2002/2004 - The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs ...

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Governance,” Jack Blaney, chair, Citizens’
Assembly, British Columbia. (Cosponsored
by the Labor and Worklife
Program, Harvard Law School.)
“21st Century Diplomacy: Understanding
Transgovernmental Networks in U.S. -
Canada Relations,” John Higginbotham,
vice president, Research and University
Relations at the Canada School of Public
Service. (Co-sponsored by the WCFIA
Fellows Program.)
Screening and Discussion of the Film,
“The Corporation,” Joel Bakan, professor
of law, University of British Columbia.
(Co-sponsored by the Labor and Worklife
Program, Harvard Law School.)
communIst And postcommunIst
countrIes
From the 1970s to the 1990s, countries
with communist political systems faced
many similar challenges but responded in
remarkably different ways. By the beginning
of the 1990s, communist regimes survived
only in Cuba and East Asia. Nearly all
communist and postcommunist countries
now confront crises of political legitimacy,
economic growth and performance, and
national and ethnic identities. The communist
and postcommunist worlds pose stunning
challenges in the redesign of the international
system: China is an emerging superpower,
and Russia is seeking a new international role.
Harvard University has numerous faculty
associated with various departments, research
centers, and institutes, who work on nearly
all of these countries and issues. A faculty
seminar on these topics met three times under
the sponsorship of the Weatherhead Center
in 2002-03 and an additional three times
in 2003-04. Each session was deliberately
comparative, seeking to address themes that
cut across various countries. The Communist
and Postcommunist Countries Seminar, which
is by invitation only, is chaired by Professors
Jorge I. Domínguez, Elizabeth Perry, Timothy
Colton, and Grzegorz Ekiert.
October 17
2002-03
“Unification of East and West Germany,”
Professor Charles Maier, Department of
History, Harvard University;
“Hong Kong’s Reversal to China,”
Professor James Watson, Department of
Social Anthropology, Harvard University.
November 26
April 22
“AIDS in China and Cuba,” Dr. Joan
Kaufman, East Asian Legal Studies
Program, Harvard Law School; Dr.
Arachu Castro, Department of Social
Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
“Identity and Information in the USSR
and Russia,” Professor Terry Martin,
Department of History, Harvard
University and Professor Yoshiko
Herrera, Department of Government,
Harvard University.
October 16
2003-04
“The State of Historical and Social Science
Research on the USSR and the People’s
Republic of China,” Elizabeth Perry,
Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government,
Harvard University, and Andrea Graziosi,
visiting professor, Department of History,
Harvard University.
November 13
“The Role of ‘Nostalgia’ in Political
and Institutional Development of
Postcommunist Countries,” Cindy
Skach, assistant professor, Department
of Government, Harvard University,
and Daniel Ziblatt, assistant professor,
Department of Government and Social
Studies, Harvard University.
March 23
“What Legacy: Varieties of Socialism
in Contemporary China, Cuba, and
Vietnam,” Regina M. Abrami, assistant
professor, Harvard Business School, and
Jorge I. Domínguez, Clarence Dillon
Professor of International Affairs and
Director of the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, Harvard University.
compArAtIve poLItIcs
comparative politics seminar
Harvard University hosts many professors with
interests in comparative politics. Some study
specific countries or issues; others focus on
key themes, such as political economy; and
several emphasize work on formal models
of politics. For the most part, these scholars
have interacted little with each other. The
principal purpose of the Comparative Politics
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