Harvard University - Department of Government

News and Announcements

Hoopes Prize Winners 2012

Government concentrators Sarah Akhtar, William Eger, Farha Faisal, Rachel Lipson, and Sara Plana from the graduating class of 2012 have won the prestigious Hoopes thesis prize. Congratulations! Sarah...
Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Steve Ansolabehere has co-written the articles: The Alternative Energy Future: Challenges for Technological Change and The American Public's Energy Choice...
Harvard Professors Recognized for Teaching and Advising

Eric Beerbohm was awarded the Roslyn Abramson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2011, and Arthur Spirling was awarded Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award.
Political science, in his marrow

Using history as lens to explore how events occurred, what's next:
A North Korean Corleone

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, a PhD candidate within the Government Department, has written the article "A North Korean Corleone,"which appeared in the New York Times Sunday Review on March 3...