Stephen Sawyer
– Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History, American University of Paris; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard 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
ChairAlbana Shehaj
– Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Michelle Lynn Kahn
– Associate Professor of Modern European History, University of Richmond
ChairPeter E. Gordon
– Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
Introduction byDavid 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
Marcin Kilanowski
– University Professor of Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair and DiscussantVlad Perju
– Professor, Boston College Law School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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
ChairKathleen Thelen
– Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Lauren Bohm
– Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairAdrian Scheibler
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Mathis Bitton
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University
Katie Ebner-Landy
– Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University
Hannes Kerber
– Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy, Boston College
Jan-Paul Sandmann
– Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairPeter E. Gordon
– Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University