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Friday, October 29, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Seminar on Democracy: Past, Present, and Future — Democracy Without a Majority?
- Michael Koß
– Professor for the Political System of Germany and the EU, Leuphana University Lüneburg
- Thomas Zittel
– Professor for Comparative Politics, Goethe University; External Fellow, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim; Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies, NYU
- 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
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Union Seminar — Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
- Mary Elise Sarotte
– Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Ernest May Visiting Fellow, Applied History Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
- Margaret MacMillan
– Professor of History, University of Toronto; Emeritus Professor of International History, Oxford University; Engelsberg Chair in History and International Affairs, IDEAS at the London School of Economics
- Chair Nicolas Prevelakis
– Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Friday, November 12, 2021
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Economic Policy Forum — Resilient Societies
- Markus Brunnermeier
– Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics & Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University
- Mekala Krishnan
– Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
- Sofia A. Perez
– Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
- Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz
– Visiting Professor of Economics, Resident Faculty, & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Friday, November 19, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Aspiration versus Apprehension: Economic Opportunities and Electoral Preferences
- Silja Häusermann
– Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich
- Thomas Kurer
– Research Group Leader and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", University of Konstanz, Germany
- Delia Zollinger
– PhD Student, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich
- Torben Iversen
– Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European 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
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Senior Thesis Conference: Preliminary Findings
- Chair Abigail Modaff
– College Fellow in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Michael Tworek
– Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
- Moderated by Kelly O'Neill
– Director, Imperiia Project, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Lecturer on History, Harvard University
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Union Seminar — U.S.-European Relations: Where Do We Stand?
- Thierry De Montbrial
– Founder and Executive Chairman, French Institute for International Relations (Ifri)
- Joseph S. Nye
– Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
- Chair Karl Kaiser
– Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Vivien A. Schmidt
– Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Thursday, December 2, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Seminar on Democracy: Past, Present, and Future — Authoritarianism From Above and Below in East Central Europe
- Kim Lane Scheppele
– Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
- Grzegorz Ekiert
– Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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
