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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Varieties of Pension Financialization: The Politics of Defined-Contribution Plans in America and Western Europe
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Varieties of Pension Financialization: The Politics of Defined-Contribution Plans in America and Western Europe
  • Marek Naczyk – Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The Gender Politics of Access to Party Office
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Gender Politics of Access to Party Office
  • Javier Martínez-Cantó – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Barcelona Institute of International Studies; Ramon Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, February 9, 2024

European Conference 2024 at Harvard Kennedy School
Day 1
Panel | Challenges to European Democracies: The Rise of Populism and Democratic Backsliding
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Allison Room, Harvard Kennedy School
Panel | Challenges to European Democracies: The Rise of Populism and Democratic Backsliding
  • Jérôme Gautheret – Editor-in-chief, Le Monde
  • Juan Luis Manfredi – Professor at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown 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
  • Moderated by Kelly Agathos – Founder and Host, The Schuman Show
The Empty Space: Territory, Jewish Nationalism, and the Second International, 1880-1919
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Dissertation Workshop — The Empty Space: Territory, Jewish Nationalism, and the Second International, 1880-1919
  • Natalie Behrends – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Saturday, February 10, 2024

European Conference 2024 at Harvard Kennedy School
Day 2
Panel | Challenge and Opportunity: Building Momentum in Migration Policy
10:00am - 11:00am
JFK Forum, Harvard Kennedy School
Panel | Challenge and Opportunity: Building Momentum in Migration Policy
  • Anikó Bakonyi – Director, Refugee Program, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
  • Dimitris Kairidis – Minister of Migration and Asylum of Greece
  • Selim Yenel – President of Global Relations Forum and former Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Turkey to the European Union (2011–17)
  • Moderated by Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Conservative Feminists? British Conservative Women, Voluntary Action and Gender Politics (1920s-1950s)
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
New Research on Europe Seminar — Conservative Feminists? British Conservative Women, Voluntary Action and Gender Politics (1920s-1950s)
  • Clarisse Berthezène – Professor of British History, Université Paris Cité; Senior Member, Academic Institute of France (Institute Universitaire de France); Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Rosemary C.R. Taylor – Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Health, Tufts University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, February 15, 2024

From King to Peasant: Class Imagination in the Formative Years of Jewish Nationalism
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — From King to Peasant: Class Imagination in the Formative Years of Jewish Nationalism
  • Rhona Burns – Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University; Editor, Eyruvin
  • 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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Session 5: Research Methodologies
6:00pm - 7:00pm
William James Hall, Third Floor
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Session 5: Research Methodologies
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, 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
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