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Friday, April 4, 2025

Democracy as Disequilibrium: An Endogenous Theory of Regime Contention and Democratic Change
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Democracy as Disequilibrium: An Endogenous Theory of Regime Contention and Democratic Change
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Amel Ahmed – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • 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
  • 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
History Seminar — How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Terrence Peterson – Associate Professor of History, Florida International University
  • Chair Brooke Durham – Assistant Professor of History, Boston University

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The Assault on the State
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — The Assault on the State
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Stephen Hanson – Lettie Pate Evans Professor of Government, William & Mary; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jeffrey Kopstein – Dean's Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
  • 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

Monday, April 14, 2025

Europe’s Little Divergence in Agglomeration Economies
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Europe’s Little Divergence in Agglomeration 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 - 6:00pm
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
  • 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, May 1, 2025

European Development in a Historical Perspective – A Ph.D. & Postdoctoral Conference
8:30am - 6:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — European Development in a Historical Perspective – A Ph.D. & Postdoctoral Conference
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • 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 and Shao-Yu Jheng – Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Daniel Lowery – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Matthias Weigand – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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