Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College

Social Studies Senior Thesis Colloquium!! Amazing Presentations from just a few of our star seniors. Thank you all!

Instant Noodles to cap off your Social Studies Seniors Thesis on Instant Noodles!

Thesis Day 2025!!

Senior Thesis Day 2025!! So proud of all our Social Studies Seniors for their original research and this amazing accomplishment.

Congratulations to Sho Sho Ho on submitting her senior thesis!!! Social Studies Seniors, class of ‘25: this is your future!! Just a few more pages to write between now and March 2025.

Is Marx dead???!!!

Happy Halloween from Social Studies. 👻 💀 🧟 🎃

The Narayan Memorial Lecture: Oct 17, 2024.
5pm in William James Hall 105, come to see Dr. Jo Guldi speak in “History for a Changing Climate: Long Term and Short-Term Perspectives on How to Protect the Planet”. Reception in WJH 101 to follow.

Beware, Social Studies 10A-10B can lead one to a dangerous life of reading and surrounding yourself with shelves like this!

Declare your Social Studies Concentration this week!

We invite former students and lecturers and all who were touched by Dr. Anya Bernstein Bassett’s impactful mentoring, leadership, teaching, and scholarship to join us this Friday, September 13th at 2pm in Memorial Hall Church for a remembrance event. Reception to follow in William James Hall.

As we begin to plan a remembrance event for Anya, we would be grateful if you would fill out the linked form so we can be in touch once we've established a date (likely mid-September):
https://tinyurl.com/Anya-Remembrance-Form

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Anya Bernstein Bassett, former Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer. Please see our full announcement here: https://socialstudies.fas.harvard.edu/memoriam-anya-bernstein-bassett