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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Democracy in an Age of Monarchy: The Administrative Origins of the French Revolution
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Democracy in an Age of Monarchy: The Administrative Origins of the French Revolution
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Stephen Sawyer – Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History, American University of Paris; Visiting Scholar 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

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Against Haste: On the Heuristic Affordances of ‘Fascism’
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Against Haste: On the Heuristic Affordances of ‘Fascism’
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Federico Marcon – Professor of East Asian Studies and History; Chair of the East Asian Studies Department, Princeton University
  • 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; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Friday, February 7, 2025

The Politics of Concentrated Advantage
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Politics of Concentrated Advantage
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Katherine Levine Einstein – Associate Professor of Political Science; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Boston University
  • Stephanie Ternullo – Assistant Professor of Government, 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

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

An Anti-Global Environment? A Roundtable Discussion with Tara Zahra
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar — An Anti-Global Environment? A Roundtable Discussion with Tara Zahra
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Tara Zahra – Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of East European History and the College, University of Chicago
  • Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Ailish Lalor – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Nikolas Weyland – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard 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

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Trigger Points: Consensus and Conflict in Contemporary Germany
4:00pm - 5:30pm
The Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — Trigger Points: Consensus and Conflict in Contemporary Germany
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Steffen Mau – Professor of Macrosociology, Humboldt University of Berlin; Visiting Scholar 2017-2018, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Susan Rubin Suleiman – C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, 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

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Selectively (Il)liberal Citizens
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Sebastián Royo – Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, February 21, 2025

Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • 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

Monday, February 24, 2025

The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at Scale
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — The Invention of Cohesion: How Democracy Survives at Scale
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • David Stasavage – Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
  • Chair Volha Charnysh – Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Inequality and Economic Development in the European Periphery: The Fate of Poland
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Marcin Wroński – Assistant Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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