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Challenges to Conflict Mediation in a Fragmenting International System The speaker will outline some of the major international developments that have challenged the practice of conflict mediation in recent years – including the return of geopolitics, the...

Human Rights and Transnational Repression Judith Abitan and Dawn Norris Doak will address the intersection of human rights and transnational repression, with examples drawn from Ms Abitan's work with the RWCHR and Ms Doak's cases at the FBI. From both a...

Deliberative Democracy Under Difficult Circumstances Speaker Damir Kapidžić, Professor of Comparative Politics; Director of the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Contact Walid Hammam walid_hammam@wcfia...

Nationalism and the Transformation of the State Speaker Lars-Erik Cederman, Professor of International Conflict Research, ETH Zürich. Discussant Oded Haklai, Professor of Political Studies; Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen...

The Effect of U.S. Democracy Promotion Retrenchment on Global Autocratization: Theory and Evidence from Israel and Turkey Speakers Oded Haklai, Professor of Political Studies; Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen’s University...

"Legacies of Exclusion: Comparative Histories of Immigration Policy in Canada, the U.S., and Europe" Speakers: Tamar Herzog, Faculty Associate. Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs; Professor, Department of History, Harvard University. Willie...

“Between Minority Politics and Regional Conflict: The Domestic-Foreign Policy Nexus in the Middle East” Speakers: Evren Balta, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Professor, Department of International Relations, Özyeğin University. Oded...

"Dangerous Stereotypes: Correcting Misperceptions about Undocumented Immigrants to Promote Inclusionary Preferences" Speaker: Natán Skigin, Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Political...

" Health Disparities and Covid-19: Case from South Korea" Speaker: Jaehyun Nam, Sang-Kee Kim Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Pusan National University. Contact: Walid Hammam walid_hammam...

"Weaponizing Narratives to Erode Inter-ethnic Trust and Deepen Ethnic Cleavages: How Ethnic Entrepreneurs Construct Narratives to Polarize Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina" Speaker: Denisa Sarajlic, Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (spring 2025)...