Dr. Ofrit Liviatan is a lecturer on law and politics at Harvard University’s Department of Government, the author of a political novel Anything But Steady, and the Director of Harvard College’s Freshman Seminar Program.
Her publications, research, and teaching interests focus on the intersection of law and politics, including: the function of legal systems in divided societies, the role of legal mechanisms in the accommodation of diversity, critical investigations of law through visual and literary frames, and the legal dynamics between religion and state.
Contact
617/495-0770
oliviatan@gov.harvard.edu
My Website
1414 Massachussetts Ave, Room 326
Subfields
Political Thought and its History | Comparative Politics | International Relations
Academic Interests
Civil Society and Social Movements | Gender | International Organizations | Judiciary and Public Law | Legislatures | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought | Political Psychology | Public Policy | Religion in Politics | State-Society Relations
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Qualitative Methods
Geographic Regions of Study
Europe | Middle East and North Africa | United States