Events at HLS
Western Sahara International Law and the Struggle for Self-Determination
A discussion with Ambassador Mouloud Said, Representative of Western Sahara in Washington, D.C., and Bill Fletcher Jr., international justice and labor advocate
Monday, February 3 at 12:15 p.m. | WCC, Room 2009
Sponsored by the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, the Human Rights Program, HLS Advocates for Human Rights, and the Harvard African Law Association
Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan
A discussion with Celeste Arrington, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Tuesday, February 4 at 12:20 p.m. | Austin Hall, Morgan Meeting Room (Room 308)
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability
From Iraq to The Hague: Navigating a Career in International Criminal Law
A discussion with Wasserstein Fellow Lina Biscaia, Head of the Gender and Children Unit of UNITAD
This event is open to the HLS community
Tuesday, February 4 at 12:30 p.m. | RSVP requested
Sponsored by the Bernard Koteen Office for Public Interest Advising (OPIA)
Around the University
Trade War 2.0
A discussion wth Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at HKS; Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow. Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and former Chief Economist of General Motors; and Edoardo Campanella, Senior Global Economist at UniCredit Bank
Monday, February 3 at 12:30 p.m. | In person, Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School, or online (register here for Trade War 2.0)
Sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
American Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
A talk by Ben Rhodes, writer, political commentator, and national security analyst
Thursday, February 6 at 4:30 p.m. | In person, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street (registration requested) and livestreamed on YouTube
Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Deadlines & Announcements
- Applications to the Chayes International Public Service Fellowships are due on Saturday, February 1.
- Applications for fall 2025 semester abroad are due on Saturday, February 15. International Legal Studies staff will be holding drop-in office hours on Monday, February 3 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm in WCC 5005 .