SpeakerDaniel B. Schwartz
– Associate Professor of History, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington University
ChairDerek 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
SpeakerAndreas Wiedemann
– Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
DiscussantSophie Hill
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairPeter 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
SpeakerMikhal Dekel
– Professor and Director of the Rifkind Center for the Humanities and Arts, City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
ChairDerek J. Penslar
– William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History & Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, CES, Harvard University
SpeakerMarco Buti
– Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Taxation
DiscussantVivien A. Schmidt
– Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University
and
Daniela Schwarzer
– Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
ChairHans-Helmut Kotz
– CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
SpeakerElizabeth Carter
– Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Aleksandra Sojka
– Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Social Sciences, University Carlos III of Madrid; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
SpeakerWilliam Drozdiak
– Author, The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron’s Race to Revive France and Save the World
and
Leslie Vinjamuri
– Director, US and the Americas Program, Chatham House
ChairSebastián Royo
– Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
SpeakerJoaquín Almunia
– Independent High-Level Evaluator, European Stability Mechanism (ESM); European Commissioner for Competition (2010-2014)
DiscussantMiranda Xafa
– Senior Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); Member of the Executive Board, International Monetary Fund (2004-2009)
ChairHans-Helmut Kotz
– CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
SpeakerSheri Berman
– Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
and
Wolfgang Merkel
– Professor Emeritus and Director of the Research unit on Democracy and Democratization, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
and
Pippa Norris
– Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics & CES Faculty Associate, Harvard University
ChairGrzegorz Ekiert
– Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government & CES Director, Harvard University
and
Daniel Ziblatt
– Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
ChairMichael Tworek
– Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Commentary byDerek 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
