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Monday, February 24, 2025

The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at 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

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
  • Chair Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

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
  • 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

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

In the Name of the Father, the Child, and Gender Equality: Fatherhood Activism in Europe
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — In the Name of the Father, the Child, and Gender Equality: Fatherhood Activism in Europe
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Katarzyna Wojnicka – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Gothenburg; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Jocelyn Viterna – Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Late Fascist Aesthetics: A Theory of the Online Forum
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Late Fascist Aesthetics: A Theory of the Online Forum
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Katie Ebner-Landy – Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University
  • 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

Monday, March 24, 2025

Intergovernmental Negotiations in the European Union: Between Transparency and Confidentiality
3:00pm - 4:30pm
European Union Seminar — Intergovernmental Negotiations in the European Union: Between Transparency and Confidentiality
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Mareike Kleine – Associate Professor in EU and International Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics; Visiting Scholar (2024-2025), Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton University
  • Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & 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 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

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

The Solidarity Economy: Non-profits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
4:30pm - 6:00pm
History Seminar — The Solidarity Economy: Non-profits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Tehila Sasson – Associate Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
  • 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

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

What Can be Expected from Social Democracy in Europe? The Possible Death of an Old Phoenix
4:00pm - 5:30pm
European Politics Seminar — What Can be Expected from Social Democracy in Europe? The Possible Death of an Old Phoenix
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Christophe Sente – Fellow, Center for the Study of Politics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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