Melanie Amann
– Deputy Editor-in-Chief (2023-2025) and Distinguished Author, DER SPIEGEL; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (2025), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Lisa Hagen
– National Reporter, National Public Radio; Nieman Fellow (2025-2026), Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
Andrea Marinelli
– Deputy Editor, Foreign Affairs, Corriere della Sera; Nieman Fellow (2025-2026), Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
Sotiris Sideris
– Data Editor, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism; Nieman Fellow (2025-2026), Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
Moderated byChristian Neumeier
– Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Jonathan Mijs
– Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Muriel Rouyer
– Professor of Political Science, Nantes Université; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Stan Veuger
– Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Moderated byColin Brown
– Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairDavid Armitage
– Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Erez Manela
– Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Harvard University
Edward Luce
– U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times
Graham Allison
– Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Susan B. Glasser
– Resident Fellow (Fall 2025), Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School; Staff Writer, The New Yorker
ChairDaniel 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
Rahel Jaeggi
– Profossor of Philosophy, Humboldt University
Charles Clavey
– Preceptor in Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Moira Weigel
– Assistant Professor of Comparative Literarure, Harvard University
ChairPeter 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
Arturas Rozenas
– Associate Professor of Politics, New York University
ChairVolha 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
Anna Bisikalo
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairAdrian 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
Annette Julius
– Secretary General, German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Mary Elise Sarotte
– Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Kai Sicks
– Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service
Introduction byMichael Hoch
– President, German Academic Scholarship Foundation; Rector, University of Bonn
Opening Remarks byJohannes Magdowski
– McCloy Fellow and MPP Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderated byDaniel 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
