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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Session 1: How to Write a Grant Proposal
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 1: How to Write a Grant Proposal
Online via Zoom
  • 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, February 28, 2025

Conference | Balancing Majority and Minority Rights – The Dilemma of Majority-Constraining Institutions in an Age of Democratic Backsliding
Welcome & Panel 1 | Frameworks for Analysis: Conceptualizing Constraints on Majorities
9:15am - 11:00am
Conference — Welcome & Panel 1 | Frameworks for Analysis: Conceptualizing Constraints on Majorities
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Christoph Möllers – Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University Berlin; Permanent Fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
  • Melissa Schwartzberg – Professor of Politics, New York University
  • 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
  • Michael Zürn – Director of the Global Governance Research Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Professor of International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin
Panel 2 | Limits on Democracy to Protect Individual and Minority Rights
11:30am - 1:00pm
Conference — Panel 2 | Limits on Democracy to Protect Individual and Minority Rights
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Gretchen Helmke – Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor, and Faculty Director of the Democracy Center, University of Rochester
  • Rahel Freiburghaus – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bern
  • Philip Manow – Professor of International Political Economy, University of Siegen
Panel 3 | Limits on Majorities to Assure a Role for Expertise
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Conference — Panel 3 | Limits on Majorities to Assure a Role for Expertise
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Andrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Michael Zürn – Director of the Global Governance Research Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Professor of International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin
Panel 4 | Are Constraints on Democracy Good or Bad?
3:45pm - 5:15pm
Conference — Panel 4 | Are Constraints on Democracy Good or Bad?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Claudia Landwehr – Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, University of Mainz
  • Fabio Wolkenstein – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
  • 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

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Marcin Wroński – Assistant Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; 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

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance
12:00pm - 1:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Ageing Democracies: Grey Power and Economic Performance
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Tim Vlandas – Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • 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
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Uncivil Society and Polarization in Eastern Europe
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Uncivil Society and Polarization in Eastern Europe
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Lenka Bustikova – Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
  • Chair Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Thursday, March 6, 2025

The German Elections: Do the Results Portend a New Direction?
4:00pm - 5:30pm
European Politics Seminar — The German Elections: Do the Results Portend a New Direction?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Melanie Amann – Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Der Spiegel
  • Benjamin Bidder – Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard; Economics and Business Reporter, Der Spiegel
  • Chair David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, March 7, 2025

Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Philipp Rehm – Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • Devin Caughey – Class of 1949 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
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