Mind Control and the CIA (interview with Stephen Kinzer)
October 7, 2019 Commonwealth Club Podcast
Interdisciplinary Focus
Interdisciplinary Focus
Middle East Studies Enters a New Era at Brown
Master of Public Affairs
Early application deadline: December 13, 2019
In The News
How Democrats Will Weaponize Trump's Historic Impeachment Stonewalling (comments by Rich Arenberg)
October 9, 2019 VICE
Complicity in Saudi war on Yemen will be part of Trump legacy (written by Stephen Kinzer)
October 7, 2019 Boston Globe
News from Watson
Introducing the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
September 3, 2019
Fall 2019 Study Groups
August 8, 2019
Watson Launches Another Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows
June 26, 2019
Research Briefs
Ebola virus disease: Can vitamin A supplementation lower overall mortality?
October 11, 2019
Opportunities
The Watson Institute offers a variety of research and funding opportunities for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Events
October 19
Screening of Period. End of Sentence. and Panel on Women's Development: Solving Big Problems through Global Approaches
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
October 19
Edward Steinfeld ─ Making Sense of Hong Kong’s Protests
11 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
October 22
Alex de Waal ─ Starvation Crimes in the Horn of Africa
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Student Experience
Student Spotlight: Bryan Brown MPA ’20
October 17, 2019
Webcasts
Kia Caldwell ─ #MariellePresente: Reflections on Black Feminism, Political Power, and Violence in Brazil
October 16, 2019
OP Jindal Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India in the World: The “Vision” Thing
October 11, 2019
Boris Muñoz ─ Cutting through the Noise in the Age of Polarization
October 10, 2019
Current Research
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