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Monday, December 1, 2025

CES Writer's Forum Mini-Conference
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — CES Writer's Forum Mini-Conference
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Matt Reichert – Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Speaker Selam Ambaw – Harvard College Student, Harvard University and Maria Cheng – Harvard College Student; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; Undergraduate Associate. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College and Department of Applied Mathematics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and Adelaide Parker – Harvard College Student, Harvard University

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Four Cs of Corruption in the EU: Concept, Causes, Consequences, Countermeasures
3:30pm - 5:00pm
European Union Seminar — The Four Cs of Corruption in the EU: Concept, Causes, Consequences, Countermeasures
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Dimitrios Skiadas – Visiting Professor and Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
  • Chair Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Discussant Albana Shehaj – Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Sovereigns in Question: Maritime Prize Courts and Non-European Princes in the Eighteenth Century
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Sovereigns in Question: Maritime Prize Courts and Non-European Princes in the Eighteenth Century
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Nathan Perl-Rosenthal – Professor of History, French & Italian and Law, University of Southern California Dornsife; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Discussant Daniel Smail – Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School

Friday, December 5, 2025

Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Valentin Figueroa – Assistant 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 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
  • Discussant Lina Skoglund – Prize Fellow (2025), Center for History and Economics, Harvard University
For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919)
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Natalie Behrends – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), 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

Monday, December 8, 2025

Europe in a Time of War: A Conversation with Fiona Hill
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Europe in a Time of War: A Conversation with Fiona Hill
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
  • Speaker Fiona Hill – Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution
  • Discussant Steven Solnick – Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Political Recognition of Working-Class Youth
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Political Recognition of Working-Class Youth
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Jarmo Kallunki – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Discussant David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

How to Write a Winning Proposal
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — How to Write a Winning Proposal
Virtual
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Matt Reichert – Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University

Friday, January 30, 2026

Parties of the Lower Educated? Cleavage Theory and the Far-Right
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Parties of the Lower Educated? Cleavage Theory and the Far-Right
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki – Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Vanderbilt University
  • Discussant Mark Franklin – John R. Reitemeyer Professor Emeritus of International Politics, Trinity College; Local Affiliate, 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 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, February 5, 2026

Democracy and Security in Unsettled Times
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — Democracy and Security in Unsettled Times
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Robert Habeck – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2021-2025), Federal Republic of Germany; Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, 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
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