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                                                                                                                Tuesday, April 13, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
 
            
            12:30pm - 2:00pm
        
                        
            European Union Seminar —        The COVID-19 Crisis: EU and Member-State Responses
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Marco Buti
                                            –                Head of Cabinet of Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2008-2019), European Commission
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Sergio Fabbrini
                                            –                Dean, Political Science Department; Professor of Political Science and International Relations, LUISS Guido Carli
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         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)
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - Chair                                                                                                        Vivien A. Schmidt
                                            –                Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University
                                            
 
    
                                        
                 
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Monday, April 12, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
 
            
            11:00am - 12:00pm
        
                        
            Europe in the World Seminar —        Global Europe: What Does That Mean?
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Melani Cammett
                                            –                Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Domingos Fezas Vital
                                            –                Ambassador of Portugal to the United States
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Stavros Lambrinidis
                                            –                Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Hilary Silver
                                            –                Professor of Sociology, International Affairs, and Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - Opening Remarks by                                                                                                        Elaine Papoulias
                                            –                Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Chair                                                                                                        Sebastián Royo
                                            –                Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
 
    
                                        
                        
     
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, March 25, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
                                                        
                                                                                                                            
        
    
 
            
            11:00am - 12:00pm
        
                        
            August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History —        Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Barbara Engelking
                                            –                Founder and Director, Polish Center of Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Jan Grabowski
                                            –                Professor of History, University of Ottawa
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         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
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - Chair                                                                                                        Grzegorz Ekiert
                                            –                Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
                                            
 
    
                                        
                        
     
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, March 12, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
 
            
            1:30pm - 3:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 —        Integrative Institutions and Mainstream Party Collapse: The Regional Context
            
                                        
            
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Jane Gingrich
                                            –                Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         Julia Lynch
                                            –                Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
                                            
 
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -                                                                                                         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