2022

2022 Sep 28

How Will Global Democracy Survive?

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA -- Registration Required

From the January 6th insurrection in Washington to the steady march of authoritarianism around the world, no corner of the globe has been safe from attempts to subvert democracy. What are the root causes of these forces, and how can we combat these threats?

Join us and the Institute of Politics in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, for a conversation with Professor Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, and Professor Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of Government and...

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2022 Sep 29

The Crisis of Racial Justice in a Faltering Democracy

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA -- Registration Required

On September 29, 2022, join the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project in the JFK Jr. Forum for a discussion featuring Maya Wiley, president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and former counsel to the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio. The conversation will be moderated by Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. We will hear from President Wiley about her vision for leading the nation through a...

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2022 Oct 28

Broken Mirrors: Latino, La Migra, and the Conflict of Being Both

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Rubenstein 414 AB, Harvard Kennedy School Campus

Join David Cortez, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame for a talk on "Broken Mirrors: Latino, La Migra, and the Conflict of Being Both." This discussion is part of the American Politics Speaker Series sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies.

Please note: The location for this talk has changed and will now be held in Rubenstein 414 AB. 

Lunch will be served.

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2022 Oct 14

Policy Outcomes and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

K354 (3rd Floor), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.

Join Neil Malhotra, Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business for a talk on “Policy Outcomes and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences.” This discussion is part of the American Politics Speaker Series sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies.

This will be an in-person event open to Harvard ID holders only. Lunch will be served.

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2022 Sep 30

Strengthening Democracy with Dollars? How Funding Changes Administrators' Behavior & Increases Voter Turnout

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

S050 (Concourse level), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.

Join Christian Grose, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Southern California for a talk on “Strengthening Democracy with Dollars? Increasing Funding for Elections Changes Administrators' Behavior and Increases Voter Turnout.” This discussion is part of the American Politics Speaker Series sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies.

This will be an in-person event open to Harvard ID holders only. Lunch will be served.

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2022 Oct 04

Democratic Governance in Turbulent Times: The Experience of the Peruvian Transition and Emergency Government

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation invites you to a discussion sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies featuring Dr. Francisco Sagasti, former president of Peru entitled "Democratic Governance in Turbulent Times: The Experience of the Peruvian Transition and Emergency Government." This discussion is moderated by Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

About the Discussion:    
An uncertain global and regional context,...

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