Conference Program

Harvard Academy Alumni Reunion Conference

All panels are in the Belfer Case Study Room, S020, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street

6:00–8:00 Welcome Reception
Fisher Family Commons, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street

8:15–8:45 Continental Breakfast

8:45–9:00 Welcome Remarks

Jorge I. Domínguez, Chairman, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico; Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University.

9:00–11:00 Panel I. “Religion and Politics”

Chair: Melani Cammett, Professor of Political Science, Brown University.
Lori Allen, Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Ceren Belge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia University.
Anna Grzymala-Busse, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan.
Pauline Jones Luong, Professor of Political Science; Director, International Institute, University of Michigan.
R. Quinn Mecham, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University; Research Associate, Middlebury College.

11:00–11:15 Coffee Break

11:15–1:15 Panel II. “Rethinking Democracy and Authoritarianism”

Chair: Kanchan Chandra, Professor of Politics, New York University.
Lisa Blaydes, Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Affiliate, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University.
Pablo Querubin, Assistant Professor of Politics and Economics, New York University.
Steven Solnick, President, Warren Wilson College.
Veljko Vujacic, Associate Professor of Sociology, Oberlin College.

1:15–2:30 Lunch

2:30–4:30 Panel III. “Race and Religion across Regions”

Chair: Engseng Ho, Professor of Anthropology and History, Duke University; Muhammad Alagil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Arabia Asia Studies, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Cemil Aydin, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sherrill Stroschein, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Politics, Department of Political Science, University College London; Director, Master’s Program on Democracy and Comparative Politics.
Nur Amali Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Rich Nielsen, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

7:00 Dinner: Keynote Address

Henry Rosovsky, Harvard Academy Chairman, 1986–1996; Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University.

8:30–9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00–11:00 Panel IV. “Self-Government, Representation, and Sovereignty: Who Governs?”

Chair: María Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University; Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Julian Go, Professor of Sociology, Boston University
Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Monika Nalepa, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies; Chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University

11:00–11:15 Coffee Break

11:15–1:15 Panel V. “Citizen Action and Engagement in ‘Challenging’ Contexts by Under-Resourced People”

Chair: Lily L. Tsai, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Macartan Humphreys, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Executive Director, Experiments in Governance and Politics Research Network (EGAP)
Saumitra Jha, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Jocelyn Viterna, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

1:15–2:30 Lunch