As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we are proud to spotlight the remarkable work of our senior thesis writers, who contribute significantly to feminist discourse across a range of topics. Women’s History Month – a joint project by The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National…
Communications / Projects Manager I have been with the Department of Government for just over one year. My role is the first of its kind for Gov so I spent the first six+ months understanding the Department and creating a series of strategic documents, including a full Communications Strategy, Crisis Communication documents, a brand refresh…
Ph.D. Candidates Marco M. Aviña and Julio S. Solís Arce have received the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics. The grants are awarded to scholars dedicated to advancing understanding in Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Political Science, Sovereignty, Tribal Governance, and Native Studies, with grants ranging from $2,000 to $2,500. These funds will support diverse research…
As part of the University of Toronto’s Munk Center Distinguished Lecture Series, Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, delivered an engaging talk titled “Capitalism and Democracy: Does One Dominate the Other?” in January. Hall is a political economist and a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies…
Three exceptional Department of Government undergraduates have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship. Eduardo Vasconcelos Goyanna Filho ’25, Isabelle King ’25, and Leo Gerdén ’25 are among the distinguished cohort of 150 scholars chosen from a global pool of nearly 5,000 candidates. The Schwarzman Scholarship, known for its rigorous selection process, identifies…
Christina L. Davis examines the discriminatory logic at the heart of multilateralism. Overview Member selection is one of the defining elements of social organization, imposing categories on who we are and what we do. Discriminatory Clubs shows how international organizations are like social clubs, ones in which institutional rules and informal practices enable states to favor friends…
Authored by three of the USA’s most well-known scholars on American politics – Zoltan L. Hajnal, University of California, Vincent L. Hutchings, University of Michigan, and Taeku Lee, Harvard University – this undergraduate textbook argues that racial considerations are today – and have always been since the nation’s founding – central to understanding America’s political system writ large….
Race and class inequality are at the crux of many policy disputes in American cities. But are they the only factors driving political discord? In Race/Class Conflict and Urban Financial Threat, political scientist Jennifer L. Hochschild examines significant policies in four major American cities to determine when race and class shape city politics, when they do not,…
Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Public Policy. A former Chair of the Department of Government, she also holds a lectureship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Jennifer studies and teaches about the intersection of American politics and political…
Ph.D. candidate Andrew O’Donohue is chosen as a 2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar. Andrew is one of eight appointees – who are studying topics from photochemistry, youth psychotherapies, human learning artificial intelligence, and more. The group forms the twelfth class of the Society of Horizons Scholars, a fellowship cohort that offers opportunities for long-lasting community, mentorship,…
