Ofrit Liviatan

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Ofrit Liviatan
Lecturer on Law and Politics

Dr. Ofrit Liviatan is a lecturer on law and politics at Harvard University’s Department of Government, the author of a political novel Anything But Steady, and the Director of Harvard College’s First-Year Seminar Program.

Her publications, research, and teaching interests focus on the intersection of law and politics, including: the function of legal systems in divided societies, the role of legal mechanisms in accommodating diversity, sociolegal dilemmas around artificial intelligence, critical investigations of law through visual and literary frames, and the legal dynamics between religion and state.


Contact
617/495-0770
oliviatan@gov.harvard.edu
My Website

1414 Massachussetts Ave, Room 326


Subfields
Comparative Politics

Academic Interests
Civil Society and Social Movements | Gender | International Organizations | Judiciary and Public Law | Legislatures | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought | Political Psychology | Public Policy | Religion in Politics | State-Society Relations | Technology & Governance

Research Methods
Historical Methods | Qualitative Methods

Geographic Regions of Study
Europe | Middle East and North Africa | United States