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Friday, March 4, 2022

Weak Messianic Power and Benjamin’s Contribution to the Debate about Historical Injustice
12:00pm - 1:15pm
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Dissertation Workshop — Weak Messianic Power and Benjamin’s Contribution to the Debate about Historical Injustice
  • Jacob Hoerger – Open Forum Associate Editor, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Research Methodologies
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Research Methodologies
  • Chair Michael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Abigail Modaff – College Fellow in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, February 28, 2022

Fridays for Future: A Conversation with German Climate Activists Luisa Neubauer and Helena Marschall
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Politics Seminar & Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University — Fridays for Future: A Conversation with German Climate Activists Luisa Neubauer and Helena Marschall
  • Luisa Neubauer – Youth Climate Justice Activist and Lead Organizer, Fridays for Future Germany; Visiting Research Scholar, Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (Fall 2024), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Helena Marschall – Climate Activist, Fridays for Future Germany
  • Noah Secondo – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University
  • Rebecca Spinner – Sophomore, Brandeis University
  • Welcome Remarks by Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Sabine von Mering – Director, Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University; Professor of German and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, February 25, 2022

War Losses as a Labor Supply Shock: Evidence from Germany
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Dissertation Workshop — War Losses as a Labor Supply Shock: Evidence from Germany
  • Matthias Quinckhardt – Ph.D. Student in Economics, Heidelberg University; Visiting Student, Department of Government, Harvard University

Thursday, February 24, 2022

The Passport As Home
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Politics Seminar — The Passport As Home
  • Andrei Markovits – Arthur F. Thurnau Professor & Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan
  • Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Anne Sa'adah – Professor of Government Emerita & Joel Parker Professor of Law and Political Science Emerita, Dartmouth College
  • Chair and Discussant Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, February 11, 2022

Parents Against Social Investment Policy? Marketization and Public Services in the Third Way Turn of Social Democracy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Parents Against Social Investment Policy? Marketization and Public Services in the Third Way Turn of Social Democracy
  • Jane Gingrich – Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
  • Cathie Jo Martin – Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, 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
Badges of Servitude: White Christian Supremacy and the Rejection of Jewish and Black Equality
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Badges of Servitude: White Christian Supremacy and the Rejection of Jewish and Black Equality
  • Magda Teter – Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and Professor of History, Fordham 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

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

How to Write a Winning Proposal
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — How to Write a Winning Proposal
  • 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

Friday, January 28, 2022

The Changing Faces of the Modern State
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — The Changing Faces of the Modern State
  • Johannes Lindvall – Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
  • Katren Rogers – Doctoral Student in Political Science, Lund 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
  • 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

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Forging an Ethical Life: The Experiences of German-Turkish Women Returning to Turkey
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — Forging an Ethical Life: The Experiences of German-Turkish Women Returning to Turkey
  • Susan Rottmann – Assistant Professor, Özyeğin University
  • Mounira M. Charrad – Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Anna Lund – Professor of Sociology & Deputy Head of Department, Stockholm University
  • Gökce Yurdakul – Georg Simmel Professor of Diversity and Social Conflict, Humboldt University of Berlin; Chair in Research Cluster, Berlin Institute of Migration and Integration Research
  • Chair Myra Marx Ferree – Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology (Emerita), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Kathrin Zippel – Einstein Strategic Professor, Freie Universität Berlin
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