Stephen Sawyer, American University of Paris: "Democracy in an Age of Monarchy: The Administrative Origins of the French Revolution", discussant: Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard

Sponsor: Harvard CES: New Research on Europe Seminar   Stephen Sawyer Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History, American University of Paris; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University   Daniel Ziblatt Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University  

The New Research on Europe Seminar serves as a weekly forum in which Visiting Scholars at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) present their work-in-progress. This seminar encourages discussions across disciplinary as well as national boundaries. After each presentation, there is ample time for critique and feedback.

Pre-reads are circulated in advance. To request a copy of the paper, participants should contact the speaker directly.

For more information about this year's Visiting Scholars, see details here.