Would anything about this strange moment have surprised H.G. Wells? He was called “the man who invented tomorrow” because he seemed to have the future figured out.
Maya Jasanoff Reviews, Sarah Cole's new book: Inventing Tomorrow: H.G. Wells and the Twentieth Century
They fear that if they stick to the rules, they will lose everything. Their behavior is a threat to democratic stability.
An interview with Derek Penslar about his upcoming book “Zionism: An Emotional State.”
Published in Jüdische Geschichte & Kultur, #4, 2020, pp.46-47. (In German)
Can President Trump's appeal to ethnonationalism succeed in the 2020 elections? Two research studies by CES faculty Peter Hall and former affiliates Noam Gidron and Moritz Schularick are cited in this opinion piece by Thomas Edsall, The New York Times.
CES Affiliate Rosemary Taylor delves into comparisons of Covid-19 with other major diseases in world history, from the Spanish Flu to SARS. She notes that history often fails to teach leaders and experts the “lessons” we might expect. She notes that new popular understandings about diseases (such as animal-human transition) have led to complicated policy responses with mixed results. While history may not always clearly tell us what to do, it can warn us.
The CES community continues to grow and add new, exciting members to its community.
Four graduate students from Harvard University were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship and thirteen graduate students from Harvard and MIT were the recipients of Krupp Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowships from CES this year.
Nurturing interest in Europe among Harvard College students is central to the CES mission. Despite pandemic-related travel restrictions, CES is pleased to support 34 students to intellectually engage with Europe via virtual internships and senior thesis research this summer. CES congratulates these students and highlights their diverse interests and projects in the videos and links below. |
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Max Goplerud received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University in 2020. At CES, he was a Graduate Student Affiliate and Co-chair of the Seminar on Populism. CES spoke to him about finalizing his dissertation during the pandemic and his plans for the future.
