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May 24, 2022

Class of 2022 Student Profile 

Action-Based Optimism:

Finding Justice in the (Dis)Information Age 

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“Sometimes it feels like all we know is what doesn’t work ... we are having conversations we’ve never had before, and by uniting against grand corruption we are opening up the ability to build a better society moving forward.” – Taylor Whitsell

Taylor Whitsell came to Harvard with a mission: to learn about and fight against human rights violations. While the journey

exposed him to the depths of human cruelty, Whitsell possesses a steadfast optimism. Where does it come from?


Whitsell grew up in Danville, KY, where he often felt isolated by his peers - but he found strength in this ostracism. As he explained, “I found it difficult growing up. I got politically engaged from a young age because my views and opinions went against what was conventional in my community.” 

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Graduates in the Secondary Field

Eleven students from the Harvard Classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020 graduated with a secondary in European History, Politics, and Society (EHPS). Congratulations to all and best wishes!




Photo: Hansong Li, EHPS Graduate Advisor &

Ph.D. Candidate in Government

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Class of 2022


Lauren Anderson – Social Studies

Alec Fischthal – History

Bryce Kim – History

Mary Kolesar – Applied Mathematics

Taylor Whitsell Government *profiled above

Class of 2021


Emmanuel Calivo – Government

Colin Gray-Hoehn – Government

Alexandra Todorova – History

Class of 2020


Pablo Rasmussen – Government

Ben Roy – Classics

Mason Sands – Government

2022 Undergraduate Grant Recipients

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CES is pleased to support 31 students in intellectually engaging with Europe via internships and senior thesis research this summer. CES congratulates these students.

2022 Senior Thesis

Grant Recipients

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2022 Internship

Grant Recipients

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Two Students Awarded Hoopes Prize

This year, two undergraduates, whose senior thesis research was supervised by CES resident faculty, were recipients of the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize. Join us in congratulating them on their outstanding European scholarship.

John Chua – Mainstreaming Hate: Radical Right Politicians and the Erosion of the Anti-Prejudice Norm 

Thesis supervisor: Professor Daniel Ziblatt


Jonathan Katzman – A Dependent ‘Special Relationship’: Jewish American Economists and the Liberalization of the Israeli Economy 

Thesis supervisor: Professor Derek Penslar

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