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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Lessons from "America's Great Power Prophet"
1:30pm - 2:45pm
The Belfer Center's Applied History Project & Questions of Fascism and Democracy and Lecture Series — Lessons from "America's Great Power Prophet"
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Edward Luce – U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times
  • Graham Allison – Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
  • Susan B. Glasser – Resident Fellow (Fall 2025), Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School; Staff Writer, The New Yorker
  • 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
Book Panel Discussion with Rahel Jaeggi: "Progress and Regression"
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History — Book Panel Discussion with Rahel Jaeggi: "Progress and Regression"
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Rahel Jaeggi – Profossor of Philosophy, Humboldt University
  • Charles Clavey – Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Shterna S. Friedman – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Moira Weigel – Assistant Professor of Comparative Literarure, Harvard University
  • 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

Monday, November 3, 2025

Peasants into Citizens: Suffrage Expansion and the Rise of Mass Politics
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Peasants into Citizens: Suffrage Expansion and the Rise of Mass Politics
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Arturas Rozenas – Associate Professor of Politics, New York University
  • Chair Volha Charnysh – Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Rule of Law, International Cooperation, and the Mandate of the ECB: The Case of the Digital Euro
12:20pm - 1:20pm
Harvard European Law Association & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — The Rule of Law, International Cooperation, and the Mandate of the ECB: The Case of the Digital Euro
Hauser Hall, Room 102, Harvard Law School
  • Chiara Zilioli – Director General, Legal Service, European Central Bank
  • Moderated by Daniel Tarullo – Nomura Professor of International Financial Regulatory Practice, Harvard Law School
The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Anna Bisikalo – Ph.D. Student in History, 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

Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Future and Foundation of German-American Relations
5:00pm - 6:00pm
A Centennial Event for the German Academic Exchange Service and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation — The Future and Foundation of German-American Relations
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Annette Julius – Secretary General, German Academic Scholarship Foundation
  • Mary Elise Sarotte – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Kai Sicks – Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service
  • Introduction by Michael Hoch – President, German Academic Scholarship Foundation; Rector, University of Bonn
  • Opening Remarks by Johannes Magdowski – McCloy Fellow and MPP Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Moderated by 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, November 14, 2025

Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Erik Peinert – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
  • Nathan Wilmers – Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management & Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • 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
Day 1 | German American Conference 2025
2:00pm - 5:30pm
Day 1 | German American Conference 2025
The Microbe and the Mafia
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Microbe and the Mafia
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Zachary La Rock – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), MIT; 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

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Day 2 | German American Conference
9:30am - 5:00pm
Day 2 | German American Conference
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