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Friday, February 14, 2025

Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Noah Nathan – Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 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

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Susan Rubin Suleiman – C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, 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

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Sebastián Royo – Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, February 24, 2025

A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • David Stasavage – Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
  • Chair Volha Charnysh – Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, February 28, 2025

Conference | Democracy and Its Critics
9:00am - 5:00pm
Save the Date — Conference | Democracy and Its Critics
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • 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

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Marcin Wroński – Assistant Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance
12:00pm - 1:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Tim Vlandas – Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • 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
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Uncivil Society and Polarization in Eastern Europe
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Uncivil Society and Polarization in Eastern Europe
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Lenka Bustikova – Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
  • Chair 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

Friday, March 7, 2025

Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Philipp Rehm – Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • Devin Caughey – Class of 1949 Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 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

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Abolition on the Eve of Revolution: Cugoano and Condorcet
4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — Abolition on the Eve of Revolution: Cugoano and Condorcet
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jennifer Pitts – Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; Professor, John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
  • Chair and Discussant Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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