Claudine Gay, Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies, delivered a keynote in Amsterdam at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study on September 3. Her remarks examine intellectual freedom in an era when universities face surmounting external pressure. There’s something especially fitting about discussing the independence of academic institutions here,…
We are proud to announce that two distinguished members of our community—Melani Cammett and Andrew O’Donohue—have been named Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellows for the 2025–2026 academic year. They join the Institute’s 26th class of fellows, a highly selective group that includes leading voices across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Each fellow is selected…
Yuhua Wang, Ford Foundation Professor of Modern China Studies, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Harvard College Professorship. This honor, announced by Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra on May 6, recognizes Wang’s outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentorship, and research. Wang joins four other distinguished faculty…
Melani Cammett and Taeku Lee have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining a distinguished class of nearly 250 new members. Their election recognizes their outstanding contributions to political science and public policy, as well as their commitment to advancing research that informs contemporary challenges. Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor…
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…
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…
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…
Stephanie Ternullo, Assistant Professor of Government, returned to her alma mater Amherst College to deliver the inaugural Cummings Lecture in the new Cummings Lecture Series. Presented by the CHI and the Samuel B. Cummings Lecture Fund, the Cummings Lecture Series is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, and Classics. Each semester it will feature…
Stephen Ansolabehere, the Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government, and Elliott Morris, Editorial Director of Data Analytics at ABC News and 538, dissected the 2024 election data in a Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and Institute of Politics (IOP) event – moderated by Ryan Enos, Professor of Government and director of CAPS. The well-attended…
Peter A. Hall, the Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies and a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, was recently interviewed on the Social Europe podcast. The episode was hosted by Henning Meyer, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Social Europe, with the pair discussing how perceptions of…
