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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France
4:30pm - 6:00pm
History Seminar — Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Hannah Frydman – Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, October 3, 2025

Within Party Discord and Polarization
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Within Party Discord and Polarization
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jonathan Rodden – Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, 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
Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019)
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sung In Kim – 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, October 8, 2025

Belonging in Transition: Concepts and Misconceptions of Multiethnicity in the Late Habsburg Empire
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Belonging in Transition: Concepts and Misconceptions of Multiethnicity in the Late Habsburg Empire
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Anna Adorjáni – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Augsburg; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Alison Frank Johnson – Professor of History, Harvard University; Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The First 150 Days of Friedrich Merz’s Coalition Government
4:00pm - 5:15pm
European Politics Seminar — The First 150 Days of Friedrich Merz’s Coalition Government
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Vladimir Balzer – Journalist, Deutschlandfunk
  • Chair David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University

Friday, October 10, 2025

Sectoral Bargaining and the Wage Structure
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Sectoral Bargaining and the Wage Structure
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alexander Busch – Ph.D. Student in Management Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology; 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

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Journalism in the Age of AI: Data and Lessons from Europe
3:00pm - 4:45pm
Worldwide Week at Harvard – European Union Seminar & Center for Hellenic Studies — Journalism in the Age of AI: Data and Lessons from Europe
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sotiris Sideris – Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University; Data Editor, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism
  • 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

Friday, October 17, 2025

‘In Entire Amity and With Mutual Benefit': The Transatlantic Forging of Presidential Administration, 1934-1939
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — ‘In Entire Amity and With Mutual Benefit': The Transatlantic Forging of Presidential Administration, 1934-1939
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Benjamin Waldman – 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

Monday, October 20, 2025

Migration and the Making of the English Middle Class
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Migration and the Making of the English Middle Class
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Vicky Fouka – Bing Professor of Human Biology and Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • 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, October 24, 2025

Wealth Tax Preferences in an Age of Inequality: The Role of Housing and Information
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Wealth Tax Preferences in an Age of Inequality: The Role of Housing and Information
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Ben Ansell – Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions & Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
  • Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local 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
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