Current Fellows

The 2008–2009 Radcliffe Institute fellows will work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for their quality and long-term impact.

Fellows' Presentation Series

The Fellows' Presentation Series is a forum for Radcliffe Institute fellows to present work-in-progress. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at 3:30 p.m. in the Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard.

The Election in Historical Context

This year, several fellows in residence at the Radcliffe Institute are conducting research on and writing books about contemporary political issues.

Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick RI ’09 describes the parallels between 1968 and 2008, and Meg Jacobs RI ’09, also a historian, looks to the 1970s as marking a turning point in US politics. “The tremendous era of economic boom and growth of the postwar period starts to come undone in the 1970s,” says Jacobs.

Political scientist Kim M. Williams RI ’09 describes her research on racial and ethnic change in America, asking what it means when blacks are no longer at the center of civil right enforcement. And John P. McCormick RI ’09, another political scientist, says we should look to the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli if we’re worried about economic inequality leading to political inequality.