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Friday, November 4, 2022

Why Is It So Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from England and Wales
1:30pm - 3:00pm
State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Why Is It So Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from England and Wales
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Ben Ansell – Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
  • William Clark – Charles Puryear Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
  • Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Free World and Its Enemies: What Putin’s War and China’s Global Ambitions Mean For Us
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — The Free World and Its Enemies: What Putin’s War and China’s Global Ambitions Mean For Us
Yenching Auditorium, Room 118, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Constanze Stelzenmüller – Director and Fritz Stern Chair, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution
  • 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, November 9, 2022

Is the European Welfare State Paradigm Changing? An Analysis of the Social Investment’s Normative Foundation
12:00pm - 1:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Is the European Welfare State Paradigm Changing? An Analysis of the Social Investment’s Normative Foundation
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Gianluca Busilacchi – Associate Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Macerata; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair 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

Thursday, November 10, 2022

In the Wake: Exposing White German Abolitionist Performativity and the Limits of Empathy
4:30pm - 5:45pm
Harvard Colloquium on Intellectual History & Committee on Degrees in Social Studies — In the Wake: Exposing White German Abolitionist Performativity and the Limits of Empathy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni – Assistant Professor of German Studies, University of Arizona
  • Chair Andrew Brandel – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, November 14, 2022

China in Europe: A Contemporary Analysis
10:30am - 11:45am
Europe in the World Seminar — China in Europe: A Contemporary Analysis
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Daniel Koss – Research Scholar and Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
  • Richard Turcsanyi – Key Researcher, Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University; Assistant Professor, Department of Territorial Studies, Mendel University in Brno; Program Director, Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS)
  • Chair George Soroka – Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Editor, Open Forum Series, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Brussels Effect and the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy
12:15pm - 1:30pm
European Union Seminar & Harvard European Law Association — The Brussels Effect and the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy
HYBRID | The in-person event will be held at the Harvard Law School, WCC 3011
  • Anu Bradford – Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School
  • Chair Juan Jorge Piernas López – Visiting Researcher, Institute for Global Law & Policy (IGLP); Jean Monnet Chair, University of Murcia, Faculty of Law, Spain

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community
4:30pm - 5:45pm
History Seminar — The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Megan Brown – Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Empowering the Bretton Woods Institutions: Why, When, and How International Organizations Change
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe — Empowering the Bretton Woods Institutions: Why, When, and How International Organizations Change
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Henning Schmidtke – Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA); John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers Panel and Q&A
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 3: Senior Thesis Writers Panel and Q&A
William James Hall 3rd Floor
  • 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

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Modern State
4:30pm - 5:45pm
European Politics Seminar — Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Modern State
Virtual/RSVP Required
  • Jonathan Laurence – Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Director, Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jocelyne Cesari – Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham; T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Samuel Moyn – Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale Law School
  • Chair James Cronin – Research Professor in History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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