#  Aram Hur | Democratic Ceilings and Nationalist Conflict in Asia 

 



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 **November 19, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 01:15PM EST 

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 **(In-Person) Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

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*Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation - Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar Series*  
*Co-sponsored by the Harvard Korea Institute*

**Aram Hur**  
Associate Professor of Political Science and Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies at Tufts University

Chaired by **Yanilda María González**, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and **Gautam Nair**, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government

**Abstract:**  
In December 2024, South Korea shocked the world with the declaration of martial law. How could a seemingly thriving democracy regress so suddenly? The crisis shows how democracies can “hit a ceiling” in key areas of the democratic process, even as the system matures. The talk traces how formative nationalist conflicts cast a long shadow on democratic quality by incentivizing nationalist polarization—a specific form of partisan polarization that subverts the very rules of the democratic game.

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**This event is open to Harvard ID holders only and registration is required.**

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For more information and to register this event, please visit [here](https://ash.harvard.edu/events/democratic-ceilings-and-nationalist-conflict-in-asia/).

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Lunch will be served.



 

 



 

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