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                                                                                                                Wednesday, October 6, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            12:00pm - 1:30pm
        
                        
            European Politics Seminar & Center for German and European Studies —        The German Floods of July 2021: The New Normal or a Wake Up Call for (More) Climate Protection?
            
                                        
            
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -                                                                                                         Anja Bierwirth
                                            –                Head of Research Unit Urban Transitions, Energy, Transport and Climate Policy, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
                                            
- Introduction by                                                                                                        Elaine Papoulias
                                            –                Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
- Chair                                                                                                        Sabine von Mering
                                            –                Director, Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University; Professor of German and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
 
                                        
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Friday, October 8, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:30pm - 3:00pm
        
                        
            Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 —        The Fractured Political Economy: The Muting of Place-Based Economic Interests in the United States 
            
                                        
            
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Daniel P. Carpenter
                                            –                Allie S. Freed Professor of Government & Chair, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Paul Pierson
                                            –                John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
                                            
-                                                                                                         Sam Zacher
                                            –                Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Yale University
                                            
-                                                                                                         Jacob Hacker
                                            –                Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale 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
                                            
 
                                        
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Wednesday, October 13, 2021
            
            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                
                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
        
    
  
            
            1:00pm - 2:30pm
        
                        
            European Politics Seminar —        After Merkel, Now What? Analyzing Germany's 2021 Elections
            
                                                            
            Virtual/RSVP Required
        
                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                        -                                                                                                         Andreas Busch
                                            –            University Professor of Comparative Politics and Political Economy, University of Göttingen
                                            
-                                                                                                         Hans-Helmut Kotz
                                            –                Visiting Professor of Economics, Resident Faculty, & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
                                            
-                                                                                                         Constanze Stelzenmüller
                                            –            Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, and Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations, The Brookings Institution
                                            
- Chair                                                                                                        Laura Levine Frader
                                            –                Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
                                            
 
                                            
             
                                    
             
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, October 14, 2021
            
            
         
                                    
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Tuesday, October 19, 2021
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Thursday, October 21, 2021
            
            
         
                                    
            
                                                                                                                Tuesday, October 26, 2021
            
            
         
            
 
                
            