SpeakerDimitrios Skiadas
– Visiting Professor and Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
ChairChristoph Mikulaschek
– Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
DiscussantAlbana Shehaj
– Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School
SpeakerNathan Perl-Rosenthal
– Professor of History, French & Italian and Law, University of Southern California Dornsife; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
DiscussantDaniel Smail
– Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
ChairAlbana Shehaj
– Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School
SpeakerValentin Figueroa
– Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ChairPeter 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
DiscussantLina Skoglund
– Prize Fellow (2025), Center for History and Economics, Harvard University
SpeakerNatalie Behrends
– Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), 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
and
Jonathan Zait
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
SpeakerJarmo Kallunki
– Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
DiscussantDavid Art
– Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
ChairAlbana Shehaj
– Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School
ChairCharles Clavey
– Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
and
Matt Reichert
– Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
SpeakerAlex Mierke-Zatwarnicki
– Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Vanderbilt University
DiscussantMark Franklin
– John R. Reitemeyer Professor Emeritus of International Politics, Trinity College; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairPeter 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
SpeakerRobert Habeck
– Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2021-2025), Federal Republic of Germany; Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairDaniel 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
