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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Democratic Commitment: How Divergent Understandings of Democracy Shape Democratic Backsliding
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Democratic Commitment: How Divergent Understandings of Democracy Shape Democratic Backsliding
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Natasha Wunsch – Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich; Assistant Professor of Political Science and European Integration, Sciences Po; Chair, ECPR Standing Group of the European Union; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Laura Jakli – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Euro Area Inflation and a New Measure of Core Inflation
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe & Worldwide Week at Harvard — Euro Area Inflation and a New Measure of Core Inflation
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Claudio Morana – Professor of Economics & Director of the Center for European Studies, University of Milano-Bicocca; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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)

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Power & Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World
11:00am - 12:30pm
Harvard Law School & European Union Seminar — Power & Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World
Harvard Law School | Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West (2nd Floor)
  • Valdis Dombrovskis – Executive Vice-President for Economy and Trade, European Commission
  • Chair and Discussant Mark Wu – Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Monday, October 17, 2022

The European Central Bank’s Mandate: Providing for Affordable Cost of Living in Europe
3:00pm - 4:30pm
European Economic Policy Forum — The European Central Bank’s Mandate: Providing for Affordable Cost of Living in Europe
William James Hall, Room B1, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Joachim Nagel – President, Deutsche Bundesbank; Member, Governing Council of the European Central Bank
  • Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • Chair 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)

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The European Union’s Reaction to the War in Ukraine
2:00pm - 3:30pm
European Union Seminar — The European Union’s Reaction to the War in Ukraine
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Jolyon Howorth – Jean Monnet Professor ad personam & Professor Emeritus of European Politics, University of Bath; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
  • Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Session 2: Thesis Strategies for Research, Advisers, and Recommendation Letters
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 2: Thesis Strategies for Research, Advisers, and Recommendation Letters
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Chair Michael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and William Whitham – Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The Consequences of Political Crime for Democratic Representation and Electoral Polarization
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe — The Consequences of Political Crime for Democratic Representation and Electoral Polarization
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Fabio Ellger – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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
Capitalism in Chaos: A Conversation with Máté Rigó
4:30pm - 5:45pm
History Seminar — Capitalism in Chaos: A Conversation with Máté Rigó
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Máté Rigó – Assistant Professor of History, Brandeis University
  • Chair David Spreen – Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty and Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Friday, October 21, 2022

Colonial Copyright Law and Modernist Authorship
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Dissertation Workshop — Colonial Copyright Law and Modernist Authorship
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alexander Hartley – Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Nikolas Weyland – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The Future of Work and Welfare: Insights from the National Skills Strategy in Germany
11:00am - 12:15pm
The Future of Work and Welfare: Insights from the National Skills Strategy in Germany
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sven Rahner – Head of Secretariat, National Skills Strategy Task Force, German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (Fall 2022), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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