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David R. Armitage

David R. Armitage

Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Department of History; and Chair, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University.

Research interests: History of international law and international relations theory; colonialism and political theory; oceanic history; civil war; and treaties.

Personal Website
Robinson Hall 215
Cambridge, MA 02138
armitage@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8076
Anya Bernstein

Anya Bernstein

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.

Research interests: Russia, Eurasia, and North Asia; religion; transnational processes; indigeneity; body politics; secularism; sovereignty; the anthropology of death; media; materiality; and visual culture.

Personal website
Tozzer Anthropology Building 218
21 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
abernstein@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-4987
Melani Cammett

Melani Cammett

Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar.
Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Research Interests: Development; religion and ethnicity; conflict; and Middle East politics.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Personal Website
1737 Cambridge Street, K213
Cambridge, MA 02138
mcammett@g.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-9849
Timothy J. Colton

Timothy J. Colton

Chair, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Faculty Associate. Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Research interests: Political change in Russia and Eurasia; conflict and security dilemmas in the region; and comparative regionalism, with special emphasis on the subjective component.

Personal website
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tcolton@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-4345
Melissa Dell

Melissa Dell

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Research interests: Development economics; and political economy.

Personal website
Littauer Center M-24
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
melissadell@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 384-7272
Grzegorz Ekiert

Grzegorz Ekiert

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Research interests: Civil society development in new democracies in Central Europe and East Asia; and patterns of transformations in the post-Communist world.
Personal website
27 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 495-8509
ekiert@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 998-5420
Nicholas Harkness

Nicholas Harkness

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave spring 2024). Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University.

Research interests: Language, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; and South Korea.

Personal website
Tozzer Anthropology Building, Rm 308
21 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
harkness@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-3807
Eliana La Ferrara

Eliana La Ferrara

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Research interests: Development economics and political economics, particularly on the role of social factors in economic development.
Personal website
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
elaferrara@hks.harvard.edu
Steven Levitsky

Steven Levitsky

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave fall 2023). David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

Research interests: Latin American politics; parties and party systems; and democracy and democratization.

Personal Website
1737 Cambridge Street, room K204
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 495-8292
levitsky@wcfia.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-9997
Mary D. Lewis

Mary D. Lewis

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave 2023–2024). Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Department of History, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Law School.

Research interests: European overseas empires and their aftermaths, eighteenth century to present; modern France; French Empire in the Caribbean, South America, and North Africa; decolonization; sovereignty and legal pluralism; and international migration and citizenship.

Personal Website
Select Publications
27 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 998-5428
mdlewis@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8509
Elizabeth J. Perry

Elizabeth J. Perry

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Department of Government; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University.
Research interests: Contentious politics; the history of the Chinese revolution and its contemporary legacy; and the politics of higher education and cultural governance in China.
Personal website
1727 Cambridge Street, E306
Cambridge, MA 02138
eperry@gov.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-4536
Jocelyn Viterna

Jocelyn Viterna

Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology; and Chair, Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University.
Research interests: Social movements; civil society; development; democratization; transnationalism; gender; sexuality; and political violence.
Personal Website
Transnational Studies Initiative Seminar
33 Kirkland Street
William James Hall 480
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 496-5794
jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-7569
Yuhua Wang

Yuhua Wang

Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Research interests: Corruption and the rule of law; authoritarian politics; state building and state capacity; and Chinese politics.
Personal website
1737 Cambridge Street
room K214
Cambridge, MA 02138
yuhuawang@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-2750
Malika Zeghal

Malika Zeghal

Faculty Associate. Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.
Research interests: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East; Islamist movements and the institutionalization of Islam in the Muslim world; and Muslim diasporas in North America and western Europe.
Personal website
12 Quincy Street
Barker Center 411
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 496-5798
mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 384-8432