Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, was named the new director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He succeeds Grzegorz Ekiert, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government. You can read the official announcement here. Congratulations Professor Ziblatt!…
Professors Levitsky and Ziblatt Featured in Harvard Gazette on Their New Book ‘Tyranny of the Minority’
Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, and Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, were featured in the Harvard Gazette to discuss their new book “Tyranny of the Minority” and the issues facing the current Constitution. You can read the article here: ‘Tyranny of the Minority’ warns Constitution is dangerously…
Gov 20 Will Be Postponed Until Spring Semester
Please email undergrad@gov.harvard.edu for further information….
Professor Dustin Tingley’s New Book Featured on Harvard Gazette
Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government, recently published “Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse” with co-author Alexander F. Gazmararian. You can read the article here: Let’s not fry the planet, but let’s not stoke resentment, either….
Professor Kenneth Shepsle Awarded the 2023 William H. Riker Prize in Political Science
Kenneth Shepsle, George D. Markham Research Professor of Government, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the William H. Riker Prize in Political Science. This award is given by the Rochester Political Science Department in alternating years to recognize scholarly achievement that exemplifies and advances the scientific study of politics. …
Professor Katrina Forrester has been co-awarded the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory for her article “Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework,” published in the American Political Science Review in 2022.
Katrina Forrester, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, has been co-awarded the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory for her article “Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework,” published in the American Political Science Review in 2022. The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory is jointly given by the American Political Science Association’s…
Professor Theda Skocpol Received A Moosehead Honorary Fellow Election to the British Academy
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, received another Moosehead honorary fellow election to the British Academy. Congratulations Professor Skocpol!…
Government Professor, Katrina Forrester, Awarded the Quentin Skinner Fellowship
Katrina Forrester, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, was awarded the Quentin Skinner Fellowship and delivered the Quentin Skinner Lecture at the University of Cambridge in June. You can watch the lecture here: ‘In and against the state’: revolutionary feminism during deindustrialisation Please join us in congratulating Professor Forrester on her recent accomplishment!…
Government Professor, Yuhua Wang, Wins Various Awards
Professor Yuhua Wang has had quite the year with awards! Professor Wang’s book The Rise and Fall of Imperial China: The Social Origins of State Development is a co-winner of the Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize in Comparative Politics, awarded by the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2023. The Luebbert Book…
Government Concentrators Selected as Mellon Mays Fellows
Government Department concentrators, Ryan Doan-Nguyen ’25 and Jamaal Willis ’25, were selected as Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. This is a special fellowship that allows a small cohort of sophomores to engage in research and professional development. Congratulations to Ryan and Jamaal!! To learn more about the Mellow Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, please click here….