International Book Blitz 2026

Speakers Eram Alam, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University. The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare (Johns Hopkins University, 2025) Bruno Carvalho, Faculty Associate (on leave 2025–2026). Codirector, Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative; Professor, Departments of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World (Princeton University Press, 2026) Ian Kumekawa, Anniversary Fellow, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University; Lecturer in History, MIT. Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge (Penguin Random House, 2025) Taeku Lee, Faculty Associate. Bae Family Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University. Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2026) Gabrielle Oliveira, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life (Stanford University Press, 2025) Daniel Lord Smail, Faculty Associate. Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History; Interim Chair, Department of History, Harvard University. Magdalena Coline: A Life Beyond Slavery in Mediterranean Europe (Princeton University Press, 2025) Moderator Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel. Follow the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs:Weatherhead Center WebsiteEpicenter WebsiteFacebookLinkedInInstagramBlueskySimplecastYouTube