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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Trigger Points: How Divided is Germany Really?
4:00pm - 5:30pm
The Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — Trigger Points: How Divided is Germany Really?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Steffen Mau – Professor of Macrosociology, Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 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

Friday, February 14, 2025

Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Noah Nathan – Associate 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

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Susan Rubin Suleiman – C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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, February 19, 2025

Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Sebastián Royo – Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-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

Monday, February 24, 2025

A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • David Stasavage – Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor, Department 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, 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
  • Phillip 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
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