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Monday, April 14, 2025

Europe’s Little Divergence in Urban Knowledge Economies
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Europe’s Little Divergence in Urban Knowledge Economies
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • 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

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Eugene Finkel – Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advance International Studies
  • Serhii Plokhii – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University; Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, 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

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Empowering Voices Beyond Ballots? Representative Claims by Non-Elected Political Actors
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Empowering Voices Beyond Ballots? Representative Claims by Non-Elected Political Actors
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Lennart Schürmann – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Marshall Ganz – Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, April 17, 2025

The University in the Age of Authoritarianism: Past, Present, and Future
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & Weatherhead Initiative on Global History — The University in the Age of Authoritarianism: Past, Present, and Future
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sugata Bose – Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Laura Jakli – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • William C. Kirby – T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • Chair Sven Beckert – Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and 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 18, 2025

Comparative Factions: How Connectivity and Policy Fractured Party Politics
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Comparative Factions: How Connectivity and Policy Fractured Party Politics
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Amelia Malpas – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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 and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, April 21, 2025

Minorities, Rights, and the State: The Theory and Practice of Non-Territorial Autonomy in Early Twentieth-Century Estonia
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Minorities, Rights, and the State: The Theory and Practice of Non-Territorial Autonomy in Early Twentieth-Century Estonia
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Timo Aava – Anthony D. Smith Visiting Fellow, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Postdoctoral Associate (Fall 2024), MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University
  • 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

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers' Colloquium and Celebration
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers' Colloquium and Celebration
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Matt Reichert – Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

Friday, April 25, 2025

Turkey, Israel, and the Trump Effect on Global Democracy
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Graduate Student Initiatives Series & The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs — Turkey, Israel, and the Trump Effect on Global Democracy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Evren Balta – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Professor, Comparative Politics & International Politics, Özyeğin University
  • Alper Coşkun – Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Oded Haklai – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Full Professor, Department of Political Science & Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University
  • Andrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Moderated by Lenore Martin – Professor of Political Science, Emmanuel College; Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs & Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Oral History in Moldova
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Oral History in Moldova
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Anna Vichkitova – Ph.D. Candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, 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 and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, April 28, 2025

Safeguarding Europe’s Liberal Democracy – A Discussion with Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland
4:00pm - 5:30pm
European Union Seminar & Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights — Safeguarding Europe’s Liberal Democracy – A Discussion with Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Leo Varadkar – 14th Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (2017-2020; 2022-2024); Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Moderated by Diego Garcia Blum – Program Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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