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Monday, March 3, 2025

Climate Change and the Courts: Limits, Role, and Potential
12:20pm - 1:20pm
Harvard European Law Association — Climate Change and the Courts: Limits, Role, and Potential
Room WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
  • Síofra O'Leary – President (2022 - 2024), European Court of Human Rights
  • Moderated by Tyler Giannini – Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Friday, February 28, 2025

Conference | Balancing Majority and Minority Rights – The Dilemma of Majority-Constraining Institutions in an Age of Democratic Backsliding
Panel 4 | Are Constraints on Democracy Good or Bad?
3:45pm - 5:15pm
Conference — Panel 4 | Are Constraints on Democracy Good or Bad?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Claudia Landwehr – Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, University of Mainz
  • Fabio Wolkenstein – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
  • 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
Panel 3 | Limits on Majorities to Assure a Role for Expertise
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Conference — Panel 3 | Limits on Majorities to Assure a Role for Expertise
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Andrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Arleen Carlson and Edna Nelson Graduate Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2025-2026)
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Michael Zürn – Director of the Global Governance Research Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Professor of International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin
Panel 2 | Limits on Democracy to Protect Individual and Minority Rights
11:30am - 1:00pm
Conference — Panel 2 | Limits on Democracy to Protect Individual and Minority Rights
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Gretchen Helmke – Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor, and Faculty Director of the Democracy Center, University of Rochester
  • Rahel Freiburghaus – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bern
  • Philip Manow – Professor of International Political Economy, University of Siegen
Welcome & Panel 1 | Frameworks for Analysis: Conceptualizing Constraints on Majorities
9:15am - 11:00am
Conference — Welcome & Panel 1 | Frameworks for Analysis: Conceptualizing Constraints on Majorities
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Christoph Möllers – Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University Berlin; Permanent Fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
  • Melissa Schwartzberg – Silver Professor of Politics, New York 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
  • Michael Zürn – Director of the Global Governance Research Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Professor of International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin
Enrichment Lunch with Professor Einer Elhauge
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Harvard European Law Association — Enrichment Lunch with Professor Einer Elhauge
Stoked Pizza Co., 1611 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Einer Elhauge – Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Session 1: How to Write a Grant Proposal
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 1: How to Write a Grant Proposal
Online via Zoom
  • 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

Monday, February 24, 2025

A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — A History of How Popular Governance Has Adapted to Scale
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • David Stasavage – Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
  • Chair Volha Charnysh – Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Sebastián Royo – Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Susan Rubin Suleiman – C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard 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
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