Democratic Governance

  • 2024 Mar 19

    Confronting Dictators: Lessons from Egypt, Russia, and Venezuela

    5:00pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School

    Harvard ID holders are invited to join us for a discussion featuring student researchers from the Non-Violent Action Lab: 

    • Shady ElGhazaly Harb MC/MPA 2023 (Egypt) 
    • Maria Kuznetsova MPP 2025 (Russia)  
    • Freddy Guevara MC/MPA 2024 (Venezuela) 

    Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment and Director, Nonviolent Action Lab, will moderate.  

    The panelists will discuss how their experiences, lessons learned, and perspectives on their respective struggles, nations,...

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  • 2024 Mar 22

    Seminar Series with David Hogg: Lessons from the Movement for Gun Reform

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Location will be shared upon accepted application

    Join David Hogg, AB ‘23, President, Leaders We Deserve, for a four-part seminar series that will explore several facets of creating successful social movements.

    In this interactive series, students will learn foundational skills and strategies for launching and sustaining the gun reform movement and will have opportunities to test these skills. Each session will be augmented by short readings and live practice using the tools gained in the lesson and students will also hear from David’s personal experience in launching a nationwide social movement. 

    All...

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  • 2024 Mar 25

    India Votes 2024: From the Outside In

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Online via Zoom, with in-person watch party in CGIS South, Room S030 (Lee)

    This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the second part of the series, focusing on “How do India’s neighbors perceive recent developments in India?”

    Speakers:

    • Nusrat Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
    • Farzana Haniffa, Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo
    • Nida Kirmani, Associate Professor of Sociology, Lahore University of Management Sciences
    • Kanak...
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  • 2024 Apr 03

    An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Ash Seminar Room 225, Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge

    You are invited to a discussion with Ryan Streeter and Steve Goldsmith on the future of conservatism today as outlined in a recent paper, An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism. Ryan Streeter is the vice president for research and publications at University of Texas at Austin’s Civitas Institute and most recently served as director of domestic policy at the American Enterprise Institute. Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at Harvard...

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  • 2024 Apr 08

    India Votes 2024: Covering the Elections

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Online on Zoom, with in-person watch party in CGIS South, Room S030 (Lee)

    This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the third part of the series, focusing on “How does one report and present the results of elections for Indian and international audiences?”

    Speakers:

    • Seema Chishti, editor, The Wire
    • Surabhi Tandon, video journalist and fellow at the Nieman Foundation
    • Samir Patil, founder and publisher, Scroll
    • Mujib Mashal, New Delhi Bureau Chief, The New York...
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  • 2024 Apr 16

    India Votes 2024: The Diaspora

    5:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium

    This spring, the Mittal Institute will host a series of events focused on the Indian elections, from how they are covered to what it means regionally and globally. This is the fourth and last part of the series, focusing on “How do South Asians in America react to Indian politics?”

    Speakers:

    • Sangay Mishra, Associate Professor of Political Science, Drew University
    • Rozina Ali, Journalist
    • Tanmay Misra, Independent Scholar
    • Anjali Kamat, Documentary Filmmaker and Investigative Journalist
    • Moderator: Maya...
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