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Friday, April 5, 2024

Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Dissertation Workshop — Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
  • Noah Pinkham – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

How French was the Enlightenment?
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — How French was the Enlightenment?
  • David A. Bell – Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions & Professor of History, Princeton University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Left Behind Regions in the European Union – Productivity, Structural and Efficiency Aspects
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Left Behind Regions in the European Union – Productivity, Structural and Efficiency Aspects
  • Pawel Dobrzanski – Associate Professor of Economics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024 & 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Edward Glaeser – Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Greece's Democracy and its Discontents
10:00am - 11:00am
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Greece's Democracy and its Discontents
  • Kostas Bakoyannis – Resident Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Mayor of Athens (2019-2023), The Hellenic Republic
  • Chair Spyros Economides – Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Negotiating Diversity in European Public Spaces
4:00pm - 5:30pm
HYBRID | Virtual via Zoom | The in-person event will be held in CGIS South S250 (Huguette and Michel Porté Seminar Room).
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion and Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion — Negotiating Diversity in European Public Spaces
  • Riva Kastoryano – Visiting Professor of Sociology and Government, Harvard University; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po
  • Chair Jacqueline Bhabha – FXB Director of Research & Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, April 12, 2024

Belfer Briefing on Europe with Greece's Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias (Open to Harvard ID holders only; Pre-registration required)
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Library, Littauer 369
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Belfer Briefing on Europe with Greece's Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias (Open to Harvard ID holders only; Pre-registration required)
  • Nikos Dendias – Minister of National Defence, The Hellenic Republic
  • Chair and Discussant Karen Donfried – Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State (2021-2023); President, German Marshall Fund of the United States (2014-2021)
  • Welcome Remarks by Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Art Exhibit Panel | Reimagining Germany after WWII: Art, History & Politics
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Deutsche Bundesbank & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Art Exhibit Panel | Reimagining Germany after WWII: Art, History & Politics
  • Belinda Davis – Professor of History, Department of History, Rutgers University
  • Gregory Williams – Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Contemporary Art, Boston University
  • Welcome Remarks by Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Introduction by 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)
  • Opening Remarks by Joachim Nagel – President, Deutsche Bundesbank; Member, Governing Council of the European Central Bank
  • Chair David Spreen – Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty and Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Art Exhibit Opening | Parallel Beginnings: New German Expressionists & Ida Kerkovius
5:15pm - 6:30pm
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
Deutsche Bundesbank & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Art Exhibit Opening | Parallel Beginnings: New German Expressionists & Ida Kerkovius

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
  • Branko Milanovic – Research Professor & Senior Scholar, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • 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

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Session 7:  Senior Thesis Writers' Reflections Roundtable
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 7: Senior Thesis Writers' Reflections Roundtable
  • Julia Tellides – Student, Harvard College
  • Logan Kelly – Student, Harvard College
  • Gordon Ebanks – Student, Harvard College
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and William Whitham – Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Commentary by Spyros Economides – Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Javier Martínez-Cantó – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Barcelona Institute of International Studies; Ramon Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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