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Friday, April 3, 2026

Coalitions for Quality? Building State Capacity in Modern Education Systems
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Coalitions for Quality? Building State Capacity in Modern Education Systems
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jane Gingrich – Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
  • Daniel T. Roberts – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student 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, April 7, 2026

Book Talk | Insecurity Politics: How Unstable Lives Lead to Populist Support
4:00pm - 5:30pm
New Research on Europe Seminar & Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion — Book Talk | Insecurity Politics: How Unstable Lives Lead to Populist Support
CGIS Knafel K262, 1737 Cambridge Street
  • Lorenza Antonucci – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge
  • 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
  • Chair 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

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series & Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Giovanni Capoccia – Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations; Fellow Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
  • 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
  • Chair 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
Politics in the Bedroom: The Role of Political Attitudes in Romantic Relationships in Germany
3:30pm - 4:45pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Politics in the Bedroom: The Role of Political Attitudes in Romantic Relationships in Germany
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Ansgar Hudde – Assistant Professor, University of Cologne, Germany; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Ashwini Ashokkumar – Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Greek Prime Ministers In the Eye of the Storm – Managing the Greek Economic Crisis and Leading Change (2010-2018)
4:00pm - 5:15pm
European Politics Seminar & The Center for Hellenic Studies — Greek Prime Ministers In the Eye of the Storm – Managing the Greek Economic Crisis and Leading Change (2010-2018)
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Dimitris Papadimitriou – Professor of Political Science; Director of the the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Manchester; Vice-Dean for Social Responsibility and Inclusion and Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester
  • Chair Elizabeth Linos – Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management; Faculty Director of The People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School

Friday, April 10, 2026

Paths to Recognition through Politics among Young Workers Living in or around Manchester, NH and Manchester, UK
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Paths to Recognition through Politics among Young Workers Living in or around Manchester, NH and Manchester, UK
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • 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
  • Andrew Miles – Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester
  • Jennifer Hochschild – H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Center for Government and International 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
The Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.K. and U.S.
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.K. and U.S.
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Ayelet Carmeli – Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, MIT; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student 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

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Climate Risk Management in Europe and the World
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Climate Risk Management in Europe and the World
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Grace Ballor – Assistant Professor of International Economic History, Bocconi University; Visiting Professor of History and Environmental Research, Sciences Po Paris; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Jennifer Spence – Director, Arctic Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Is This Fascism?
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Is This Fascism?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Nancy Fraser – Henry A and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research; Senior Loeb Scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Design
  • Hosted by 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 and 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, April 17, 2026

Conference | Foucault at 100
9:00am - 5:45pm
Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History — Conference | Foucault at 100
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Michael Behrent – Professor of History, Appalachian State University
  • Maya Krishnan – Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
  • Nancy Luxon – Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota
  • Edward McGushin – Professor of Philosophy; Director of the Moreau Honors Program, Stonehill College
  • Jaeyoon Park – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
  • Welcome Remarks by Shterna S. Friedman – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Chair Mathis Bitton – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Julian Bourg – Associate Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019 & 2013-2014, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Abbie LeBlanc – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University and Juliette Marchant – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University and William Tilleczek – Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Theory, University of Montreal
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