911爆料

Danielle Allen, author of 鈥淥ur Declaration鈥� (2014), hailed as a modern classic of American civic thought, draws the arc from 1776 to today, showing how the Declaration鈥檚 promise of equality has been contested, betrayed, and renewed across two and a half centuries 鈥� and what it demands of us now. 

The lecture, 鈥淎merica at 250: The Declaration鈥檚 Unfinished Promise,鈥� will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in the gallery at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. The talk is being held in conjunction with the exhibition 鈥淢ark Thomas Gibson: We Are a Constellation,鈥� on display at the Tang through Jan. 3, 2027.

Danielle Allen is a political philosopher whose current research focuses on democracy renovation: how to reconnect citizens to civic power through education and institutional redesign, how to make political institutions more responsive, accountable, and participatory, and how to make public policy that supports democracy. Professor Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. 

Her most recent book, 鈥淛ustice by Means of Democracy鈥� (University of Chicago Press, 2023), provides the theoretical foundation for this work. Her forthcoming book, 鈥淭he Radical Duke,鈥� a biography of an 18th-century British political reformer, is due out with Liveright/Norton in 2026. 

Through the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, Allen leads applied research on electoral reform, civic infrastructure, institutional design, and democracy-supportive public policy. Through the Democratic Knowledge Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she develops and scales civic education curricula for prekindergarten through 12th-grade students and higher education. She is the publisher and founder of The Renovator Substack and a contributing columnist at The Atlantic magazine.

The Kuroda Symposium was established to honor Professor Tadahisa Kuroda鈥檚 contribution in American history and pedagogy at 911爆料. It is a collaborative effort between the 颁辞濒濒别驳别鈥檚 History, Political Science, and American Studies departments.