Join Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean Emma Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics, and Eric Maskin, PhD ’76, Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics, for a discussion of creative, feasible reforms—from ranked-choice voting (and how to improve it), to changes to the Electoral College, to adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and more—that can bridge ideological and partisan divides and restore hope for American democracy.
Following the speaking program, enjoy drinks, appetizers, and stimulating conversation with fellow alumni and friends!
Event Details
Date and Time
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
(All times are Eastern Standard Time.)
- 7:00 p.m. Doors open for check in and registration
- 7:15 p.m. Program begins
- 8:15 p.m. Reception
Location
Harvard Club of New York City
Biddle Room
35 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Dress Code
Appropriate dress is required throughout the Club. Casual attire, including jeans in good repair, is permitted everywhere in the Club except on weekdays after 5:00 p.m. in the Main Dining Room and Harvard Hall, when business casual is required. Business casual includes collared shirts for men (jackets and ties are not required) and the equivalent standard for women, and no jeans.
Not Permitted: Gym clothes, T-shirts, sweats, torn clothing, leggings, shorts, and beach attire are not permitted anywhere in the Club, except when a person is going directly to overnight rooms or athletic floors. Hats are not permitted, except for religious purposes and medical reasons.
Event Cost
- Harvard Griffin GSAS alumni and Harvard Club of NYC members: $30
- Non-GSAS Harvard alumni, members of the Harvard community, and all guests: $35
- Recent Harvard graduates (’19-’24): $25
This event is open to all Harvard alumni and their registered guests. Registration is required for this event. Space is limited.
Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please let us know in advance at gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.
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Speaker Biographies
Emma Dench
Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, a visiting professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.
Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.
While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award.
Eric S. Maskin
Eric Maskin is the Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard. He has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics. He received his AB and PhD from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT from 1977-1984, Harvard from 1985- 2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000-2011. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory.
Join Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean Emma Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics, and Eric Maskin, PhD ’76, Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics, for a discussion of creative, feasible reforms—from ranked-choice voting (and how to improve it), to changes to the Electoral College, to adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and more—that can bridge ideological and partisan divides and restore hope for American democracy.
Following the speaking program, enjoy drinks, appetizers, and stimulating conversation with fellow alumni and friends!
Event Details
Date and Time
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
(All times are Eastern Standard Time.)
- 7:00 p.m. Doors open for check in and registration
- 7:15 p.m. Program begins
- 8:15 p.m. Reception
Location
Harvard Club of New York City
Biddle Room
35 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Dress Code
Appropriate dress is required throughout the Club. Casual attire, including jeans in good repair, is permitted everywhere in the Club except on weekdays after 5:00 p.m. in the Main Dining Room and Harvard Hall, when business casual is required. Business casual includes collared shirts for men (jackets and ties are not required) and the equivalent standard for women, and no jeans.
Not Permitted: Gym clothes, T-shirts, sweats, torn clothing, leggings, shorts, and beach attire are not permitted anywhere in the Club, except when a person is going directly to overnight rooms or athletic floors. Hats are not permitted, except for religious purposes and medical reasons.
Event Cost
- Harvard Griffin GSAS alumni and Harvard Club of NYC members: $30
- Non-GSAS Harvard alumni, members of the Harvard community, and all guests: $35
- Recent Harvard graduates (’19-’24): $25
This event is open to all Harvard alumni and their registered guests. Registration is required for this event. Space is limited.
Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please let us know in advance at gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.
Has your information recently changed? Update your profile in the Alumni Directory.
Speaker Biographies
Emma Dench
Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, a visiting professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.
Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.
While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award.
Eric S. Maskin
Eric Maskin is the Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard. He has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics. He received his AB and PhD from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT from 1977-1984, Harvard from 1985- 2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000-2011. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory.