My name is Kevan Harris, and I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University's Near Eastern Studies Department. 

I'm a comparative-historical sociologist with a focus on political economy, welfare systems, economic history, and social movements in Western Asia and Northern Africa.  My current research concentrates on post-revolutionary Iranian state and society.

On this site you can check out recent publications, media links, and my blog.

 

Recent Blog Posts

The Skocpol Silver

May 16, 2013

I've just received news that my 2012 JHU dissertation thesis has received the honorable mention prize for Best Dissertation by the Comparative-Historical Section of the American Sociology Association.   The award is known as the Theda Skocpol Award, so let's just say I got the Skocpol Silver.

This is a big honor, and it confirms that social scientists can utilize primary sources and ethnographic methods in a single case to make big theoretical arguments which are comparative-historical in scope.  I am grateful to the award committee and happy to be recognized by my colleagues and peers.  Stay tuned for the book!

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