Tag: Center for American Political Studies

  • Nation & World

    The puzzles for pollsters

    Harvard hosted the first-ever conference featuring thought leaders at the intersection of politics and data analytics to assess the 2016 election and challenges facing this emerging field.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The rule-breaking Sisters Grimke

    “Exiled by the sound of the lash” from the slaveholding state of South Carolina, the Grimké sisters came North before the Civil War with rule-breaking ideas on slavery’s wrongs and women’s rights. They represented an antebellum moment in which “women became political.”

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Digitizing a movement

    A team of Harvard scholars is cataloging, and transcribing, and digitizing thousands of 18th- and 19th-century anti-slavery petitions held in the Massachusetts State Archives.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A freedom fighter looks back

    Andrew Young — minister, activist, politician, and diplomat — reflected during a Harvard appearance on the battles of the American civil rights era, and on the economic problems that remain.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The lessons of election ’12

    Two political philosophers from opposite sides of the fence met at the Tsai Center to size up the factors in play during the recent presidential election, and the weight that they could take on in 2016.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    AAC&U names Skocpol a director

    At its recent annual meeting in San Francisco, the Association of American Colleges and Universities named Theda Skocpol, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, a director.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Help on the home front

    Harvard programs assist employees trying to juggle careers and families, bridging coverage gaps.

    5 minutes
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    Peering into gearworks of FDA

    Daniel Carpenter’s new book, “Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA,” probes the workings of a crucial federal safety agency that often is either lionized or demonized.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Boston Public School teachers go back to class

    What do ancient Rome and the reign of Queen Elizabeth I have to do with the development of the United States government? A lot, according to Harvard government professor Daniel Carpenter.

    5 minutes