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## Harvard Academy Alumni Reunion Conference

### September 18–20, 2014

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

#### Thursday, September 18

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

#### Friday, September 19

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 Belg**e, 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.

#### Saturday, September 20

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