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Monday, November 13, 2023

The Madman in the White House
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Politics Seminar — The Madman in the White House
  • Patrick Weil – Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Senior Research Fellow, French National Research Center, University of Paris
  • Elizabeth Lunbeck – Chair, Department of the History of Science; Professor of the History of Science in Residence, Harvard University
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Geoff Dyer in Conversation with Maya Jasanoff
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Thompson Room (Barker Center 110)
Mahindra Humanities Center & History Seminar — Geoff Dyer in Conversation with Maya Jasanoff
  • Geoff Dyer – Author
  • Chair Maya Jasanoff – X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor of Arts and Sciences and Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers Panel and Q&A
6:00pm - 7:30pm
William James Hall, Third Floor
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers Panel and Q&A
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and William Whitham – Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Fallout from the Green Transition? Regional Political Discontent from Employment Declines in the Metals, Non-metallic Minerals and Chemicals Sectors
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe — Fallout from the Green Transition? Regional Political Discontent from Employment Declines in the Metals, Non-metallic Minerals and Chemicals Sectors
  • Zhen Jie Im – Postdoctoral Researcher, Copenhagen Business School; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Elaine Buckberg – Senior Fellow, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; Chief Economist, General Motors (2018-2023)

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Demographic Changes and Democracy in Europe – A Conversation with EU Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall Room 3018
Europe in the World Seminar & Harvard European Law Association (HELA) — Demographic Changes and Democracy in Europe – A Conversation with EU Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
  • Dubravka Šuica – European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography
  • Chair Ofrit Liviatan – Lecturer on Law and Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University; Director, Freshman Seminar Program, Harvard University

Friday, November 17, 2023

Left or Right? Labor Markets, (In)security and the Changing Dynamics of Radical Behavior
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Left or Right? Labor Markets, (In)security and the Changing Dynamics of Radical Behavior
  • Quinton Mayne – Director of Research, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
  • Pauliina Patana – Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Core Faculty, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University
  • Sharon Baute – Assistant Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Konstanz; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, 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
Generating New Insight or Perpetuating Old Narratives? Printed Historical Tables in Early Modern Europe
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Dissertation Workshop — Generating New Insight or Perpetuating Old Narratives? Printed Historical Tables in Early Modern Europe
  • Ashley Gonik – Ph.D. Candidate in History, 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

Monday, November 27, 2023

Global Discord: Europe, Big Loser or Big Winner?
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Economic Policy Forum — Global Discord: Europe, Big Loser or Big Winner?
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • 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
  • Olivia White – Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Director, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
  • Mark Wu – Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair and Discussant Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics, Resident Faculty, & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Germany's Zeitenwende — Too Little, Too Late?
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Belfer Library, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Germany's Zeitenwende — Too Little, Too Late?
  • Martin Klingst – Political Editor, Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Senior Expert, Atlantik-Brücke; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Karen Donfried – Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State (2021-2023); President, German Marshall Fund of the United States (2014-2021)
Jews and Crypto-Christianity in 18th-Century Europe: The Case of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschütz
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Jews and Crypto-Christianity in 18th-Century Europe: The Case of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschütz
  • Pawel Maciejko – Associate Professor & Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Chair in Classical Jewish Religion, Thought, and Culture, Johns Hopkins 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
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