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Friday, March 6, 2026

Polish Nationals, French Ties, and the Politics of Re-Naturalization in the German Ruhr, 1918-1945
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Polish Nationals, French Ties, and the Politics of Re-Naturalization in the German Ruhr, 1918-1945
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Nikolas Weyland – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, March 9, 2026

Europe without Borders: A Conversation with Isaac Stanley-Becker
4:30pm - 6:00pm
History Seminar — Europe without Borders: A Conversation with Isaac Stanley-Becker
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Isaac Stanley-Becker – Staff Writer, The Atlantic
  • Chair and Discussant Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Conscientious Objectors to the Jet Age? The History of Anti-Airport Activists and Non-Flyers
11:00am - 12:30pm
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar — Conscientious Objectors to the Jet Age? The History of Anti-Airport Activists and Non-Flyers
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Lauren Stokes – Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
  • Chair Ailish Lalor – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
From the Silver Screen to Society – Film Director Agnieszka Holland Reflects on Modern-day Dystopia
4:15pm - 5:30pm
August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History — From the Silver Screen to Society – Film Director Agnieszka Holland Reflects on Modern-day Dystopia
  • Agnieszka Holland – Film Director and Screenwriter
  • Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Electromobility and the Politics of Climate Change: Far-Right Climate Obstruction and Its Impact on Mainstream Parties
1:00pm - 2:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Electromobility and the Politics of Climate Change: Far-Right Climate Obstruction and Its Impact on Mainstream Parties
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Manès Weisskircher – Head of Research, REXKLIMA Group, Technische Universität Dresden; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jason Beckfield – Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University

Friday, March 13, 2026

Incidental Representation: How Special Interests Can Advance the Public Good
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Incidental Representation: How Special Interests Can Advance the Public Good
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Gautam Nair – Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Gunnar Trumbull – Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, March 23, 2026

Fascism, Autarky, and Cetaceans: How Global Whales Became Nationalized in the Interwar 20th Century
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar — Fascism, Autarky, and Cetaceans: How Global Whales Became Nationalized in the Interwar 20th Century
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Ryan Tucker Jones – Professor and Ann Swindells Chair, Department of History, University of Oregon
  • Chair Ailish Lalor – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Citizenship Constellations During Crisis of Sovereignty: Lived Experiences of Occupation in Ukraine
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Citizenship Constellations During Crisis of Sovereignty: Lived Experiences of Occupation in Ukraine
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Oleksandra Tarkhanova – Research Associate, University of St. Gallen; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Emily Channell-Justice – Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Social Democracy in Europe and the United States
4:00pm - 5:30pm
European Politics Seminar — Social Democracy in Europe and the United States
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • E. J. Dionne – Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings Instituion; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University; Columnist, The New York Times
  • James Kloppenberg – Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University
  • Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
  • Chair Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, March 27, 2026

Who Remembers Best? Memory, Nationalism, and Elections in a Comparative Perspective Between France and the United States
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Who Remembers Best? Memory, Nationalism, and Elections in a Comparative Perspective Between France and the United States
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Estelle Brun – Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science, Boston University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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