French and German activist politicians discuss battling racism with legislation
Christiane Taubira and Aminata Touré detail efforts in their nations to combat racism in a seminar led by CES Resident Faculty Mary D. Lewis.
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View of Adolphus Busch Hall from the Courtyard
Harvard and the Greek Revolution
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, CES Faculty Associate Panagiotis Roilos gave a paper on Harvard and the Greek Revolution at the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar on Modern Greek Studies.
Where the Guidance Ends
How Harvard History Professor Maya Jasanoff has pursued the humanities—and how you can, too
New Editors for Open Forum
CES is pleased to announce that George Soroka (Ph.D. ’14) is the new editor of the Open Forum Working Paper Series.
Where the wild things are
Capturing the exotic creatures that grace Harvard’s buildings, gates, and shields
Celebrating a bicentennial of democracy in its birthplace
At Harvard and elsewhere, philhellenes celebrate Greek independence.
Ghost in the Machine
An interview with Peter Gordon about his new book Migrants in the Profane (Yale University Press, 2020).
The man who built bridges across the Atlantic (in German)
A review of the biography of Guido Goldman "Amerikas Mr. Germany" by Martin Klingst.
Political Scholars Analyze Trump’s Legacy on Global Populism
The seminar — titled “Populism After Trump” — featured Johns Hopkins University Senior Fellow of International Affairs Anne Applebaum and Harvard Government professors Steven R. Levitsky and Daniel F. Ziblatt. Government professor Grzegorz Ekiert, the director of CES, moderated the event, which drew more than 400 attendees.
Investing in FDI: How and Why do the Western Balkans Differ?
What drives recent changes in the landscape of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Western Balkan states and what are the socioeconomic implications of such changes? The emerging economies of the Western Balkan countries (WB6) of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro, North Macedonia (NM), Kosovo, and Serbia have much to benefit from foreign direct investment (FDI).
