CES faculty offer courses in a variety of departments and subject areas. Some faculty members are CES residents, while many have offices in their departments.
- New courses for 2009/10: Click here to see new offerings with CES faculty
- Full course list: Explore the full list of courses offered this year by CES faculty
Senior thesis workshops for juniors: Check back for information about this new workshop series to prepare students for writing a senior thesis.
New Courses for 2009/10
- Comparative Literature 278: Failure and Change.
Christie McDonald - Economics 1370: Media, Democracy and Economics.
Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner - Societies of the World 19: Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present.
Niall Ferguson - German 246: The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
Peter Burgard - Government 90kg: American Political Development.
Theda Skocpol - Government 90zd: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.
Michael E. Rosen - Government 1132: Comparative Political Economy, Developed Countries.
Torben Iversen - Government 2095: Institutional Innovations for Liberal Democracies: Seminar.
Claus Offe - Government 2172: Nationalism and Democracy in Europe (and beyond): Seminar.
Hans-Jürgen Puhle - Modern Greek 146: The Greek Novel.
Panagiotis Roilos - Modern Greek 202: Modern Greek Oral Literature: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives.
Panagiotis Roilos - History 79e: Commodities in International History.
Alison Frank - History 1259: European Sexual Modernities.
Judith Surkis - History 1281: The End of Communism.
Terry D. Martin and Alison Frank - History 2261: Environmental History of Europe and the World: Proseminar.
Alison Frank - History 2262: France as Empire: Proseminar.
Mary D. Lewis - History 2970: Gender History: Proseminar.
Judith Surkis and Nancy Cott - Social Studies 98lb: Conceptions of Democracy in French Political Thought.
Stanley Hoffmann - Sociology 98L: Race and Anti-Racism.
Michele Lamont
Full course list
Anthropology
Anthropology 1992: Anthropology and the Uses of History. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2650a: History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2840: Ethnography and Personhood. Michael Herzfeld
Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature 278: Failure and Change. Christie McDonald
Comparative Literature 288: Antiquity and Beyond: Modern Critical Theory and the Classics. Panagiotis Roilos
Freshmen Seminars
Freshman Seminar 47u: Declarations of Independence: The Political Philosophy of the American Revolution. David R. Armitage
Economics
Economics 1011b: Macroeconomic Theory. David Laibson and Philippe Aghion
Economics 1018: Cultural Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 1370: Media, Democracy and Economics. Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner
Economics 2060: Contract Theory. Philippe Aghion
Economics 2390d: The Economic Growth and Development Workshop. Sendhil Mullainathan, Philippe Aghion, Asim I. Khwaja (Kennedy School), Michael R. Kremer (spring term), and Rohini Pande
Economics 2410g: Political Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 2420: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Seminar. Robert J. Barro, Philippe Aghion, Alberto F. Alesina, Emmanuel Farhi, Benjamin M. Friedman, David I. Laibson, and N. Gregory Mankiw
Economics 3410dhf: Research in Macroeconomics. Alberto Alesina
General Education
Ethical Reasoning 12: Political Justice and Political Trials. Charles Maier
Societies of the World 11: Germany in the World, 1600-2000. David Blackbourn
Societies of the World 19: Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present. Niall Ferguson
Societies of the World 32: The Political Development of Western Europe. Peter A. Hall
Societies of the World 18: Europe Since the Second World War. Mary D. Lewis
Germanic Languages and Literature
German 61: Advanced Grammar and Reading. Peter Burgard
German 246: The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud. Peter Burgard
Government
Government 90a: Contemporary British Politics: Seminar. James E. Alt
Government 90kg: American Political Development. Theda Skocpol
Government 90zd: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Michael E. Rosen
Government 91r: Supervised Reading and Research. Cheryl Welch
Government 97: Tutorial-Sophomore Year. Nancy Rosenblum and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 98gl: Inhuman Wrongs: Crimes Against Humanity in Theory, Politics, and Law. Cheryl Welch
Government 98qa: Government in America. Robert D. Putnam
Government 98vq: Topics in Recent Political Theory. Michael E. Rosen
Government 1132: Comparative Political Economy, Developed Countries. Torben Iversen
Government 2009: Methods of Political Analysis. Peter A. Hall
Government 2088: Ethical Foundations of Political Thought. Michael E. Rosen
Government 2095: Institutional Innovations for Liberal Democracies: Seminar. Claus Offe
Government 2105: Comparative Politics: Field Seminar. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 2172: Nationalism and Democracy in Europe (and beyond): Seminar. Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Government 2310: Social Capital and Public Affairs: Research Seminar. Robert D. Putnam
Government 2340b: Social Policy II. Theda Skocpol and Christopher Jencks
Greek Language and Literature
Modern Greek 100: Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 146: The Greek Novel. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 202: Modern Greek Oral Literature: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives. Panagiotis Roilos
History
History 72c: French History through French Literature. Patrice Higonnet
History 72g: Religion and Popular Culture in the 19th-Centry Europe. David Blackbourn
History 72h: The Histories of France and the United States Compared. Patrice Higonnet
Hisotry 73b: Introduction to Intellectual History. David R. Armitage
History 79e: Commodities in International History. Alison Frank
History 82b: Fin-de-Siecle Vienna. Alison Frank
History 82d: French Colonial Encounters: 1870's to Present. Mary D. Lewis
History 82k: Nation, Empire and Immigration in Modern France. Mary D. Lewis
History 83b: Historical Ontology. Peter Gordon
History 83d: Intellectuals and Auschwitz. Peter Gordon
History 1252: Paris from the French Revolution Through the 19th Century: Conference Course. Patrice Higonnet and Henri Zerner
History 1259: European Sexual Modernities. Judith Surkis
History 1281: The End of Communism. Terry D. Martin and Alison Frank
History 1304: Modern European Intellectual History Subject and Structure, Nietzsche to Postmodernism. Peter Gordon
History 1920: A Global History of Modern Times. Charles Maier
History 1965: International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy. Niall Ferguson and Charles Maier
History 2261: Environmental History of Europe and the World: Proseminar. Alison Frank
History 2262: France as Empire: Proseminar. Mary D. Lewis
History 2265: Problems and Sources in Modern German History: Seminar. David Blackbourn
History 2300: Methods in Intellectual History: Proseminar. Peter Gordon and Michael Puett
History 2970: Gender History: Proseminar. Judith Surkis and Nancy Cott
History 3900: Writing History: Approaches and Practices. David R. Armitage
Historical Study B-35: The French Revolution: Causes, Processes and Consequences. Patrice Higonnet
Historical Study B-53: World War and Global Transformation in the 20th Century: World War 1. Charles Maier
History & Literature
History & Literature 90e: Imperial Intimacies: Bodies and Cultures, 1800-present. Judith Surkis
Romance Languages & Literature
French 139b: The 18th Century: Ethical Dilemmas. Christie McDonald
French 190: Albert Camus. Stanley Hoffmann
Romance Studies 201: Approaches to Theory. Christie McDonald and members of the Department
Social Studies
Social Studies 98lb: Conceptions of Democracy in French Political Thought. Stanley Hoffmann
Sociology
Sociology 25: Introduction to the Sociology of Organizations. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 98L: Race and Anti-Racism. Michele Lamont
Sociology 205: Sociological Research Design. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 304: Culture and Social Analysis Workshop. Michele Lamont
Anthropology 1992: Anthropology and the Uses of History. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2650a: History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2840: Ethnography and Personhood. Michael Herzfeld
Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature 278: Failure and Change. Christie McDonald
Comparative Literature 288: Antiquity and Beyond: Modern Critical Theory and the Classics. Panagiotis Roilos
Freshmen Seminars
Freshman Seminar 47u: Declarations of Independence: The Political Philosophy of the American Revolution. David R. Armitage
Economics
Economics 1011b: Macroeconomic Theory. David Laibson and Philippe Aghion
Economics 1018: Cultural Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 1370: Media, Democracy and Economics. Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner
Economics 2060: Contract Theory. Philippe Aghion
Economics 2390d: The Economic Growth and Development Workshop. Sendhil Mullainathan, Philippe Aghion, Asim I. Khwaja (Kennedy School), Michael R. Kremer (spring term), and Rohini Pande
Economics 2410g: Political Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 2420: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Seminar. Robert J. Barro, Philippe Aghion, Alberto F. Alesina, Emmanuel Farhi, Benjamin M. Friedman, David I. Laibson, and N. Gregory Mankiw
Economics 3410dhf: Research in Macroeconomics. Alberto Alesina
General Education
Ethical Reasoning 12: Political Justice and Political Trials. Charles Maier
Societies of the World 11: Germany in the World, 1600-2000. David Blackbourn
Societies of the World 19: Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present. Niall Ferguson
Societies of the World 32: The Political Development of Western Europe. Peter A. Hall
Societies of the World 18: Europe Since the Second World War. Mary D. Lewis
Germanic Languages and Literature
German 61: Advanced Grammar and Reading. Peter Burgard
German 246: The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud. Peter Burgard
Government
Government 90a: Contemporary British Politics: Seminar. James E. Alt
Government 90kg: American Political Development. Theda Skocpol
Government 90zd: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Michael E. Rosen
Government 91r: Supervised Reading and Research. Cheryl Welch
Government 97: Tutorial-Sophomore Year. Nancy Rosenblum and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 98gl: Inhuman Wrongs: Crimes Against Humanity in Theory, Politics, and Law. Cheryl Welch
Government 98qa: Government in America. Robert D. Putnam
Government 98vq: Topics in Recent Political Theory. Michael E. Rosen
Government 1132: Comparative Political Economy, Developed Countries. Torben Iversen
Government 2009: Methods of Political Analysis. Peter A. Hall
Government 2088: Ethical Foundations of Political Thought. Michael E. Rosen
Government 2095: Institutional Innovations for Liberal Democracies: Seminar. Claus Offe
Government 2105: Comparative Politics: Field Seminar. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 2172: Nationalism and Democracy in Europe (and beyond): Seminar. Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Government 2310: Social Capital and Public Affairs: Research Seminar. Robert D. Putnam
Government 2340b: Social Policy II. Theda Skocpol and Christopher Jencks
Greek Language and Literature
Modern Greek 100: Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 146: The Greek Novel. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 202: Modern Greek Oral Literature: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives. Panagiotis Roilos
History
History 72c: French History through French Literature. Patrice Higonnet
History 72g: Religion and Popular Culture in the 19th-Centry Europe. David Blackbourn
History 72h: The Histories of France and the United States Compared. Patrice Higonnet
Hisotry 73b: Introduction to Intellectual History. David R. Armitage
History 79e: Commodities in International History. Alison Frank
History 82b: Fin-de-Siecle Vienna. Alison Frank
History 82d: French Colonial Encounters: 1870's to Present. Mary D. Lewis
History 82k: Nation, Empire and Immigration in Modern France. Mary D. Lewis
History 83b: Historical Ontology. Peter Gordon
History 83d: Intellectuals and Auschwitz. Peter Gordon
History 1252: Paris from the French Revolution Through the 19th Century: Conference Course. Patrice Higonnet and Henri Zerner
History 1259: European Sexual Modernities. Judith Surkis
History 1281: The End of Communism. Terry D. Martin and Alison Frank
History 1304: Modern European Intellectual History Subject and Structure, Nietzsche to Postmodernism. Peter Gordon
History 1920: A Global History of Modern Times. Charles Maier
History 1965: International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy. Niall Ferguson and Charles Maier
History 2261: Environmental History of Europe and the World: Proseminar. Alison Frank
History 2262: France as Empire: Proseminar. Mary D. Lewis
History 2265: Problems and Sources in Modern German History: Seminar. David Blackbourn
History 2300: Methods in Intellectual History: Proseminar. Peter Gordon and Michael Puett
History 2970: Gender History: Proseminar. Judith Surkis and Nancy Cott
History 3900: Writing History: Approaches and Practices. David R. Armitage
Historical Study B-35: The French Revolution: Causes, Processes and Consequences. Patrice Higonnet
Historical Study B-53: World War and Global Transformation in the 20th Century: World War 1. Charles Maier
History & Literature
History & Literature 90e: Imperial Intimacies: Bodies and Cultures, 1800-present. Judith Surkis
Romance Languages & Literature
French 139b: The 18th Century: Ethical Dilemmas. Christie McDonald
French 190: Albert Camus. Stanley Hoffmann
Romance Studies 201: Approaches to Theory. Christie McDonald and members of the Department
Social Studies
Social Studies 98lb: Conceptions of Democracy in French Political Thought. Stanley Hoffmann
Sociology
Sociology 25: Introduction to the Sociology of Organizations. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 98L: Race and Anti-Racism. Michele Lamont
Sociology 205: Sociological Research Design. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 304: Culture and Social Analysis Workshop. Michele Lamont