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Thursday, November 13, 2025

100 Years of German-American Academic Exchange: Building Transatlantic Bridges through Scholarship
5:00pm - 6:00pm
A Centennial Event for the German Academic Exchange Service and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation — 100 Years of German-American Academic Exchange: Building Transatlantic Bridges through Scholarship
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Annette Julius – Secretary General, German Academic Scholarship Foundation
  • Elena Kempf – Old Dominion Career Development Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Kai Sicks – Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service
  • Welcome Remarks by Mark C. Elliott – Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University; Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University
  • Opening Remarks by Johannes Magdowski – McCloy Fellow and MPP Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Introduction by Michael Hoch – President, German Academic Scholarship Foundation; Rector, University of Bonn
  • Moderated by 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, November 14, 2025

What is a Thesis? How to Find an Advisor?
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — What is a Thesis? How to Find an Advisor?
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Chair Charles Clavey – Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Matt Reichert – Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Erik Peinert – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
  • Nathan Wilmers – Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management & Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • 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 and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Day 1 | German American Conference 2025
2:00pm - 5:30pm
Day 1 | German American Conference 2025
The Microbe and the Mafia
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Microbe and the Mafia
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Zachary La Rock – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), MIT; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Day 2 | German American Conference
9:30am - 5:00pm
Day 2 | German American Conference

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Day 3 | German American Conference
9:30am - 5:00pm
Day 3 | German American Conference

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Revival of EU Enlargement Policy: Geopolitics and Democratic Conditionality
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Revival of EU Enlargement Policy: Geopolitics and Democratic Conditionality
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Ditmir Bushati – Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University (Fall 2025); Director, Public Square Podcast; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania (2013-2019)
  • 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 Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Paulus Wagner – Marie-Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Richard B. Freeman – Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; Faculty Co-Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School
  • Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Friday, November 21, 2025

Politician Authors
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Politician Authors
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Marc Hvidkjaer – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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