Skip to content
Close

Event Types

Current Topics

Recordings

Events Calendar

Monday, November 4, 2024

The Organization of Historical States
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — The Organization of Historical States
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Charles Angelucci – Class of 1957 Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Lydia Assouad – Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of International Development, London School of Economics
  • Chair and Discussant Matthias Weigand – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

How to Make Europe a People's Project?
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — How to Make Europe a People's Project?
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alberto Alemanno – Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, HEC Paris; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Democracy Visiting Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Chair Laura Jakli – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Friday, November 8, 2024

The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jeeyoung Lee – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Democracy and its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — 35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Axel Klausmeier – Director, Berlin Wall Foundation and Museum; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair and Discussant Mary Elise Sarotte – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Ernest May Visiting Fellow, Applied History Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Welcome Remarks by Dailan Xu – Undergraduate Student, Class of 2027, Harvard College

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition
1:45pm - 3:00pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Edward Glaeser – Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?
3:00pm - 4:15pm
European Union Seminar — Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Mariana Budjeryn – Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Kaija Schilde – Associate Dean of Studies; Jean Monnet Chair in European Security and Defense; Associate Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Peter Gourevitch – Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
  • Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, The Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany
12:00pm - 1:15pm
The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Wolfgang Merkel – Director of the Research Unit Democracy and Democratization (2004 - 2020), Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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
Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
4:00pm - 5:30pm
European Politics Seminar — Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Laura Beers – Professor of History, American University
  • Arianne Chernock – Professor of History, Boston University
  • Chair James Cronin – Research Professor in History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
More events on this day indicator

November 2024

S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Close