In a fraught moment, a useful Christmas list (written by Stephen Kinzer)
December 13, 2019 The Boston Globe
Faculty Q&A
Interdisciplinary Focus
Nicaragua: The Forty-Year Revolution
Faculty Q&A
A Game-Changer in the Fight Against Ebola
Master of Public Affairs
Early application deadline: December 13, 2019
In The News
In a polarized era, will impeachment become a 'new normal'? (commentary by Wendy Schiller)
December 13, 2019 The New York Times
Dan Yorke State of Mind: Brown University Professor Richard Arenberg
December 13, 2019 WPRI
News from Watson
New Faculty Leadership Roles
September 10, 2019
Introducing the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
September 3, 2019
Fall 2019 Study Groups
August 8, 2019
Research Briefs
Living through Surveillance: Recasting the study of Civil and Military Relations
December 9, 2019
Opportunities
The Watson Institute offers a variety of research and funding opportunities for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Events
December 14
Joy of Community Foundation Holiday Art Sale
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
January 30
Peter Andreas ─ Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
February 6
Tony Stewart – Parody and Persuasion: Narrative Strategies of Bengali Sufi Fictions
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Student Experience
Student Spotlight: Olivia Siemens ’21
December 12, 2019
Webcasts
Mark & Carrie - LIVE Podcast!
December 2, 2019
Feliciano de Sá Guimarães ─ Far-Right Populism and Foreign Policy Identity: Evidence from Bolsonaro’s Ultra-Conservative Foreign Policy in Brazil
November 20, 2019
Faculty Forum On Impeachment 2019 — Political and Policy Implications
November 19, 2019
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