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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Ukraine’s Membership in the EU: The Problem of Further Enlargement
3:30pm - 5:00pm
European Union Seminar — Ukraine’s Membership in the EU: The Problem of Further Enlargement
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
  • 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 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 Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Environmental Histories of Europe Seminar — A Manhattan Project for the Planet: Cold War, Decolonization, and Earth Science in the 1950s
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Benjamin W. Goossen – Assistant Professor of International History, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston 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

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Of Gods and Government: Comparing Religious Trajectories toward the Modern State
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Of Gods and Government: Comparing Religious Trajectories toward the Modern State
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Emily Sellars – Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
  • Yuhua Wang – Professor of Government, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Malika Zeghal – Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life & Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University;
  • Chair Caterina Chiopris – Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Diplomatic Dialogues: The Future of Progressive Politics in Times of Crisis
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics & Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies — Diplomatic Dialogues: The Future of Progressive Politics in Times of Crisis
Littauer 280, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Alexis Tsipras – Member of the Hellenic Parliament, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance; Prime Minister of Greece (2015-2019); Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Introduction by Summer Tan – Harvard College Student, Harvard University; Vice President of the Student Advisory Committee, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
  • 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, April 11, 2025

Sacred Subjects: Religion, Education, and Power in the Hitler Youth
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Sacred Subjects: Religion, Education, and Power in the Hitler Youth
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Madeline Levy – Ph.D. Candidate in Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, 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 and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Monday, April 14, 2025

Europe’s Little Divergence in Urban Knowledge Economies
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Europe’s Little Divergence in Urban Knowledge Economies
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Gary Cox – William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  • Chair Caterina Chiopris – Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Eugene Finkel – Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advance International Studies
  • Serhii Plokhii – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University; Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, 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

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Empowering Voices Beyond Ballots? Representative Claims by Non-Elected Political Actors
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Empowering Voices Beyond Ballots? Representative Claims by Non-Elected Political Actors
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Lennart Schürmann – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Marshall Ganz – Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thursday, April 17, 2025

EU Competition Law in Transition: Navigating Digital Markets, Advancing Public Interest Objectives, and Other Frontiers
12:30pm - 1:20pm
Harvard European Law Association & Harvard Student Initiatives — EU Competition Law in Transition: Navigating Digital Markets, Advancing Public Interest Objectives, and Other Frontiers
Room 102, Hauser Hall, Harvard Law School
  • Martín Martínez Navarro – Member of the European Commission's Legal Service, European Commission; Visiting Professor, Institute for European Studies,, Free University of Brussels
  • Moderated by Eleftheria Papadaki – Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School
The University in the Age of Authoritarianism: Past, Present, and Future
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Democracy and Its Critics Initiative & Weatherhead Initiative on Global History — The University in the Age of Authoritarianism: Past, Present, and Future
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Sugata Bose – Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Laura Jakli – Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • William C. Kirby – T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • Chair Sven Beckert – Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and 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
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