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Friday, October 27, 2023

Panel | What is Going on in the Land of the Free?
4:00pm - 4:40pm
The Memorial Church Sanctuary, Harvard University
German American Conference & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Panel | What is Going on in the Land of the Free?
  • Piper Campbell – Chair, Department Of Foreign Policy and Global Security, School of International Service, American University; Ambassador of the United States to Mongolia (2012-2015)
  • 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 Knut Dethlefsen – Executive Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Washington Office
German American Conference 2023 | Day 1
9:00am - 5:00pm
Memorial Church & Lehman Hall
German American Conference 2023 | Day 1

Thursday, October 26, 2023

A Comparative Political History of the Progressive Dilemma
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — A Comparative Political History of the Progressive Dilemma
  • Johannes Lindvall – Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
  • Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia 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

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Bruno Schulz and the Hijacking of History
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Bruno Schulz and the Hijacking of History
  • Benjamin Balint – Author
  • 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
Feminist Mobilization and Transgender Rights in the UK and France
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — Feminist Mobilization and Transgender Rights in the UK and France
  • Madeleine Pape – Senior FNS Researcher, Institute of Sports Science, University of Lausanne
  • Elizabeth Sharrow – Associate Professor of History and Public Policy & Director of Faculty Research, Institute for Social Science Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Chair Jonathan Mijs – Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University; Veni Fellow, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Dynamics of Antiracist Mobilization in Germany
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Dynamics of Antiracist Mobilization in Germany
  • Elias Steinhilper – Senior Researcher, German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM); Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • David Spreen – Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty and Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Moldova's New Role in Europe: An Account of Solidarity and Resilience
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Moldova's New Role in Europe: An Account of Solidarity and Resilience
  • Natalia Gavrilita – Member of the Supervisory Board, National Bank of Moldova; Prime Minister of Moldova (2021-2023); MPP 2005, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Chair Martin Klingst – Political Editor, Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Senior Expert, Atlantik-Brücke; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Is Germany the Sick Man of Europe? Why This Matters and Lessons for the U.S. and the World
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
A John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship Event — Is Germany the Sick Man of Europe? Why This Matters and Lessons for the U.S. and the World
  • Martin Klingst – Political Editor, Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Senior Expert, Atlantik-Brücke; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Gaetano Salvemini 150 Years On: The Political and Intellectual Legacy
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Gaetano Salvemini Colloquium in Italian History and Culture — Gaetano Salvemini 150 Years On: The Political and Intellectual Legacy
  • Federico Finchelstein – Professor of History & Chair of History, New School for Social Research
  • David Ward – Professor Emeritus of Italian Studies, Wellesley College
  • Welcome Remarks by Arnaldo Minuti – Consul General of Italy in Boston
  • Chair Renato Camurri – Professor of History, University of Verona; Co-Chair, Salvemini Colloquium in Italian History and Culture, CES, Harvard University and Charles Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (1994-2001), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Session 2: Thesis Strategies for Research, Advisers, and Recommendation Letters
6:00pm - 7:00pm
William James Hall, Third Floor
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 2: Thesis Strategies for Research, Advisers, and Recommendation Letters
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and William Whitham – Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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