Dr.
Danielle Allen
Harvard University
Classicist; Political scientist; Educator; Academic administrator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
History
Elected
2009
UPS Foundation Professor, School of Social Science. Equally proficient in classical studies and political thought and recognized for work on justice and citizenship in ancient Athens and its application to modern America. Published The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004). Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Dædalus|
Spring 2003
How the Greeks kept time
Author
Danielle Allen
Events
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The Humanities and the Rise of the Terabytes
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Jeffrey Brown, and David W. Oxtoby
Cambridge, MA
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The Humanities and the Rise of the Terabytes - Virtual Registration
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Jeffrey Brown, and David W. Oxtoby
Online
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Reinventing Democracy: How Hometowns Are Strengthening America
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Danielle Allen, Jason Artman, Sayu Bhojwani, Kristerfer Burnett, Jerren Chang, Louise Dubé, Archon Fung, Mark Gomez, Shamichael Hallman, Linda Harris, Chris Hughes, Joseph Kahne, Malka Ranjana Kopell, Tom Latkowski, Eric P. Liu, Martha McCoy, Anu Natarajan, Carmen Ortiz, David W. Oxtoby, Maria Perez, Pete Peterson, Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Kelleen Leishman Potter, Alex Renirie, Max Resnik, Lynn Ross, Hollie Russon Gilman, Dave Smith, Palma Joy Strand, Judy Woodruff, and Richard Young
Online
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What Does it Mean to be an American? Reexamining the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
Featuring
E. J. Dionne, María Teresa Kumar, John Shattuck, Danielle Allen, and David W. Oxtoby
Online
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Finding a Shared Historical Narrative
Featuring
Danielle Allen
Online
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Investing in Civic Education and Our Democracy
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Danielle Allen, Shawn P. Healy, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, David McCullough III, David W. Oxtoby, and Tammy Waller
Online
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How Political Institutions Shape Outcomes and How We Might Reform Them
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Danielle Allen
Online
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The Ash Center Presents Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
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Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, Eric P. Liu, and Archon Fung
Online
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Using Civic Media to Build A Better Society
Featuring
Danielle Allen
Online
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American Democracy and Civic Participation in 2021: A Conversation with Danielle Allen and Eric Liu
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Helene D. Gayle, Eric P. Liu, and David W. Oxtoby
Online
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Can We Rebuild Social Cohesion in the U.S.?
Featuring
David B. Brooks, Danielle Allen, Eric Klinenberg, Shaylyn Romney Garrett, and Robert David Putnam
Online
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Democratic Citizenship: A Discussion with the Commission’s Leaders and Academy Members
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, Eric P. Liu, and David W. Oxtoby
Online
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Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, Eric P. Liu, Judy Woodruff, David B. Brooks, and David W. Oxtoby
Online
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Book Launch: The Privileged Poor
Featuring
David W. Oxtoby, Bridget Terry Long, Anthony Jack, and Danielle Allen
Cambridge, MA
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The Practice of Democratic Citizenship
Featuring
Danielle Allen, Stephen B. Heintz, and Steven Knapp
Washington, D.C.
News
Academy Article
December 19, 2022
Academy Hosts Conference on Reinventing Democracy at the Local Level
Academy Article
October 27, 2022
Statement Issued in Advance of Midterm Elections
In the News
How social media has undermined our constitutional architecture
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The Washington Post
In the News
Cochairs Call for Expansion of U.S. ‘Civic Infrastructure’
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The Harvard Crimson
In the News
Danielle Allen on achieving democracy’s ideals
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Democracy Works (podcast)
In the News
To Thrive, Our Democracy Needs Digital Public Infrastructure
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Politico
In the News
Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink
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The New Yorker
In the News
Vote for president and the Senate. But pay attention to these reforms on state ballots, too.
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The Washington Post
In the News
The justices themselves can turn down the heat — by creating their own term limits
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The Washington Post
In the News
The radicalism of the American Revolution — and its lessons for today
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Vox
In the News
Why Coronavirus Is an ‘Existential Crisis’ for American Democracy
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Politico
In the News
Rebuilding Trust in American Democracy
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BYU Radio
In the News
NPR On Point: Reimagining Democracy for the 21st Century
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On Point, National Public Radio
In the News
Trust In American Institutions Has Been Dropping For Decades
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NPR
In the News
We seek reforms to policing. But something even deeper needs repair.
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The Washington Post
In the News
The situation is dire. We need a better normal at the end of this — and peace.
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The Washington Post
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Do Americans want impeachment proceedings? It’s the wrong question to ask.
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The Washington Post
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We Need Civics Education in Schools to Build Effective Democratic Citizens
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The Washington Post
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The Privileged Poor
Press Release
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Launches New Commission to Focus on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
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