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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

How French was the Enlightenment?
4:30pm - 6:00pm
The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — How French was the Enlightenment?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • David A. Bell – Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions & Professor of History, Princeton University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, April 5, 2024

Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Dissertation Workshop — Rupture and Reconciliation: French Fraternalism on the Eve of Abolition, 1828-1848
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Noah Pinkham – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Dawn Teele – SNF Agora Institute Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jennifer Hochschild – H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Center for Government and International 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, April 4, 2024

Democracy Against Itself – Defending Europe and the U.S. Against Authoritarian Threats From Within
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Harvard European Law Association — Democracy Against Itself – Defending Europe and the U.S. Against Authoritarian Threats From Within
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Till Patrik Holterhus – Professor, Constitutional and Administrative Law, International Public Law and Comparative Law, Center for European and International Law, Leuphana Law School
  • Christoph Möllers – Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University Berlin; Permanent Fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
  • Ofrit Liviatan – Lecturer on Law and Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University; Director, Freshman Seminar Program, 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, April 3, 2024

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Frances Tanzer – Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Jewish Culture, Clark 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
The Curious Persistence of the “West” in International Politics
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Curious Persistence of the “West” in International Politics
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Spyros Economides – Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair George Soroka – Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Editor, Open Forum Series, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change
4:30pm - 6:00pm
European Politics Seminar — Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Stephen Gross – Associate Professor of History & European Studies, New York University; Director, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University
  • Jamie Martin – Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Moderated by Herrick Chapman – Professor Emeritus of History, New York University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, March 29, 2024

The Klan in Britain: Transnational Solidarities, Family Ties, and the Criminalization of Hate, 1945-1970
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Dissertation Workshop — The Klan in Britain: Transnational Solidarities, Family Ties, and the Criminalization of Hate, 1945-1970
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Noah Secondo – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Britain After Brexit
4:00pm - 5:15pm
European Politics Seminar — Britain After Brexit
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Anand Menon – Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London; Director, UK in a Changing Europe
  • Chair James Cronin – Research Professor in History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Institutional Logics of Reproduction Policy: Locating Complementarities and Accepting Contradictions
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Institutional Logics of Reproduction Policy: Locating Complementarities and Accepting Contradictions
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Hannah Zagel – Senior Researcher & Head of Research Group, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Mary C. Brinton – Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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