February 2–3, 2023
Agenda
The conference takes place in CGIS Knafel Building, room K262.
Panels may also be attended remotely via Zoom. Registration links below.
(Please note that most of the presenters’ theses are due in early March and are works in progress.)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
9:00–9:30 a.m. ET | Coffee and light breakfast
9:30 a.m. ET
Opening remarks
- Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2022–2023); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.
9:30–11:30 a.m. ET
PANEL ONE: Politics and Education in Europe and the Middle East
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- Chair: Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2022–2023); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.
- Abby LaBreck (Government), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “The Effects of Compulsory Religious Education at the Elementary and Secondary Level in Public School Curriculums in Alsace-Moselle on Shaping the Political Ideology of Young Adults.”
- Tzofiya Bookstein (Social Studies), Herbert C. Kelman Peace Fellow. “Peacebuilding Field of Israeli and Palestinian Civil Society, with a Focus on National Identity, Nationalism, and Ethnicity in Israel and the United States.”
- Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper (History & Literature), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “Urban Planning, Oil Infrastructure, and the Cold War in Riyadh from the Perspective of Greece.”
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET | Lunch break
12:30–2:30 p.m. ET
PANEL TWO: Inequality and Justice in Latin America
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- Chair: Alisha Holland, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
- Victor Rangel (Government). “The Increase of Clinics Adjacent to Pharmacies (CAFs) in Latin America over the Course of the Last Thirty Years.”
- Ariel Silverman (Social Studies; Environmental Science & Public Policy), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “Digging into Extraction: Dilemmas of the Contemporary Latin American Left in Greening Extractive Industries.”
- Arthur Vieira (Government; Economics). “How Spatial Inequality in Latin American Cities Affect Peoples’ Civic, Social, and Political Engagement.”
2:30–3:00 p.m. ET | Coffee break
3:00–5:00 p.m. ET
PANEL THREE: Managing Great Power Influence in Asia
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- Chair: Michael Szonyi, Chair, Canada Program; Faculty Associate. Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Professor of Chinese History, Departments of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of History, Harvard University.
- Olivia Fu (Government; Computer Science). “Joint Venture Models behind New Smart City Developments and their Impact on Public Goods in Singapore and South Korea.”
- Jonathan Zhang (Social Studies; Computer Science), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “Impacts of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative on Geopolitcal and Socioeconomic Development in Relation to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.”
- Esther Kim (Government; East Asian Studies). “Human or Humanitarian Rights? Factors Influencing South Korean Policy Approaches to the North Korean Human Security Crisis.”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
9:00–9:30 a.m. ET | Coffee and light breakfast
9:30–11:30 a.m. ET
PANEL FOUR: Gender and Trauma in Comparative Perspective
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- Chair: Sophia Balakian, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University.
- Fiker Girma Negash (Government), Rogers Family Research Fellow. “Reducing Crime through Gender Transcendent Norms, Attitudes, and Government Practices: The Case of One District in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.”
- Sophie Stromswold Feldman (Social Studies; Language, Mind & Brain), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “Longing and Belonging in the World's Coldest Country: Immigrant Integration in Norway.”
- Chloe Koulefianou (Social Studies; African and African American Studies), Rogers Family Research Fellow. “Neocolonialism and Migration through the Lens of Political Trauma in Lomé, Togo.”
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET | Lunch break
12:30–2:30 p.m. ET
PANEL FIVE: Indigeneity Issues in North America
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- Chair: Pamela Klassen, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program. Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto.
- Birch Chemberlin (Social Studies; Art, Film, and Visual Studies), Undergraduate Research Fellow, Canada Program. “Haudenosaunee Political Philosophy and Diaspora in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.”
- Alex Tam (History), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. “Foreigners and the Questions of Citizenship in the Confederate States of America.”
- Anissa Medina (History & Literature; Comparative Study of Religion), Rogers Family Research Fellow. “Transnational Memory, Commemoration, and History of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in Spain, Mexico, and the US.”
2:30–3:00 p.m. ET | Coffee break
3:00–5:00 p.m. ET
PANEL SIX: Language and National Narratives
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- Chair: Christoph Mikulaschek, Director, Undergraduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
- Adam Viktor Aleksic (Government; Linguistics), Kenneth I. Juster Fellow. “The Effects of Language Policy in Serbia and Croatia on Linguistic Identity.”
- Romnick Ligon Blanco (History; Government), Kenneth I. Juster Fellow. “Sino-Philippine Diplomatic Relations in the Turbulent Postwar Era (1946–1986).”
- Kasia Anna Zarzycka (Theater, Dance & Media; Comparative Literature), Kenneth I. Juster Fellow. “The Role of Historical Narratives Told about Controversial Past Events in Poland and Chile on Intergenerational Memory Transmission.”
5:00 p.m. ET
Closing remarks
- Christoph Mikulaschek, Director, Undergraduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
See also: 2023