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                                                                                                                Thursday, February 18, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            2:00pm - 3:15pm
        
                        
            European Union Seminar —        Populism, Democracy and Recognition
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -                                                                                                         Michèle Lamont
                                            –                Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African-American Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Pierre Rosanvallon
                                            –                Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Politics, Collège de France
                                            
- Welcome Remarks by                                                                                                        Arnaud Mentré
                                            –                Consul General of France in Boston
                                            
- 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
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, February 26, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:30pm - 3:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 —        The Shifting Relationship Between Postwar Capitalism and Democracy
            
                                        
            
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         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
                                            
-                                                                                                         Herman Mark Schwartz
                                            –                Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Virginia
                                            
- 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
                                            
 
                                        
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, March 4, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            12:30pm - 2:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on Democracy: Past, Present, and Future —        Populism After Trump
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Anne Applebaum
                                            –                Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Agora Fellow in Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
                                            
-                                                                                                         Steven Levitsky
                                            –                Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, 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                                                                                                        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
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Wednesday, March 10, 2021
            
            
         
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, March 12, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:30pm - 3:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 —        Integrative Institutions and Mainstream Party Collapse: The Regional Context
            
                                        
            
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Jane Gingrich
                                            –                Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
                                            
-                                                                                                         Julia Lynch
                                            –                Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
                                            
-                                                                                                         Mark Franklin
                                            –                John R. Reitemeyer Professor Emeritus of International Politics, Trinity College; 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
                                            
 
                                        
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, March 25, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            11:00am - 12:00pm
        
                        
            August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History —        Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Barbara Engelking
                                            –                Founder and Director, Polish Center of Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
                                            
-                                                                                                         Jan Grabowski
                                            –                Professor of History, University of Ottawa
                                            
-                                                                                                         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
                                            
- 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
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
            
 
                
            