Weatherhead Events

About Weatherhead Events

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University sponsors many special events throughout the year, including prominent lectureships and our regular Weatherhead Forum—our platform to address pressing topics of the day.

Publisher

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University

Category

government · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Sept 2023

Latest episode

11 May 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 May 2026

   International Book Blitz 2026

   Celebrate the end of the academic year at our annual International Book Blitz. At this popular event, open to all Weatherhead affiliates, a panel of faculty and alums will each give a seven-minute “speed talk” about their recent book, launching us into compelling issues from around the world.

2. 

   4 Mar 2026

   Weatherhead Forum / The American Revolution in Global Perspective

   This forum marks the US semiquincentennial with a panel on the impact of the American Revolution and US Declaration of Independence on international affairs in the past 250 years.

3. 

   11 Feb 2026

   The Jodidi Lecture with Atul Gawande / The Mechanics of Public Man-Made Death: USAID’s Destruction At One Year

   The Trump Administration’s abrupt dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has triggered a wave of already hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly of children, around the world. Atul Gawande—former leader of global health at the agency—draws on data, historical parallels, and on-the-ground fact-finding to reveal how gains against malnutrition, infectious disease, and child mortality are being rapidly reversed. Gawande argues that this is a case of “public man-made death,” and calls for accountability and renewed commitment to lifesaving global health efforts.