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Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Rise of the French Far Right and Its Impact on Transatlantic Relations
4:00pm - 5:15pm
European Politics Seminar — The Rise of the French Far Right and Its Impact on Transatlantic Relations
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Victor Mallet – Senior Editor, World News Desk, The Financial Times
  • Discussant Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University

Friday, April 24, 2026

Women's Wages
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — Women's Wages
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Alexander Busch – Ph.D. Student in Management Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology; 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

Monday, April 27, 2026

Senior Thesis Writers' Colloquium & Celebration
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Thesis Workshop for Juniors — Senior Thesis Writers' Colloquium & Celebration
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
  • Speaker Maria Cheng – Harvard College Student; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Camila Cruz – Harvard College Student; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Julia Dan – Harvard College Student; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Hugo Hinze – Harvard College Student; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Discussant Anna Adorjáni – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Augsburg; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Michael Koß – Professor for the Political System of Germany and the EU, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Resident Faculty (Spring 2026), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2013-2014, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Maria Stoicheva – Professor of Philosophy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The Geopolitics of Arctic Change and Europe’s Response
12:00pm - 1:30pm
European Union Seminar — The Geopolitics of Arctic Change and Europe’s Response
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Kira Vinke – Deputy Research Director and Head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations
  • Chair Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & 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
Thomas Mann on Patriotism as the Love and Critique of Country
5:00pm - 6:15pm
Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series — Thomas Mann on Patriotism as the Love and Critique of Country
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Elaine Chen – Ph.D. Candidate in German Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
  • Discussant Jan-Paul Sandmann – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard 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

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Academic Freedom as a Value: Genealogy and Public Interest in Sustaining It
2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Academic Freedom as a Value: Genealogy and Public Interest in Sustaining It
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Maria Stoicheva – Professor of Philosophy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair George Soroka – Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Editor, Open Forum Series, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Religion as a Political Double-Edged Sword
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective — Religion as a Political Double-Edged Sword
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Felipe Valencia Cailcedo – Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy and Economics, Brown University
  • Chair Shao-Yu Jheng – Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Atlantic Exiles: Refugees and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770s-1820s
11:00am - 12:15pm
New Research on Europe Seminar — Atlantic Exiles: Refugees and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770s-1820s
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Jan C. Jansen – Full Professor of Modern History, University of Tübingen; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Danilo Mandić – Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Harvard University; Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Peace and Order in a New Era of Multipolarity — An Address by Olaf Scholz
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School — Peace and Order in a New Era of Multipolarity — An Address by Olaf Scholz
JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Speaker Olaf Scholz – Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany (2021-2025)
  • Discussant 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, May 1, 2026

The Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.K. and U.S.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.K. and U.S.
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
  • Speaker Ayelet Carmeli – Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, 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
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