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Friday, February 26, 2021

The Shifting Relationship Between Postwar Capitalism and Democracy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Shifting Relationship Between Postwar Capitalism and Democracy
  • 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
  • Herman Mark Schwartz – Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Virginia
  • 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

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

An Ugly Word: Rethinking "Race" in Italy
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — An Ugly Word: Rethinking "Race" in Italy
  • Ann J Morning – Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University
  • Tommaso Vitale – Associate Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po
  • Sunmin Kim – Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College
  • Chair Natasha Warikoo – Professor of Sociology, Tufts University

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Populism After Trump
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Seminar on Democracy: Past, Present, and Future — Populism After Trump
  • Anne Applebaum – Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Agora Fellow in Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
  • 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
  • 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 Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, March 5, 2021

Opening the Caskets: Mathematical Economics in Fascist Austria
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
CES Dissertation Workshop — Opening the Caskets: Mathematical Economics in Fascist Austria
  • Max Ehrenfreund – Ph.D. Student in History of Science, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Research Methodologies
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Research Methodologies
  • Chair Michael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

POSTPONED - The Place of the European Union in the World - An Address by Josep Borrell Fontelles
10:00am - 11:00am
Virtual/RSVP Required
Europe in the World Seminar & European Legal Order Seminar — POSTPONED - The Place of the European Union in the World - An Address by Josep Borrell Fontelles
  • Josep Borrell Fontelles – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Vice President, European Commission
  • 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

Thursday, March 11, 2021

The Rise and Fall of Jewish International Politics, 1919-1949
12:30pm - 1:45pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Rise and Fall of Jewish International Politics, 1919-1949
  • Rotem Giladi – Associate Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Simon Dubnow in Leipzig; Adjunct Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty
  • 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, March 12, 2021

Integrative Institutions and Mainstream Party Collapse: The Regional Context
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Integrative Institutions and Mainstream Party Collapse: The Regional Context
  • Jane Gingrich – Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
  • Julia Lynch – Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Mark Franklin – John R. Reitemeyer Professor Emeritus of International Politics, Trinity College; Local 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, March 25, 2021

Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History — Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland
  • Barbara Engelking – Founder and Director, Polish Center of Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Jan Grabowski – Professor of History, University of Ottawa
  • 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
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
A Conversation with Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
European Politics Seminar — A Conversation with Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  • Stella Kyriakides – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
  • Chair Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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