We are delighted to announce that five of our graduate students were awarded dissertation prizes at our commencement celebration on May 22. The Department of Government prize for the best dissertation on a topic of race, ethnicity/or migration and politics was awarded to Olivia Woldemikael for her dissertation, “The Local Consequences of Migration Policies in…
Many faculty, former students, and friends came together over the weekend of April 13-14 for a conference in honor of our distinguished colleague Richard Tuck. Held at Princeton University, the event celebrated not only Richard’s retirement but more than four decades of teaching, writing, and intellectual camaraderie. Political theorist and historian of political thought, Richard…
Understanding how local contexts determine why white voters in America’s heartland are shifting to the right is the driving force behind Stephanie Ternullo’s first published book How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics. Stephanie Ternullo is an Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard, joining the department after…
We are very proud to announce that eight thesis prizes have been awarded to our senior concentrators for their outstanding scholarly research. The Hoopes Prize – funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, class of 1919, and overseen by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) – was awarded to Amen Gashaw, Fred Larsen,…
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has awarded senior concentrator Jorge Ruiz the James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Thesis Prize on Spanish-speaking Latin American Studies for his thesis, Old Parties and New Cleavages: Puerto Rico’s Emerging Multi-Party System. His thesis centered on the 2020 election, which saw five parties gain legislative representation – a…
The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics has announced its 2024-25 fellows, with three current or former PhD students named Fellows-in-Residence and Graduate Fellows – as well as a number of our concentrators appointed as Undergraduate Fellows. Adriana Alfaro Altamirano – PhD alumni of the Department of Government – has been appointed a Fellow-in-Residence…
Last week (04/24) we hosted the annual Undergraduate Thesis Symposium, where 39 of our senior concentrators presented their research to peers, faculty, and junior concentrators interested in writing a dissertation. Held at CGIS Fisher Family Commons, the well-attended event saw a wide range of topics and presentations, from contemporary American politics – such as “Teach…
A dynamic group of spoken word artists will read and reinterpret powerful petitions from disenfranchised individuals seeking their rights in the 17th and 18th centuries at All the Voices in the House, a groundbreaking event created by Revolutionary Spaces. The petitions were curated by Daniel Carpenter, the Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and Chair…
Daniel Carpenter, the Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and chair of the Department of Government, has published a research article titled Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance, which reveals the secret world of lobbying government regulators. First published by Cambridge University Press and then the journal Perspectives on Politics, the study –…
In our recent Vik-Bailey lecture, Antón Barba-Kay – the Robert B. Aird Chair of Humanities at Deep Springs College in California – took a deep dive into the topic of digital technology and its potential to end human nature. Hosted at CGIS South on April 11, the lecture was well attended – including a full…
