#  Elizabeth J. Perry 

Faculty Associate (on leave 2026–2027); Harvard Academy Senior Scholar.

Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

 

 

 



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 email <eperry@gov.harvard.edu> 

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**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.



 

 

 





 

 

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