This series fosters meaningful conversations across a wide range of perspectives, advancing Brown’s mission to discover, preserve, and share knowledge and understanding.
Event Series
The Watson School is proud to sponsor informative, thought-provoking talks by leading scholars and practitioners on an array of topics.
Event Series
The Watson School is proud to sponsor informative, thought-provoking talks by leading scholars and practitioners on an array of topics.
Signature Series
Lectures by prominent scholars, diplomats, and public intellectuals from around the world.
A series of conversations with distinguished experts hosted by Dean John N. Friedman.
Research Series
Exploring critical issues in international development through interdisciplinary perspectives on governance, inequality, public health, and economic growth.
Examining the interplay between politics, economics and social policy, with a focus on health, education, inequality, democratic performance and the policy making process in the American context.
This series explores the political, economic, environmental, and security threats shaping the 21st century.
An academic speaker series presenting innovative research on global and national security challenges.
Bringing together scholars and practitioners to examine urgent questions at the intersection of human rights, democratic governance and political life.
Ongoing Series
Conversations with commentators and correspondents about journalism in America's post-truth moment.
An initiative of the Watson School, Art at Watson illuminates the School's mission by enhancing social-science inquiry through the arts.
The initiative aims to bring film and filmmakers to the University with the goal of shedding light on some of the most urgent, challenging, and complex issues facing society through the prism of documentary.
Lectures that aim to increase understanding about global issues, particularly those affecting Asia and the United States.
Student opportunities for networking and learning about career and internship options.
Talks by international scholars on the history and contemporary reality of Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.