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Graduate Student Research Workshop

Why Institutions Fail: Succession, Stability, and Statebuilding


March 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions

Graduate Student Research Workshop

Why Institutions Fail: Succession, Stability, and Statebuilding


March 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions
March 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions

What are the effects of internal conflicts on statebuilding in Europe? Using a novel data set covering the reigns of European rulers (800-1800), Daniel Lowery suggests that systematic differences in the degree of political (in)stability helped contribute to divergences in political development. Join him to discuss the relationship between higher levels of pre-modern conflict and measures of state capacity today.

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The Graduate Student Research Workshop is a seminar for graduate students at Harvard University and MIT to present their research to peers and faculty with an interest in European studies. This student-run, student-centered workshop welcomes presenters at any stage of their research from any social science discipline.

To join the seminar mailing list, please contact the seminar chairs. Papers will be distributed to participants via email in advance, and the schedule of upcoming workshops will be updated here throughout the academic year.

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