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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Liberalism from One Generation to the Next: The Politics of Hope in an Age of Fear
5:15pm - 6:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Václav Havel Lecture on Human Rights, Civil Society and Democracy & The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — Liberalism from One Generation to the Next: The Politics of Hope in an Age of Fear
  • Michael Ignatieff – Professor of History and Rector Emeritus, Central European University; Senior Fellow, 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

Friday, September 20, 2024

More Bark than Bite? The Far Right and Foreign Policy in Europe
10:00am - 11:15am
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
European Union Seminar & The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — More Bark than Bite? The Far Right and Foreign Policy in Europe
  • Andrew Moravcsik – Professor of Politics and International Affairs & Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the European Union Program, Princeton 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 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 Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Kaija Schilde – Associate Dean of Studies; Jean Monnet Chair in European Security and Defense; Associate Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Paris Boo – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, September 23, 2024

China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
  • Joel Mokyr – Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University
  • Moderated by Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

A Discussion with Luisa Neubauer – Climate Change, Democracy and Grass Roots Organizing
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability — A Discussion with Luisa Neubauer – Climate Change, Democracy and Grass Roots Organizing
  • Luisa Neubauer – Youth Climate Justice Activist and Lead Organizer, Fridays for Future Germany; Visiting Research Scholar, Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (Fall 2024), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair George Sarrinikolaou – Executive Director, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability & Assistant Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Seminar on Adorno and Critical Theory
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History — Seminar on Adorno and Critical Theory
  • Alexandra Colligs – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kassel
  • Niklas Lämmel – Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kassel
  • Isolda Mac Liam
  • Sebastian Tränkle – Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Chair Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Monday, October 21, 2024

A Presentation by Federico Finchelstein
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Questions of Democracy and Fascism Seminar — A Presentation by Federico Finchelstein
  • Federico Finchelstein – Professor of History & Chair of History, New School for Social Research
  • Chair Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The Legal Work of Empire: Taming Autonomy through Law
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
History Seminar — The Legal Work of Empire: Taming Autonomy through Law
  • Aimee Genell – Assistant Professor of International History, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
  • Chair Alison Frank Johnson – Professor of History, Harvard University; Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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