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Monday, May 2, 2022

Safeguarding Ontological Security and the Specter of a Creedless Utopia: Europeanist Civic Initiatives in Greece during its Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010-2018)
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe — Safeguarding Ontological Security and the Specter of a Creedless Utopia: Europeanist Civic Initiatives in Greece during its Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010-2018)
  • George Kalpadakis – Senior Researcher, Modern Greek History Research Center of the Academy of Athens (KEINE); Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP); Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Volha Charnysh – Assistant Professor of Political Science, MIT; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Putin's War and the "German" Economic Model
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Economic Policy Forum — Putin's War and the "German" Economic Model
  • Jérôme Creel – Research Director, Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), Sciences Po; Associate Professor of Economics, ESCP Business School, Paris
  • Dalia Marin – Professor of International Economics, TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich
  • Dirk Schumacher – Head of European macro research & Managing Director, Natixis Germany; Managing Director (1999-2016), Goldman Sachs
  • 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)
Political Polarization and International Cooperation
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Political Polarization and International Cooperation
  • Michael Neugart – Professor of Public Economics and Economic Policy, Technical University of Darmstadt; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2002-2003 & Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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)

Monday, May 9, 2022

Partners or rivals? Leadership role-casting in US-European foreign policy relations 2010-2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Partners or rivals? Leadership role-casting in US-European foreign policy relations 2010-2022
  • Lisbeth Aggestam – Associate Professor of Political Science & Senior Research Fellow, Center for European Research, University of Gothenburg; Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, May 20, 2022

The 2022 French Presidential Election
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Politics Seminar — The 2022 French Presidential Election
  • Cécile Alduy – Professor of French Literature and Culture, Stanford University
  • Janine Mossuz-Lavau – Emeritus CNRS Research Director, Sciences Po Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)
  • Vincent Tiberj – University Professor, Sciences Po Bordeaux
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, May 23, 2022

The Role of Housing in Germany’s Postwar Economic Miracle
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Role of Housing in Germany’s Postwar Economic Miracle
  • Alexander Reisenbichler – Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Winnie van Dijk – Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Truth, Democracy and Media Freedom: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Union Seminar — Truth, Democracy and Media Freedom: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos
  • James H. Barron – Author
  • Katerina Sokou – Washington D.C. Correspondent, Kathimerini
  • Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Immigration, Integration and Citizenship: Elements of a New Political Demography
12:15pm - 1:45pm
HYBRID | The in-person event will be held in CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262).
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion & Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion — Immigration, Integration and Citizenship: Elements of a New Political Demography
  • Adrian Favell – Chair in Sociology and Social Theory, University of Leeds; From October 2022, Incoming Director, Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork
  • Philip Kasinitz – Presidential Professor in Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
  • Ali Meghji – Associate Professor in Social Inequalities, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
  • Gökce Yurdakul – Georg Simmel Professor of Diversity and Social Conflict, Humboldt University of Berlin; Chair in Research Cluster, Berlin Institute of Migration and Integration Research
  • Chair Michèle Lamont – Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African-American Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

CES Open House
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Atrium & Courtyard, Adolphus Busch Hall
CES Open House

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Democracy Under Time Pressure: Social Acceleration, the Democratic Archive, and the Role of Remembering in Political Decision-making
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe — Democracy Under Time Pressure: Social Acceleration, the Democratic Archive, and the Role of Remembering in Political Decision-making
  • Andreas Schäfer – Research Associate, Humboldt University of Berlin; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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