Accountable Democracy? Representative Politics in America
In this lecture, Alma Steingart investigates how changing computational practices insinuated themselves into the most basic definitions of “fairness” in the American electorate in the twentieth century.
Fellow Spotlight: Alma Steingart
Alma Steingart is an assistant professor of history and Columbia University who studies the intersection of mathematical thought and electoral politics in the United States.
Fellow Spotlight: Alexandra Chreiteh
Alexandra Chreiteh's novel-in-progress, “Sweetmeats,” tells the story of a Syrian family living in a Lebanese border town at the cusp of the Syrian revolution.
Creativity and Resilience: Prison Art in Ming China, 1368-1644
In this talk, Ying Zhang examines the relationship between imprisonment and religious freedom.
Fellow Spotlight: Ying Zhang
Ying Zhang's project is the first book-length study of the imprisoned officials and prison culture in pre-modern China.
Geopolitics and the Emerging Structure of Global Supply Chains
In this geopolitical talk, Etel Solingen will explore the emerging structure of global supply chains as a critical geopolitical link for transatlantic relations.
The Fight for Congress: The 2022 Midterm Elections and What They Portend for America’s Democracy
In this special Academy Zoom event, Doug Sosnik — White House political director during the Clinton administration and one of America’s foremost electoral analysts — explains the dynamics shaping the unpredictable 2022 midterm election and the evolution of the American electorate.
Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury
Evan Osnos's book "Wildland" seeks to explain the national crisis that reached a crescendo in 2020, through the stories of ordinary individuals navigating twenty-first-century America.
The Rights of the Displaced in a World of Conflict, Chaos, and Dysfunction: Progress or Peril—or Both?
Eric P. Schwartz looks at this bifurcated reality to ask, “How do we assess the progress, or the lack thereof, in the norms of global protection for refugees?”
Strongmen: How They Rise, How They Rule, How They Fall
Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays out the "authoritarian playbook" – violence, machismo, corruption, propaganda, and coercion -- which strongmen use to obtain and stay in power.