This event provides the opportunity for CES
thesis research grantees to present their research and preliminary
findings and receive constructive feedback during their
writing process from faculty, scholars and fellow students.
For
the Harvard community, this event is an opportunity to learn from new
research and findings on diverse social science topics related to
Europe. Moreover, for students considering writing a thesis and
applying for a CES senior thesis grant,
this conference helps to illustrate what to expect in preparing and
writing a thesis as well as the how you will benefit from this rigorous
but rewarding process.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
1:30pm - 2:50pm – Panel 1: Culture and Identity Across Europe
Chair: Michael Tworek, Research Associate, History Department, and CES Thesis Workshop Organizer, Harvard University
Commentator: Mark Crowley, Associate Professor of Modern British History, Wuhan University, China; CES Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Senior Presenters:
- Julia Fine, “Eating the Empire: The Biopolitics of Food in British India”
- Emily Brother, “Preparing to Analyze, Perform, and Discuss Frédéric Chopin's Preludes Op. 28”
- Fiona Fitzgerald, “Historical Memory of Italian Colonialism”
- Kate Brady, “German Politics and Historical Memory on a Monumental Stage”
Comments, Discussion & Q&A
2:50 - 3:05pm – Coffee Break
3:05pm - 4:30pm – Panel 2: Nationalism & Populism
Chair: Hannah Callaway, Lecturer in the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and CES Thesis Workshop Organizer, Harvard University
Commentator: Dimitri Sotiropolous, Professor of Political Science, University of Athens, and CES Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Senior Presenters (10min each):
- Eliza Ennis, “The Politics of International Refugee Aid in an Era of Xenophobia and Public Morality”
- Sara Bobok, “Nemzeti in Hungarian Youth Politics: Patriotism Transcending the Left and Right”
- Bella Roussanov, “Burying the Revived: The Role of Anti-Turkism in Contemporary Bulgarian National Identity”
- Aidan Connaughton, “Effects of Language Translation and Ethnolinguistic Identity on Political Survey Responses”
