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September 25, 2025 , Professor Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini publish new article on animal rights and rights of nature

Professor Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini argue that animal rights and rights of nature can and should find synergistic connections to tackle some of the most significant planetary threats today, notably, industrial animal agriculture.

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February 24, 2025 , Salma Waheedi co-authors policy paper on displaced Armenians’ right of return to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Program Executive Director Salma Waheedi joins Yeghia Tashjian, Nareg Seferian, and Thomas Becker to present a framework for the right of return for displaced Armenians to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in a policy paper published by the Aram Manoukian Institute for Strategic Planning.

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August 29, 2023 , Salma Waheedi named Religion and Public Life Fellow in Conflict and Peace

Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, was named the Harvard Divinity School's 2023-2024 Religion and Public Life Fellow in Conflict and Peace. 

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June 20, 2023 , Salma Waheedi Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Program

Salma Waheedi, a lecturer on law and associate director of Harvard Law School's Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, has been named its executive director.