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Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar
Apr 13, 2026
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs

Speaker: Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University.

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Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar
Apr 13, 2026
3:45PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Lively (linghuo) Accumulation: China’s 1980s Coastal Development Strategy and Histories of Capitalist and Socialist Crises

Speaker: Andrew Liu, Associate Professor of History, Villanova University.

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Joaquim Meira Receives Samuelson Traveling Fellowship
Graduate Student Associate Joaquim Meira, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, is the 2026–2027 recipient of the Lee Whittinghill Samuelson Traveling Fellowship. This fellowship, awarded by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin...
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