WSP Seminar with visiting scholar María de los Ángeles Picone, Boston College
“Locality as a Metaphor for the Nation: Nature and the Built Environment in Argentine Patagonia, 1930-1945”
María de los Ángeles Picone, a fall 2022 visiting scholar, is assistant professor of history at Boston College. She is a historian of modern Latin America with an interest in nation making, border regions, spatial history, and the environment. Her current book project examines how people in the northern Patagonian Andes created new understandings of...
“Regulating Social Media in Nigeria: A Middle-of-the-Road Approach Involving Coalitions of the Responsible”
Tolu Ogunlesi, fellow, is a Nigerian journalist and writer. Since 2016 he has been a special assistant to the President of Nigeria on digital and new media.
Research interests: Digital misinformation/disinformation, literacy, and civic engagement; and social media regulation.
WSP Seminar with visiting scholar Luca Maria Pesando, McGill University
"Leveraging digital sources to study intimate partner violence”
Luca Maria Pesando is a visiting scholar and assistant professor of sociology and demography at McGill University. He is interested in issues of family poverty, inequality, gender, stratification, intra- and intergenerational processes, technology adoption, and interactions between life-cycle events and human capital accumulation.
In person, Note location change: CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge St.
WSP Seminar with visiting scholar Alex Godoy-Faúndez, Universidad del Desarrollo
“Gaps in Climate Change Negotiations: The Missing Link between Adaptation and Mitigation to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030”
Alex Godoy is a visiting scholar from the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile, where he is director of the Sustainability Research Center and Strategic Resource Management. His research project focuses on using sustainability science to understand the relationships between...
WSP Seminar with Dorman postdoctoral fellow Sasha de Vogel
"Detention Patterns and Russia's Anti-War Movement"
Sasha de Vogel, a Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, obtained her PhD in political science in 2021 from the University of Michigan. Her research combines interests in authoritarianism, institutional politics, and collective action, with regional expertise on Russia and the former Soviet Union.
WSP Seminar with Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow Matthew Reichert
“Who Built Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National Identity"
Matthew Reichert, a Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, received his PhD in government from Harvard University in 2022. He uses integrative research designs with tools from multiple disciplines to explore the historical political economy of nationality in Eurasia, the politics of identity in...
"Soft Power and Charismatic Leadership in German-American Relations“
To attend virtually, please contact Erin Goodman (egoodman@wcfia.harvard.edu)
Hendrik Ohnesorge is a 2022 summer associate. He is managing director of the Center for Global Studies and a research fellow in international relations at the University of Bonn. His current book project focuses on the significance of soft power, including personal diplomacy and...
Visiting Scholar (Spring 2023), Weatherhead Scholars Program Associate Professor, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Waffles at the Weatherhead: Second annual networking event for visiting scholars and fellows with the International Relations on Campus student organization, catered by the famous Zinneken's Waffle Truck! This is a great opportunity for students to learn about research assistantship opportunities with WCFIA faculty affiliates and visiting scholars!
Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program Special Assistant to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Tolu Ogunlesi, fellow, is a Nigerian journalist and writer. Since 2016 he has been a special assistant to the President of Nigeria on digital and new...
Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program Team Leader, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Juan José García Sánchez, fellow, is a team leader in international relations in the field of customs at the EU Commission, Taxation and Customs Union....
