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    2024 Mar 27

    States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents: “States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean” with Elizabeth R. Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Massachusetts Lowell... Read more about States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean

    2024 Mar 21

    HUH Seminar Series

    12:15pm

    Location: 

    Zoom or HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

    Characterizing Red Floral Color Evolution in Polyploids with Andrea Berardi, Research Associate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University... Read more about HUH Seminar Series

    2024 Mar 19

    The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

    12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

    Zoom & CGIS South S216, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

    This paper examines the impact of women’s political representation on deforestation rates in Brazil. Using close election regression discontinuity design, we show that women, when elected to office, are more likely to drive improved environmental outcomes due to factors such as reduced access to corrupt networks that influence the enforcement of environmental laws at the local level.... Read more about The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

    2024 Feb 28

    Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State... Read more about Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire

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