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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Politics Seminar — Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change
  • Stephen Gross – Associate Professor of History & European Studies, New York University; Director, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University
  • Jamie Martin – Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Moderated by Herrick Chapman – Professor Emeritus of History, New York University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

The Curious Persistence of the “West” in International Politics
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Curious Persistence of the “West” in International Politics
  • Spyros Economides – Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair George Soroka – Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Editor, Open Forum Series, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City
  • Frances Tanzer – Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Jewish Culture, Clark University
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, The Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Democracy Against Itself – Defending Europe and the U.S. Against Authoritarian Threats From Within
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Harvard European Law Association — Democracy Against Itself – Defending Europe and the U.S. Against Authoritarian Threats From Within
  • Till Patrik Holterhus – Professor, Constitutional and Administrative Law, International Public Law and Comparative Law, Center for European and International Law, Leuphana Law School
  • Christoph Möllers – Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University Berlin; Permanent Fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
  • Ofrit Liviatan – Lecturer on Law and Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University; Director, Freshman Seminar Program, Harvard University
  • Chair Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Friday, April 5, 2024

Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting
  • Dawn Teele – SNF Agora Institute Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jennifer Hochschild – H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Center for Government and International 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
Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Dissertation Workshop — Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
  • Noah Pinkham – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

How French was the Enlightenment?
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — How French was the Enlightenment?
  • David A. Bell – Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions & Professor of History, Princeton University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Left Behind Regions in the European Union – Productivity, Structural and Efficiency Aspects
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Left Behind Regions in the European Union – Productivity, Structural and Efficiency Aspects
  • Pawel Dobrzanski – Associate Professor of Economics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024 & 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Edward Glaeser – Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Greece's Democracy and its Discontents
10:00am - 11:00am
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Greece's Democracy and its Discontents
  • Kostas Bakoyannis – Resident Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Mayor of Athens (2019-2023), The Hellenic Republic
  • Chair Spyros Economides – Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Negotiating Diversity in European Public Spaces
4:00pm - 5:30pm
HYBRID | Virtual via Zoom | The in-person event will be held in CGIS South S250 (Huguette and Michel Porté Seminar Room).
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion and Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion — Negotiating Diversity in European Public Spaces
  • Riva Kastoryano – Visiting Professor of Sociology and Government, Harvard University; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po
  • Chair Jacqueline Bhabha – FXB Director of Research & Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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