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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

Monday, March 9, 2026

Europe without Borders: A Conversation with Isaac Stanley-Becker
4:30pm - 6:00pm
History Seminar — Europe without Borders: A Conversation with Isaac Stanley-Becker
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Isaac Stanley-Becker – Staff Writer, The Atlantic
  • Chair and Discussant 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
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