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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar — A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Benjamin W. Goossen – Assistant Professor of International History, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston 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
Ukraine’s Membership in the EU: The Problem of Further Enlargement
3:30pm - 5:00pm
European Union Seminar — Ukraine’s Membership in the EU: The Problem of Further Enlargement
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
  • 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 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 and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Book Discussion | The Assault on the State
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Book Discussion | The Assault on the State
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Stephen Hanson – Lettie Pate Evans Professor, The College of William & Mary; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jeffrey S. Kopstein – Dean's Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine; James Bryant Conant Fellow in Germany and European Studies (1995-1996), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Steven Levitsky – Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Theda Skocpol – Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, 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

Monday, April 7, 2025

How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
4:30pm - 5:45pm
History Seminar — How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Terrence Peterson – Associate Professor of History, Florida International University
  • Brooke Durham – Assistant Professor of History, Boston 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 4, 2025

CANCELED | Non-White Meta-Categories in the U.S. and UK: Unpacking the Language of Racial Difference and Equity
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — CANCELED | Non-White Meta-Categories in the U.S. and UK: Unpacking the Language of Racial Difference and Equity
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Mari Sanchez – Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, 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 and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Democracy as Disequilibrium: An Endogenous Theory of Regime Contention and Democratic Change
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Democracy as Disequilibrium: An Endogenous Theory of Regime Contention and Democratic Change
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Amel Ahmed – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • 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 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 3, 2025

Resisting Authoritarian Populism: What Is To Be Done?
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Resisting Authoritarian Populism: What Is To Be Done?
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • William E. Scheuerman – James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Chair Peter 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

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The Politics of Knowledge in European Anti-Gender Campaigns: What is New?
4:30pm - 6:00pm
European Politics Seminar — The Politics of Knowledge in European Anti-Gender Campaigns: What is New?
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Mieke Verloo – Professor of Comparative Politics and Inequality Issues, Department of Political Science, Radboud University
  • David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Myra Marx Ferree – Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology (Emerita), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Governance in the Euro-Latin America Space
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Governance in the Euro-Latin America Space
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Roberto Dominguez – Professor of International Relations, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, March 31, 2025

Who Will Rescue Us? The Lives of Jewish Children Who Fled to France and the U.S. During the Holocaust
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews In Modern Europe Seminar — Who Will Rescue Us? The Lives of Jewish Children Who Fled to France and the U.S. During the Holocaust
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Laura Hobson Faure – Professor of Contemporary History and Chair of Modern Jewish History, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • 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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