Name: Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century
Start: 2024-11-14T16:00:00+0000
End: 2024-11-14T17:30:00+0000
Location: Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Friday, November 8, 2024

The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy

Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Graduate Student Research Workshop — Labor Markets and Gender Polarization

Jeeyoung Lee – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & 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

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Democracy and its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — 35 Years After the Fall of the Wall – The Values of 1989 and Today's Democratic Challenges

Axel Klausmeier – Director, Berlin Wall Foundation and Museum; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair and Discussant Mary Elise Sarotte – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Ernest May Visiting Fellow, Applied History Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Welcome Remarks by Dailan Xu – Undergraduate Student, Class of 2027, Harvard College

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition

1:45pm - 3:00pm

Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

New Research on Europe Seminar — Climate Change Mitigation as a Policy Trilemma? The Politics of the Green Transition

Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Edward Glaeser – Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?

3:00pm - 4:15pm

Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

European Union Seminar — Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?

Mariana Budjeryn – Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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
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

Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Who Lived, Who Died? - A Book Discussion with Peter Gourevitch

Peter Gourevitch – Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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

Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany

12:00pm - 1:15pm

Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship — The Pitfalls of Militant Democracy: The (Problematic) Case of Germany

Wolfgang Merkel – Visiting Researcher, Research Unit Democracy and Democratization, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2024-2025, 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

Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

European Politics Seminar — Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century

Laura Beers – Professor of History, American University
Arianne Chernock – Professor of History, Boston University
Chair James Cronin – Research Professor in History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, November 15, 2024

Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė

10:00am - 11:15am

Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė

Jovita Neliupšienė – Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
Introduction by Khatuna Salukvadze – Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University; Former Ambassador of Georgia to Lithuania
Chair Mathias Risse – Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy & Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The German American Conference 2024

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