The Watson Institute for International Studies

Michael D. Kennedy

"The Watson Institute should be the site in the world known for addressing the relationships among critical international issues with innovation and consequence."

Research Themes

Global Security

Poverty, Inequality, and Development

Global Governance

Teaching and Training

Undergraduate Studies

Graduate Program in Development

Watson International Scholars of the Environment

Reporting on the Year of India
Follow the Year of India program, based at the Watson Institute; visit the Year of India website for reports on lectures by major public figures, research by faculty, and more.

Institutional Partnerships

International Writers Project

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Rhodes Center

Choices Program

Open Source

Office of International Affairs

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This Week's Events

Friday through March 25
Also Happening at Brown
We Care for the Land: Farm Owners, Sharecroppers, and Migrant Workers in Todd County, Kentucky

Friday at 12:00 PM
Also Happening at Brown
Richard Snyder -- Violent Spaces: Drug Trafficking and State-Sponsored Protection Rackets in Mexico

Friday at 12:30 PM
Brown Legal Studies Seminar
Lex Through Text: Law, Culture and Humanities Scholars Discuss the Texts that Shape Their Scholarship

Next Week's Events

Monday at 12:00 PM
Lecture
Alfred Gusenbauer -- Global Economic Crisis Brings the Next Wave of Change in Post-Communist Europe

Monday at 5:00 PM
Year of India
Amrita Jhaveri '91 -- M.F. Husain and Indian Modernism

Monday at 6:00 PM
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture Series
Julia E. Sweig -- Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know

Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Off Campus Event
Saleem Ali -- Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future

Wednesday at 4:00 PM
Book Signing
Catherine Lutz -- Carjacked

More Upcoming Events

News

'Review of International Political Economy' Makes Watson its Home

The Review of International Political Economy (RIPE) has established its new editorial headquarters at the Watson Institute. A leading international journal, RIPE dedicates its pages to “the systematic exploration of the international political economy from a plurality of perspectives.”

March 1 Innovative Global MBA Program to Tap into Watson Knowledge

February 17 Rushdie Talk Recasts Role of Public and Private in Politics and Literature