courts Moderator: Janet Halley (Royall Professor of Law at Harvard Law School) Panelists: Anna Su: Law Clerk, Philippine Supreme Court (06-07); Legal Consultant to Philippine Government Peace Negotiating Panel with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front(current).; S.J.D. Candidate. "Identity and Legal Recognition in Nation-Building." Aminu Gamawa: Legal Consultant to GTZ Multi-Sectoral Women Empowerment Project (Nigeria); LL.M. Candidate. "The Application of Islamic Law and Customary Law in Post-Colonial African Courts: the Nigerian Experience." Sharon Shakargy: Law Clerk, Israeli Supreme Court(05-06) and Jerusalem Court of Appeals(04, 06-07); Research and Teaching Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem(07-); Visiting Researcher. "Legal Diversity-Religious Law and National Law: Divorce in Israel." Light refreshments and beverages will be served. Hauser Hall, room 105 Wednesday, November 4th 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
| Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed) | 3:45 PM |
| "Forever Free": Emancipation and Its Consequences Eric Foner (Columbia University) American Civilization Program's 2009 Massey Lectures About the Massey Lectures Sever Hall, room 113 Monday, November 2nd 3:45pm |
| Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed) | 4:00 PM |
| "Food, Soil, People: Global Geopolitics in the Mid 20th Century" Alison Bashford (Professor of History, University of Sydney, and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University) Comment: Paul Cruickshank (Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University) Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs: Harvard International & Global History Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S050 Wednesday, November 4th 4:00pm |
| Nov 4th, 2009 (Wed) | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop Eric Beverley, assistant professor at SUNY-Stony Brook and visiting scholar in NELC at Harvard, will be presenting his paper entitled "At Large on the Hyderabad-Bombay Frontier" Ajantha Subramanian, associate professor of Anthropology at Harvard, and Ananya Vajpeyi, assistant professor of History at U-Mass Boston, will also provide commentaries on the paper. The South Asia workshop, which meets every two weeks, is a forum for South Asianists across Harvard schools and departments to present and discuss new research. We invite you to come listen to an extremely interesting presentation and also learn more about how you can participate as a workshop member! If you are interested in seeing a copy of Professor Beverley's paper, please email the workshop student coordinators: Dinyar Patel: dpatel@fas Daniel Majchrowicz: dmajchr@fas A light meal, catered by Guru, will be served after the presentation. 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K105 Wednesday, November 4th 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Nov 5th, 2009 (Thu) | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| "The EU's Response to the Financial Crisis: Changes in the European Financial Landscape due to the Market Turmoil" Moderator/Chair Peter A. Hall Speakers Maystadt, Philippe, President, European Investment Bank. De Boeck, Karel, CEO, Fortis Holding. Weatherhead Center, Challenges of the 21st Century: European and American Perspectives Series Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, the Karamanlis Chair at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe. Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies 27 Kirkland Street, Lower Level Room Thursday, November 5th 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
| Nov 6th, 2009 (Fri) | 12:00 PM |
| Department Meeting Robinson Hall, Lower Library |
| Nov 9th, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "The Canadian War Museum, and the Military Identity of an Unmilitary People" Norman Hillmer is professor of history and international affairs at Carleton University. Educated at the Universities of Toronto and Cambridge, his twenty-eight books include standard accounts of Canadian-American relations and Canada's international history. From 1997-2000 he was co-editor, with Dr. Margaret MacMillan, of the journal, International Affairs. Research prizes include the Canada-Japan Prime Minister's Award and, twice, the Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship. Dr. Hillmer was a consultant to the Canadian War Museum during its planning and construction. He will discuss the origins, architectural design, and interpretative scenario of the new museum, and the manner in which it is refolding a long buried military identity into the nationalist narratives of Canada. The Canada Program Seminar is off the record, free and open to the public, and chaired by Professor Ruth Phillips, the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies (2009-10) and professor of art history, Carleton University. For more information, please email: Canada@wcfia.harvard.edu or visit: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/canada Center for Government and International Studies, Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K262 Monday, November 9th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 9th, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "The Promise of Prosperity: Capital Flight, Regional Economic Development, and Anti-Unionism in the Postwar South." Tami Friedman ( Brock University, Ontario) Commentators: Ben Sachs (Harvard Law School) Presented by the Workshop on the Political Economy of Modern Capitalism, with support from the Warren Center. Robinson Hall, Lower Library 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 9th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 9th, 2009 (Mon) | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Publishing (First) Books in History: A Discussion" Joyce Seltzer, Senior Editor for History and Contemporary Affairs Harvard University Press Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 9th 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue) | 4:15 AM - 6:00 PM |
| "Thinking Back to 1989: What Was So Surprising?" Archie Brown, Professor of Politics Emeritus and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford University Davis Center: Cold War Studies Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 Tuesday, November 10th 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue) | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| Tuesday Seminar: President Obama and his Foreign Policy Towards Latin America Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy and Director of the Andean Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation. The Tuesday Seminar is co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S250 Tuesday, November 10th 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue) | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era" Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School. Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar Weatherhead Center Special Series on Globalization and Governance Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for Environment (HUCE), the Asia Center, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP), Harvard Kennedy School. Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room, S020 Tuesday, November 10th 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 10th, 2009 (Tue) | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise Bethany Moreton (University of Georgia) The book explores how the founders of Wal-Mart mobilized fundamentalist Christian values to build the company. Check out the review in the New York Times, which calls the book, " a gracefully written and meticulously researched account of why people not only have been willing to work for the company, but often have also developed fierce loyalty to it." Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, room 403 Tuesday, November 10th 4:00pm |
| Nov 11th, 2009 (Wed) |
| Veterans' Day Holiday -no classes, offices closed |
| Nov 12th, 2009 (Thu) | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World" Martin Jacques, Visiting Fellow, Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics; columnist, The Guardian and New Statesman. Moderator/Chair Niall Ferguson WCFIA Special Seminar Center for Government and International Studies, Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K262 Thursday, November 12th 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 12th, 2009 (Thu) | 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "The Warsaw Pact: Soviet-East European Military Relations in Historical Perspective -- Assessments and Sources" A. Ross Johnson, Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard University Deborah Lebo, Program Manager, CIA Declassification Branch Vojtech Mastny, Coordinator, Parallel History Project Aris Pappas, Deputy Director, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments Vladislav Zubok, Professor of History, Temple University Davis Center: Cold War Studies Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 Wednesday, November 4th 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 16th, 2009 (Mon) | 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment" Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History, Princeton University Charles Maier, Professor of History, Harvard University Davis Center: Cold War Studies Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 Monday, November 16th 12:15pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 16th, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Struggles Over Slavery: A Comparative History of Jamaica and South Carolina from their Origins to 1838." Edward Rugemer (Warren Fellow, Yale University) Presented by the Warren Center's Workshop on Empire, Sovereignty, Migration, Diaspora: Transnational America from Above and Below. Robinson Hall, Lower Library 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 19th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 17th, 2009 (Tue) | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "The Politics of Economic Downturn in Japan and China" Kay Shimizu, Columbia University Department of Political Science Moderator/Chair Dwight H.Perkins Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Center for Government and International Studies, Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K262 Tuesday, November 17th 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed) | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| "Virtuous Sentiment and Vain Sensuality: Gender, Religion, and the Public Sphere during the War of the Reform in Mexico" Pamela Voekel, Associate Professor of History, University of Georgia Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S250 Wednesday, November 18th 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed) | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
| Workshop in Impromptu Speaking, with Rebekah Maggor Workshop in Impromptu Speaking, with Rebekah Maggor, Founding Director of the Program in Speaking and Learning, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. Open to all History graduate students. Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 18th 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
| Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed) | 4:15 PM |
| The Long-Run Distribution of Income: Looking Through the Top Window Tony Atkinson (Nuffield Collge, Oxford) Sponsored by the Center for History and Economics Robinson Hall, Lower Library Wednesday, November 18th 4:15pm |
| Nov 18th, 2009 (Wed) | 5:15 PM |
| "Religious Values and Global Health" Arthur Kleinman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University Weatherhead Center, Ecologies of Human Flourishing Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Tsai Auditorium Room S010 Wednesday, November 18th 5:15pm |
| Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu) -- Nov 20th, 2009 (Fri) |
| History Department Senior Thesis Writers' Conference The Department of History, Harvard University welcomes you to attend the annual Senior Thesis Writer's Conference Panels spanning Ancient Rome to modern China, global diplomacy to dietary ideology, colonialism to commercial innovation, social history to social science. For a complete schedule click here. For more information visit the Senior Thesis Writers' Conference site at: http://isites.harvard.edu/k64623 Robinson, Boylston, Sever, & Grays Halls Thursday, November 19th - Friday, November 20th Schedule listed on Thesis Writers' Site (see above link) |
| Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Peace through Development: Local Institution Building in Rural Afghanistan" Fotini Christia, MIT Department of Political Science Weatherhead Center Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Center for Government and International Studies, Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie Vernon Room K354 Thursday, November 19th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 19th, 2009 (Thu) | 4:15 PM |
| American Expatriates in Interwar Paris: A Reconsideration Brooke Blower (Boston University) Intellectual History Colloquium Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies 27 Kirkland Street, Conference Room Thursday, November 19th 4:15pm |
| Nov 23rd, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Born with a Copper Spoon: Global Copper and Local Development (1870-2000)." Jan Abbeloos (Ghent University) Commentator: Robert Bates (Department of Government, Harvard University) Presented by the Workshop on the Political Economy of Modern Capitalism, with support from the Warren Center. Robinson Hall, Lower Library 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 23rd 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 23rd, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM |
| 'The Professionalization of Military Intelligence in the Middle East during and after the First World War' The participants: Martin Thomas (University of Exeter, UK): author of Empires of Intelligence: Security Services and Colonial Disorder After 1914 (2008) Tilman Ludke: Jihad made in Germany: Ottoman and German Propaganda and Intelligence Operations in the First World War (2006) Chair: Roger Owen Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Kresge Room Monday, November 23rd 4:00pm |
| Nov 23rd, 2009 (Mon) | 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Achievements and Limits of Non-Violent Action during the Cold War" Adam Roberts, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Oxford University Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of Politics, Oxford University with commentaries by Merle Goldman, Professor Emeritus of History, Boston College Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project, Harvard University Charles Maier, Professor of History, Harvard University Davis Center: Cold War Studies Seminar Center for Government and International Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354 Monday, November 23rd 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 24th, 2009 (Tue) | 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Is Europe a Failed Democracy? Will the Lisbon Treaty Make a Difference? And if Not, What Will?" Challenges of the 21st Century: European and American Perspectives Series Speakers: Jonathan Faull, Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission. Jean-Claude Piris, Director General of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union. Joseph Weiler, University Professor, Joseph Straus Professor of Law and European Union, Jean Monnet Chair, NYU School of Law. Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, the Karamanlis Chair at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe. Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies 27 Kirkland Street, Goldman Room Tuesday, November 24th 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 26th, 2009 (Thu) -- Nov 29th, 2009 (Sun) |
| Thanksgiving Recess Holiday -no classes, offices closed Thursday and Friday |
| Nov 30th, 2009 (Mon) | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| "Trafficking in Race: The Rise and Fall of White Slavery, 1700-2000." Gunther Peck (Warren Fellow; Duke University) Presented by the Warren Center's Workshop on Empire, Sovereignty, Migration, Diaspora: Transnational America from Above and Below. Robinson Hall, Lower Library 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library Monday, November 30th 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Nov 30th, 2009 (Mon) | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
| Charles Warren Center Holiday Gathering Please RSVP, acceptances only, by November 23rd, to 617-495-3591 or lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu Robinson Hall, Great Space 35 Quincy Street Monday, November 30th 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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