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Monday, November 3, 2025

Peasants into Citizens: Suffrage Expansion and the Rise of Mass Politics
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Peasants into Citizens: Suffrage Expansion and the Rise of Mass Politics
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Arturas Rozenas – Associate Professor 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

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Anna Bisikalo – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, November 14, 2025

Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Erik Peinert – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
  • Nathan Wilmers – Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management & Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • 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 Microbe and the Mafia
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Microbe and the Mafia
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Zachary La Rock – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), MIT; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Paulus Wagner – Marie-Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Richard B. Freeman – Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; Faculty Co-Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, November 21, 2025

Politics of Urban Growth
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Politics of Urban Growth
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jeeyoung Lee – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Ordering Property: A Global History of Maritime Prize Law (1498-1916)
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Ordering Property: A Global History of Maritime Prize Law (1498-1916)
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Nathan Perl-Rosenthal – Professor of History, French & Italian and Law, University of Southern California Dornsife; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Daniel Smail – Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, December 5, 2025

Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Valentin Figueroa – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 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
For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919)
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Natalie Behrends – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Political Recognition of Working-Class Youth
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Political Recognition of Working-Class Youth
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jarmo Kallunki – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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