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Friday, October 3, 2025

Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019)
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sung In Kim – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Within Party Discord and Polarization
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Within Party Discord and Polarization
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jonathan Rodden – Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard 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 1, 2025

Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France
4:30pm - 6:00pm
History Seminar — Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Hannah Frydman – Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Evolution of Culturalism: Laboratories and Legislatures in Illiberal Hungary
12:00pm - 1:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Evolution of Culturalism: Laboratories and Legislatures in Illiberal Hungary
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Cameron Brinitzer – Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Vlad Perju – Dean's Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School; Local Affiliate, 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

Friday, September 26, 2025

Boundary Defense: Evidence from a Referendum Against Tracking Reform
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Boundary Defense: Evidence from a Referendum Against Tracking Reform
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Daniel T. Roberts – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Shared Strength in a Divided World: Reinventing the Transatlantic Partnership – An Address by H.E. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Václav Havel Lecture on Human Rights, Civil Society and Democracy & Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School — Shared Strength in a Divided World: Reinventing the Transatlantic Partnership – An Address by H.E. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
  • Petr Pavel – President of the Czech Republic
  • Moderated by Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Kristin Strømsnes – Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen; Senior Researcher, The Norwegian Research Centre; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Marshall Ganz – Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, September 19, 2025

The Sequential Rise of Political Animosity in Economically Declining and Prospering Places: Evidence from Three Billion Geo-located Tweets
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Sequential Rise of Political Animosity in Economically Declining and Prospering Places: Evidence from Three Billion Geo-located Tweets
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sun Young Park – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Open House 2025
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Open House 2025
Of Climate Democracy in the EU and the USA: Democracy and Ecological Transition in Two Polities of Abundance
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Of Climate Democracy in the EU and the USA: Democracy and Ecological Transition in Two Polities of Abundance
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Muriel Rouyer – Professor of Political Science, Nantes Université; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • William Clark – Harvey Brooks Research Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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