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….
Government Department Chair Dan Carpenter, Awarded the John Gaus Award by APSA
Dan Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and Chair of the Department of Government, was awarded the John Gaus Award by the American Political Science Association (APSA). This award honors a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration. Professor Carpenter joins a select list of Harvard Government…
Government Professor, Theda Skocpol, Receives the James Madison Award from APSA
Every three years, the American Political Science Association, APSA, awards the James Madison Award to an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science. This year, Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, received this honor. Professor Skocpol joins a rare group of political scientists who have…
Government Professor and PEPG Director, Paul Peterson, Discusses School Boards in Interview
Paul Peterson, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, was recently interviewed and discussed his ongoing event series ‘Should School Boards Run Schools?’ Read the full interview here….
Government Professor, Danielle Allen, Interviewed by Harvard Gazette on Democracy
Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics, was recently interviewed by the Harvard Gazette on her new book, “Justice by Means of Democracy.” You can read the full article here….
Government 2023 Dissertation Awards
The following dissertation awards were announced at the Department of Government’s doctorand reception on May 24. The Department of Government prize for the best dissertation on a topic of Race, Ethnicity/or Migration and Politics is awarded to Briitta van Staalduinen for her dissertation, “Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State”. The Department of Government prize for the best…
Government Class of 2023 Prize Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the following prizes awarded to graduating Harvard seniors. Congratulations to all! GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT PRIZES JAMES GORDON BENNETT PRIZE This is one of six prizes offered for subjects in various fields of political science. A prize from a fund established by the late James Gordon Bennett is offered…
Government Professor, Joshua Kertzer, Named John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Government and Awarded Harvard’s Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize
Government professor, Joshua Kertzer, was named the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government. In addition to all the wonderful work he does as Director of Graduate Studies, he was also awarded the 2023 Harvard Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Congratulations!…
Government Professor, Jennifer Hochschild, named the Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professor at WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Professor Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, will be a visiting professor at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center next semester. She was named the Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professor. Congratulations and we hope you have a fantastic time!…