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How did transnational networks shape the rise of the modern American state? Using agency records, autobiographies, and personal correspondence, Benjamin Waldman traces how members of Roosevelt’s Committee on Administrative Management built iterative transatlantic ties in the 1930s to professionalize the U.S. civil service and expand presidential power. Contrary to conventional accounts, Waldman finds that the rise of fascism in Europe drew American reformers closer to continental models, influencing key institutional reforms in Roosevelt’s second term. Join Waldman to discuss the origins of the Reorganization Act of 1939 and the evolution of U.S. executive authority.
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 from any social science discipline who are at any stage of their research.
To join the seminar mailing list, please contact the seminar chairs. Papers will be distributed to participants via email in advance. For a schedule of upcoming workshops see here. This schedule will be updated throughout the academic year.
