A natural performer and photographer, Benjamin Grimm ’18 fell into Swedish and comparative religion, but the unlikely combination of interests paved the way to a greater understanding of humanity. Grimm, who was awarded a CES senior thesis grant, received a Hoopes Prize for his research.
Margot Mai came to Harvard to pursue medicine but discovered anthropology in her sophomore year. She spent last summer working at a French NGO helping to rehabilitate Nigerian sex workers.
Daniel Ziblatt and Steve Levitsky authors of “How Democracies Die,” believe political polarization has risen dangerously high over race, religion, and culture.
The Eurozone crisis has opened fault lines between German economists and policymakers and those in a number of Eurozone (in particular periphery) countries. A new eBook – published as a result of a workshop at CES – explains the historical development of the ordoliberal school of economics and its influence on German policymaking, and contrasting it critically with what we like to call the Anglo-Saxon-Latin pragmatism of economic policymaking.
Donald Trump’s contempt for American political institutions is only the latest chapter in a history of opportunistic attacks against them.
Will France's new Republican Leader Laurent Wauquiez win over dismayed Front National voters and challenge Emmanuel Macron in the 2020 presidential run?
Europe's challenges – from transatlantic relations to populism – are assessed by leading experts at 2017 Summit on the Future of Europe
CES Resident Faculty Maya Jasanoff embraced adventure to explore the mind behind ‘Heart of Darkness’ and other classics for her new book "The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.”
In a forthcoming paper, Peter Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of Government and CES Resident Faculty and Noam Gidron, CES Affiliate, present the interconnected cultural and economic roots of today’s populist right.
