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Thursday, November 19, 2020

State of Democracy and Future Research
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 and 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)

Friday, November 20, 2020

European Nationalisms: New and Old
4:00pm - 5:30pm
CES Senior Thesis Workshop 2020 — European Nationalisms: New and Old
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Chair Michael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Commentary by 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

Thursday, December 3, 2020

The Jewish Eighteenth Century and the Transformative Year 1782
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Jewish Eighteenth Century and the Transformative Year 1782
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Shmuel Feiner – Professor of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University; Chair, The Historical Society of Israel
  • 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

Friday, December 4, 2020

After the Dutch Paradox: Jews and Non-Jews in the Netherlands (1940–1945)
12:00pm - 1:15pm
CES Dissertation Workshop — After the Dutch Paradox: Jews and Non-Jews in the Netherlands (1940–1945)
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Jan Burzlaff – William A. Ackman Fellow for Holocaust Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Chair Clare Bradford Anderson – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Armando Miano – Ph.D. Student in Economics, Harvard University

Friday, December 11, 2020

Is S(H)e Presidential? The Changing Scripts of Political Leadership, 1995-2020
12:00pm - 1:15pm
CES Dissertation Workshop — Is S(H)e Presidential? The Changing Scripts of Political Leadership, 1995-2020
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Bo Yun Park  – Postdoctoral Scholar, Social Science Data Lab (D-Lab), University of California, Berkeley
  • Chair Clare Bradford Anderson – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Armando Miano – Ph.D. Student in Economics, Harvard University

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Ascent to Glory: How "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Was Written and Became a Global Classic
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — Ascent to Glory: How "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Was Written and Became a Global Classic
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Álvaro Santana-Acuña – Associate Professor of Sociology, Whitman College
  • Gisèle Sapiro – Professor of Sociology, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS); Research Professor, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
  • Diana Sorensen – James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish), Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
  • Chair Michèle Lamont – Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African-American Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
How to Write a Winning Proposal
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — How to Write a Winning Proposal
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Chair Michael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

A Conversation with European Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
10:30am - 11:30am
European Legal Order Seminar — A Conversation with European Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Elisa Ferreira – European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
  • Welcome Remarks by Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair José Manuel Martinez Sierra – Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Director General, UPF-Barcelona School of Management; CES Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
Ethnicity, Migration and Belonging in Europe
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — Ethnicity, Migration and Belonging in Europe
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Maurice Crul – Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Rahsaan Maxwell – Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Claire Alexander – Professor of Sociology, The University of Manchester
  • Chair Natasha Warikoo – Professor of Sociology, Tufts University

Thursday, February 11, 2021

The Unruly History of Freedom
12:15pm - 1:45pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Unruly History of Freedom
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Annelien de Djin – Professor of Political History, Utrecht University; Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Alexander H. Gourevitch – Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University
  • Sophia Rosenfeld – Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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