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Friday, November 15, 2024

Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė
10:00am - 11:15am
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Union Seminar — Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė
  • Jovita Neliupšienė – Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
  • Introduction by Khatuna Salukvadze – Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University; Former Ambassador of Georgia to Lithuania
  • Chair Mathias Risse – Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy & Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The German American Conference 2024
Day 1
Panel | What Next? Implications of the U.S. Election for Transatlantic Relations, Europe, and Germany
2:15pm - 3:30pm
Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
German American Conference & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Panel | What Next? Implications of the U.S. Election for Transatlantic Relations, Europe, and Germany
  • Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff – Director, German Council on Foreign Relations; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (Fall 2024), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jovita Neliupšienė – Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
  • 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
German American Conference 2024 | Day 1
10:05am - 6:00pm
Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
German American Conference 2024 | Day 1

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Politics Seminar — Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
  • Laura Beers – Professor of History, American University
  • Arianne Chernock – Professor of History, Boston University
  • Chair James Cronin – Research Professor in History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany
  • Wolfgang Merkel – Director of the Research Unit Democracy and Democratization (2004 - 2020), Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2024-2025, 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, November 13, 2024

Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch
  • Peter Gourevitch – Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
  • Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, 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
Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Union Seminar — Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?
  • Mariana Budjeryn – Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  • 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
  • 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 and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition
1:45pm - 3:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition
  • Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Edward Glaeser – Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Democracy and its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — 35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges
  • Axel Klausmeier – Director, Berlin Wall Foundation and Museum; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair and Discussant Mary Elise Sarotte – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Ernest May Visiting Fellow, Applied History Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Welcome Remarks by Dailan Xu – Undergraduate Student, Class of 2027, Harvard College

Friday, November 8, 2024

Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
  • Jeeyoung Lee – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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
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