ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 2012 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs | Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.495.4420 | www.wcfia.harvard.edu INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 3 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Advisory Committee ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Executive Committee & Senior Advisers .......................................................................................................................... 7 Steering Committee .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Administration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES...............................................................................................................................11 Opportunities for Faculty ........................................................................................................................................11 Small Grants for Faculty Research Projects and Author’s Workshops ................................................................11 Medium Research Grants for Faculty ...............................................................................................................................12 Research Incubation Fund ....................................................................................................................................................12 CONFERENCES & SPECIAL EVENTS ......................................................................................................13 SEMINARS .....................................................................................................................................................21 Open Seminars .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Africa Research Seminar ........................................................................................................................................................21 Canada Seminar ........................................................................................................................................................................21 Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: European and American Perspectives ...........................................21 Conversations across Borders: A Workshop in Transnational Studies ................................................................21 Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ...........................................................................................................23 Economic Development Workshop ..................................................................................................................................23 Economic History Workshop ..............................................................................................................................................25 Ethics, Economics, and International Relations ...........................................................................................................27 Harvard Business School International Seminar ..........................................................................................................27 Harvard International and Global History Seminar ....................................................................................................28 Harvard Seminar on History and Policy ......................................................................................................................... 30 Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution ............................................ 30 International Economics Workshop ..................................................................................................................................31 Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics ............................................................................................................................33 Middle East Seminar ...............................................................................................................................................................34 Nigeria in the World ...............................................................................................................................................................36 Political Violence Workshop ................................................................................................................................................36 Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar ....................................................................................................................37 Religion and Politics Seminar: Local and Global .........................................................................................................37 Science, Technology, and Society Seminar: STS Circle at Harvard .....................................................................39 Study Group on the Future of the European Union ...................................................................................................41 Transatlantic Relations Seminar ..........................................................................................................................................41 Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics ................................................................................................................41 Turkey in the Modern World ................................................................................................................................................43 WCFIA Roundtable on World Affairs ............................................................................................................................. 44 Weatherhead Initiative on Global History ..................................................................................................................... 44 Workshop on Culture, History, and Society ..................................................................................................................45 Invitation Only ..........................................................................................................................................................46 Communist and Post-Communist Countries Seminar .............................................................................................. 46 Director’s Faculty Seminar ...................................................................................................................................................47 WCFIA AnnuAl RepoRt • 2011–2012 1 Faculty Discussion Group on Comparative Politics ...................................................................................................47 Faculty Discussion Group on Political Economy ........................................................................................................ 48 Graduate Workshop on Latin American Politics ..........................................................................................................51 International Law and International Relations Seminar ............................................................................................52 Program on Global Society and Security Seminar .....................................................................................................53 Research Workshop in Comparative Politics ................................................................................................................53 Research Workshop in International Relations ............................................................................................................57 Research Workshop in Political Economy .....................................................................................................................59 Workshop on the Sustainability of the World’s Food and Farming Systems ..................................................62 Special Seminars ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 RESEARCH PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................67 Canada Program ......................................................................................................................................................................67 Center for History and Economics ....................................................................................................................................70 Fellows Program ......................................................................................................................................................................74 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies ..............................................................................................78