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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.

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.

In her new book, How It All Vegan, Nina Gheihman aims to educate, but also illustrate veganism’s incredible development over time. “Whether you agree with it or not, I think vegan entrepreneurs have really affected the popular culture and are shifting us towards a more plant-based diet. And I wanted to tell their story.”

Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor argue that the coronavirus crisis has inflamed cleavages in democratic societies which will be difficult to heal.

Peter A. Hall is Krupp Foundation professor of European studies at Harvard University and the editor with Michèle Lamont of Successful Societies and Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era. Rosemary CR Taylor is associate professor of sociology and community health at Tufts University and has written widely on epidemics, past and present.

The short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on immigrant workers depend on policies which vary substantially across western-European countries.

Nathan Grau, CES Graduate Student Affiliate and History Seminar Coordinator, is mentioned in this profile of graduate students whose research has been impacted by the pandemic.

Pablo Rasmussen (Government, European History, Politics and Societies) reflects on how his journey from Mexico City to Oklahoma and internships in Belgrade and Brussels have made him a rugged internationalist. He spoke to CES on the eve of his graduation from Harvard College.