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Friday, February 21, 2025

Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
  • Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, 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

Monday, February 24, 2025

The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at Scale
  • 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

Friday, March 7, 2025

Class, Country and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Class, Country and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
  • 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

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

In the Name of the Father, the Child, and Gender Equality: Fatherhood Activism in Europe
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — In the Name of the Father, the Child, and Gender Equality: Fatherhood Activism in Europe
  • 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

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

The Solidarity Economy: Non-profits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
History Seminar — The Solidarity Economy: Non-profits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire
  • 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

Friday, April 4, 2025

Democracy as Disequilibrium
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Democracy as Disequilibrium
  • Amel Ahmed – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • 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

Monday, April 7, 2025

How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
4:30pm - 5:45pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
History Seminar — How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
  • Terrence Peterson – Associate Professor of History, Florida International University
  • Chair Brooke Durham – Assistant Professor of History, Boston University

Monday, April 14, 2025

Europe’s Little Divergence in Agglomeration Economies
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Europe’s Little Divergence in Agglomeration Economies
  • Gary Cox – William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  • Chair Caterina Chiopris – Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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