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Friday, October 4, 2024

Scots, Parsis, Jews, and Englishmen Aswim in a Sea of Poppies: The Opium Boom and the Decline of the English East India Company
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Scots, Parsis, Jews, and Englishmen Aswim in a Sea of Poppies: The Opium Boom and the Decline of the English East India Company
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Hagar Zheng Gal – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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 Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

How do Policy Regimes Foster (Wo)men’s Work-Family Preferences as Reflected in Parental Leave Decisions?
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe — How do Policy Regimes Foster (Wo)men’s Work-Family Preferences as Reflected in Parental Leave Decisions?
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Isabel Maria Habicht – Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wuppertal; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Jessica Gienow-Hecht – Chair, Department of History, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free University of Berlin; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 1999-2000, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Defending Democracy and Safeguarding Our Planet: A Dual Imperative
4:00pm - 5:15pm
The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability — Defending Democracy and Safeguarding Our Planet: A Dual Imperative
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • 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
  • Chair George Sarrinikolaou – Executive Director, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability & Assistant Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University
  • Welcome Remarks by Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, September 23, 2024

China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Joel Mokyr – Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University
  • Moderated by Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, September 20, 2024

Paradoxes of the Nazi Dictatorship: Adjudicating Denunciations Against Persons of Polish Descent in the WWII-Era Ruhr
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Paradoxes of the Nazi Dictatorship: Adjudicating Denunciations Against Persons of Polish Descent in the WWII-Era Ruhr
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Nikolas Weyland – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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 Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
More Bark than Bite? The Far Right and Foreign Policy in Europe
10:00am - 11:15am
European Union Seminar & The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — More Bark than Bite? The Far Right and Foreign Policy in Europe
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Andrew Moravcsik – Professor of Politics and International Affairs & Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the European Union Program, Princeton 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
  • Moderated by Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Kaija Schilde – Associate Dean of Studies; Jean Monnet Chair in European Security and Defense; Associate Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Liberalism from One Generation to the Next: The Politics of Hope in an Age of Fear
5:15pm - 6:30pm
Václav Havel Lecture on Human Rights, Civil Society and Democracy & The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — Liberalism from One Generation to the Next: The Politics of Hope in an Age of Fear
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Michael Ignatieff – Professor of History and Rector Emeritus, Central European University; Senior 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

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Where is Democracy Today?
4:00pm - 5:15pm
August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History — Where is Democracy Today?
William James Hall, B1 Lecture Hall
  • Rafał Trzaskowski – Mayor of Warsaw
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, 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

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Open House 2024
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Open House 2024
Atrium, Adolphus Busch Hall
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