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                                                                                                                Wednesday, October 21, 2020
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, October 22, 2020
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:00pm - 2:15pm
        
                        
            Jews in Modern Europe Seminar —        Ghetto: The History of a Word
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Daniel B. Schwartz
                                            –                Associate Professor of History, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington 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
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Wednesday, October 28, 2020
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, October 30, 2020
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:30pm - 3:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 —        Austerity, Indebtedness and Political Participation: Evidence from the U.K.
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Andreas Wiedemann
                                            –                Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Sophie Hill
                                            –                Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, 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
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, November 12, 2020
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, November 13, 2020
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            12:30pm - 1:30pm
        
                        
            Food for Thought Seminar —        European Wine Politics 
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Elizabeth Carter
                                            –                Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
- Chair                                                                                                        Aleksandra Sojka
                                            –                Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Social Sciences, University Carlos III of Madrid; CES Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, Harvard University
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Tuesday, November 17, 2020
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Wednesday, November 18, 2020
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, November 19, 2020
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            12:00pm - 1:30pm
        
                        
            Seminar on Democracy: Past, Present, and Future —        State of Democracy and Future Research
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Sheri Berman
                                            –                Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Wolfgang Merkel
                                            –            Professor Emeritus and Director of the Research unit on Democracy and Democratization, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
                                            
-                                                                                                         Yascha Mounk
                                            –            Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Pippa Norris
                                            –            Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics & CES Faculty Associate, Harvard University
                                            
- Chair                                                                                                        Grzegorz Ekiert
                                            –            Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government & CES Director, Harvard University
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                                                                                                        Daniel Ziblatt
                                            –            Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
            
 
                
            