Brown senior awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship (MES concentrator featured)
November 19, 2018 News from Brown
Faculty Q&A
Watson Expansion
Updates on the Watson Expansion Project
Student Experience
Watson Undergraduate Concentrations Review FAQ
Policy in Perspective
Tom Perez '83 and Michael Steele Talk Voting and Partisanship
Master of Public Affairs
Early application deadline: December 14
In The News
NPR Morning Edition (research by the Costs of War Project cited)
November 19, 2018 NPR Morning Edition
Former White House policy official and Brown University senior fellow, Timothy Edgar, on State of Mind
November 16, 2018 Dan Yorke State of Mind
News from Watson
Election Results Worldwide
November 9, 2018
BIARI Beyond Brown: Improving Disaster Response Where Disasters Happen
October 18, 2018
Brazil Elections: Who's in Play and What’s at Stake
September 24, 2018
Research Briefs
$5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated on Post-9/11 Wars
November 16, 2018
Opportunities
The Watson Institute offers a variety of research and funding opportunities for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Events
November 27
Hlengiwe Dlamini ─ African Contestation of Wholesale Implementation of British Political Modernity in Colonial Southern Africa: King Sobhuza II of eSwatini (Swaziland)
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
November 28
Zachary Morgan – Neither Slave nor Citizen: State Control of Brazilian Free Blacks in the 19th Century
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
November 30
Pakistan Elections Across Disciplines: A Teach-In and Discussion Forum
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Student Experience
Student Spotlight: Timothy Peltier '19
November 15, 2018
Webcasts
Across the Aisle: Post-Election Discussion
November 19, 2018
Transnational Advocacy Networks: Reflecting on 20 years of Evolving Theory and Practice
November 15, 2018
James Forman, Jr. '88 ─ Locking Up Our Own
November 8, 2018
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