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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The Legal Work of the Ottoman Empire: Taming Autonomy through Law
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
History Seminar — The Legal Work of the Ottoman Empire: Taming Autonomy through Law
  • Aimee Genell – Assistant Professor of International History, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
  • Chair Alison Frank Johnson – Professor of History, Harvard University; Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, October 31, 2024

European Economies: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Economic Policy Forum — European Economies: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
  • Sarah Guillou – Director, Innovation and Competition Department, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Économiques, Sciences Po
  • Cecilia Malmström – Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; European Commissioner for Trade (2014 - 2019)
  • Adam S. Posen – President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • Chair 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)

Friday, November 1, 2024

Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: The Dutch Whaling Company and the Abstraction of Antarctic Protein, 1950-1980
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: The Dutch Whaling Company and the Abstraction of Antarctic Protein, 1950-1980
  • Ailish Lalor – Ph.D. Student in History, 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 and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, November 4, 2024

The Organization of Historical States
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — The Organization of Historical States
  • 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
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — How to Make Europe a People's Project?
  • 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
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy
  • 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
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
  • 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
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
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
  • 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
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition
  • 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
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Union Seminar — Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?
  • 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
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