Daniel Ziblatt

@dziblatt.bsky.social

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Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'

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Daniel Ziblatt is an American political scientist who has been Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University since 2018.

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 3d

What is the fine for?

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 4d

Course sign-ups for Spring 2026 are open! Explore Europe-focused classes taught by CES resident faculty and learn how you can deepen your studies through the Secondary Field in European History, Politics, and Societies (EHPS) 👉 myemail.constantcontact.com/European-Cou...
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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 8d

👉 What works against right-wing extremism?

Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.

🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 12d

A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder

A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:

ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Guido Goldman Fellowship

Guido Goldman, co-founding director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is…

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 15d

Looking forward to hosting @edwardluce.bsky.social discussing his book "ZBIG: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's great power prophet" along with @sbg1.bsky.social (Susan Glasser) & Graham Allison at Harvard's CES @europeatharvard.bsky.social .
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Lessons from "America's Great Power Prophet"

Edward Luce, chief U.S. commentator and columnist for the Financial Times, will discuss his recent book Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski and share…

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 17d

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Lessons from "America's Great Power Prophet"

Edward Luce, chief U.S. commentator and columnist for the Financial Times, will discuss his recent book Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski and share…

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 18d

Applications for our John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship are now open! Eligible post-doctoral scholars who are German citizens have the chance to conduct research at Harvard University for an academic year.

Apply by November 25 via @daadworldwide.bsky.social

ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 19d

Applications for our flagship Visiting Scholars Program are now open and close Dec 14, 2025. Scholars who are European citizens can also apply for our 4 fellowships. Please share widely! @dziblatt.bsky.social

🔗https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars-overview/visiting-scholars

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 19d

Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 20d

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 20d

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 21d

Former presidents can go to jail if they are guilty of criminal offenses without causing democracy to collapse
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex-president behind bars

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23d

Obama quotes @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @dziblatt.bsky.social in his interview on the final episode of Marc Maron's WTF podcast barackobama.medium.com/my-conversat...

"Forbearance" is exactly what Trump is not doing; precisely the opposite

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 27d

CES is pleased to announce the Guido Goldman Fellowship. This posthumous gift by our visionary co-founder will support exceptional post-doctoral scholars from Europe to our Visiting Scholars Program.

Apply by December 12, 2025.

Share widely!🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/guido-goldma...

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 10

NEW -

The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v

"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"

- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract about a study on the effects of authoritarianism in the former German Democratic Republic, focusing on gender disparities in education and authoritarian values post-reunification. The text emphasizes methodological approach and historical analysis.

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Oct 9

What a moving evening at the Academy of Arts: @betoorourke.bsky.social, U.S. Democrat from Texas, and @annaluehrmann.bsky.social (Die Grünen) offered convincing analyses about the state of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic, providing critical yet hopeful perspectives.
📸Bernhard Ludewig

The panel with Anna Lühmann, Anna Sauerbrey and Beto O’Rourke.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · Oct 8

Beto O‘Rourke: ”We still have time to resist“.

Excited for the 1. Annual Interdisciplinary @wzb.bsky.social Conference "The Future of #Democracy?", starting tonight with the public dialogue "Democracy at Stake: A Conversation Across the Atlantic", also featuring Anna Lührmann MdB

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Oct 8

We are excited that our first annual interdisciplinary WZB conference "The Future of #Democracy?" starts this evening with a public dialogue on "Democracy at Stake", featuring U.S. Democrat @betoorourke.bsky.social and @annaluehrmann.bsky.social at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

Reposted by Daniel Ziblatt, Matthijs Rooduijn

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Oct 7

"When the mainstream right loses its confidence, when it starts to chase the buzzwords and symbolic politics of the far right, it hands them the steering wheel." Top piece from @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social, referencing @dziblatt.bsky.social's excellent book.

Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams

The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Oct 5

Protection racket

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360 Magazine @360nl.bsky.social · Sep 22

Meest gelezen op 360magazine.nl: ‘Reacties die eerst nog pragmatisch lijken – zoals een compromis sluiten – leiden uiteindelijk tot de ondergang van de democratie’, waarschuwt Daniel Ziblatt. https://www.360magazine.nl/met-elke-concessie-worden-autocraten-brutaler-en-wordt-terugdraaien-moeilijker/

‘Met elke concessie worden autocraten brutaler en wordt terugdraaien moeilijker’

De geschiedenis van de Weimarrepubliek herinnert ons eraan dat de afbrokkeling van de democratie vaak geleidelijk gaat.

www.360magazine.nl

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Sep 12

So happy w this great series at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Sep 11

📚The Fall Graduate Student Research Workshop schedule is live! Come support your peers, hear exciting research-in-progress, and join thoughtful discussions 💬

Interested in presenting your work or staying in the loop? Reach out to our seminar chairs ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

Reposted by Catherine E. De Vries, Miranda J. Lubbers, Karsten Mäuse

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thrilled to announce our 1st Interdisciplinary conference on "The Future of Democracy"— Oct 8–10 @ WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social for researchers (and practitioners), co-hosted w/ Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Michael Zürn.
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/

1st Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference

www.wzb.eu

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · Sep 7

New publication alert: "Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe", at Comparative Political Studies. With @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and @apvjustino.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe - Andrea Ruggeri, Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, 2025

Authoritarian and violent experiences affect the institutional settings of post-dictatorial regimes. However, we still lack a comprehensive knowledge on how loc...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Sep 4

📚🏛️Welcome back to campus! Join us at our Open House next week to meet our faculty and fellow Europeanists 🇪🇺 Discover what CES has to offer!

🗓️ Sep 10, 4:30-6:00pm
📍Adolphus Busch Hall

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Sep 4

So thrilled that @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow @boesevanessa.bsky.social has received this prestigious and important grant for important work on the global evolution of democracy.

WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulation, @boesevanessa.bsky.social! The WZB researcher has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her work on regime types and socioeconomic interactions.
www.wzb.eu/en/press-rel...
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social @blfirestone.bsky.social

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