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

International Book Blitz 2026

SPEAKERS * Eram Alam, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University. The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare [https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53838/care-foreigners] (Johns Hopkins University, 2025) * Bruno Carvalho, Faculty Associate (on leave 2025–2026). Codirector, Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative; Professor, Departments of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246550/the-invention-of-the-future] (Princeton University Press, 2026) * Ian Kumekawa, Anniversary Fellow, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University; Lecturer in History, MIT. Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741342/empty-vessel-by-ian-kumekawa/] (Penguin Random House, 2025) * Taeku Lee, Faculty Associate. Bae Family Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University. Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/billionaire-backlash-9781399424110/] (Bloomsbury, 2026) * Gabrielle Oliveira, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life [https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/now-we-are-here] (Stanford University Press, 2025) * Daniel Lord Smail, Faculty Associate. Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History; Interim Chair, Department of History, Harvard University. Magdalena Coline: A Life Beyond Slavery in Mediterranean Europe [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691253800/magdalena-coline] (Princeton University Press, 2025) MODERATOR * Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA].  FOLLOW THE WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: * Weatherhead Center Website [https://wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Epicenter Website [https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherhead-center-harvard] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/weatherheadcenter] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weatherheadcenter.bsky.social] * Simplecast [https://wcfia-epicenter.simplecast.com/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA]

Weatherhead Forum / The American Revolution in Global Perspective

SPEAKERS * Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University; Director, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Democratic Knowledge Project-Learn, Harvard Graduate School of Education. * David Armitage, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Department of History; Chair, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University. * Elisabeth Leake, Lee E. Dirks Professor in Diplomatic History, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. CHAIR * Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA].  FOLLOW THE WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: * Weatherhead Center Website [https://wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Epicenter Website [https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherhead-center-harvard] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/weatherheadcenter] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weatherheadcenter.bsky.social] * Simplecast [https://wcfia-epicenter.simplecast.com/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA]

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

SPEAKER * Atul Gawande, John and Cyndy Fish Chair in Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Samuel O. Thier Professor of the Practice of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; writer, The New Yorker. CHAIR * Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA].  FOLLOW THE WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: * Weatherhead Center Website [https://wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Epicenter Website [https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherhead-center-harvard] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/weatherheadcenter] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weatherheadcenter.bsky.social] * Simplecast [https://wcfia-epicenter.simplecast.com/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA]

Weatherhead Forum / Algorithmic Power: The Role of AI in Foreign Policy

SPEAKERS  * Marc Aidinoff, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University. * Carmem Domingues, AI specialist; former White House Senior AI Technical Advisor. * Ofrit Liviatan, Lecturer on Law and Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University. * Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer. Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. CHAIR * Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA].  FOLLOW THE WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: * Weatherhead Center Website [https://wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Epicenter Website [https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherhead-center-harvard] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/weatherheadcenter] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weatherheadcenter.bsky.social] * Simplecast [https://wcfia-epicenter.simplecast.com/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA]

The Manshel Lecture with Walter Russell Mead / The Crisis of Pax Americana

SPEAKER * Walter Russell Mead, Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft, Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida. Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute. Columnist, Wall Street Journal. CHAIR * Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA].  FOLLOW THE WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: * Weatherhead Center Website [https://wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Epicenter Website [https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherhead-center-harvard] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/weatherheadcenter] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weatherheadcenter.bsky.social] * Simplecast [https://wcfia-epicenter.simplecast.com/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardWCFIA]