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Friday, February 14, 2020

CES Friday Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm
CES Friday Lunch
Goldman Room / Atrium, Busch Hall
The Soccer Stadium: Europe’s Unfettered Ugly Space
1:30pm - 3:00pm
CES 50th Anniversary Events Series — The Soccer Stadium: Europe’s Unfettered Ugly Space
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Andrei Markovits – Arthur F. Thurnau Professor & Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan
  • Chair Bruno Carvalho – Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Bacterial Turn in Yiddish Literature: Two Case Studies
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Bacterial Turn in Yiddish Literature: Two Case Studies
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sunny Yudkoff – Assistant Professor, Department of German, Nordic and Slavic, & the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 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

Friday, February 21, 2020

Credibility of Monetary Policy with Fiscal Conditionality
11:00am - 12:30pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Credibility of Monetary Policy with Fiscal Conditionality
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Antoine Camous – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
CES Friday Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm
CES Friday Lunch
Goldman Room / Atrium, Busch Hall
The Popularization of Unpopular Ideas: Social Cross-Pressures and Immigration Attitudes in Sweden
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Popularization of Unpopular Ideas: Social Cross-Pressures and Immigration Attitudes in Sweden
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jennifer Fitzgerald – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Volha Charnysh – Assistant Professor of Political Science, MIT; Local Affiliate, 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

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The Climate-Neutral City: Views from Athens, London, Milan, Paris, and Vienna
2:30pm - 4:00pm
European Union Seminar — The Climate-Neutral City: Views from Athens, London, Milan, Paris, and Vienna
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Adam Freed – Principal, Bloomberg Associates
  • Eleni Myrivili – Senior Advisor for Resilience and Sustainability, City of Athens
  • Maria Vassilakou – Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor, City of Vienna (2010-2019)
  • Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
China, Russia, and Europe’s Authoritarian Challenge
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Europe in the World Seminar — China, Russia, and Europe’s Authoritarian Challenge
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jessica Brandt – Head of Policy and Research, Alliance for Securing Democracy; Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Torrey Taussig – Research Director, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Chair Sebastián Royo – Professor of Government, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, Local Affiliate and Seminar Co-chair, CES, Harvard University

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

What Next After Ireland's Election?
4:30pm - 6:00pm
European Election Monitor Series — What Next After Ireland's Election?
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Barry Colfer – Research Fellow, Institute for the Future of Work; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, CES, Harvard University
  • Sean McGraw – CES Visiting Scholar 2019-2020 & Local Affiliate, Harvard University
  • Laoise Moore – Consul General of Ireland to New England
  • Chair Daniel Smith – Associate Professor, Department of Government & CES Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Unlikely Friends: Greece and West Germany from Marshall Plan to Common Market
5:00pm - 6:30pm
New Research on Europe Seminar & Weatherhead Center for International Affairs — Unlikely Friends: Greece and West Germany from Marshall Plan to Common Market
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Huguette and Michel Porté Seminar Room (S250)
  • Christos Tsakas – Carlsberg Postdoctoral Fellow, Danish Institute at Athens; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Panagiotis Roilos – George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University; President, Administration Council, European Cultural Center of Delphi; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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