Penslar, Feldman Examine Plight of Jewish Americans after 10/7 Attack
CES Resident Faculty Derek Penslar traces history of group in U.S., discusses why many wrestling with what it means for Israel, their own place in nation’s culture.
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Redefining the Good Life
Climate activist urges people to counter a culture run on fear and fossil fuel.
Music and Memory
CES Resident Faculty Peter E. Gordon analyzes how classical composers explored music’s capacity after the Holocaust to commemorate historical trauma without permitting horrific events to take on the allure of facile beauty.
How to Make the Most of Your First Year at Harvard
CES Resident Faculty Alison Frank Johnson shares advice with members of the Class of 2028 on how to make the most of their first year.
Tracing Largely Forgotten History of Major Community
CES Senior Thesis Grant Recipient Julia Tellides explored shifts and upheavals of Thessaloniki between two wars.
Bundesbank and Harvard’s Center for European Studies Exhibit German Abstract Art in Cambridge
17.04.2024 Press release Deutsche Bundesbank The Deutsche Bundesbank and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University are hosting a joint exhibition in Cambridge showcasing modern art from ...
The Summers of Theory
CES Resident Faculty Peter E. Gordon on how theory rose, fell, and may rise again.
Harvard Stargazer Whose Humanity Still Burns Bright
By Christy DeSmith for the Harvard Gazette In the 1930s and ’40s, Harvard College Observatory director Harlow Shapley poured great effort into rescuing colleagues from the Nazi terror spreading across Europe “These ...
MSNBC Interview with Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky
Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky interviewed by MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on how an autocracy-curious president could upend American life.
Many of the World’s Happiest Countries are Also the Best for Women, Research Shows — Here’s Why
Why are some of the world's happiest countries also the most gender-equal? CES JFK Memorial Fellow Ines Wagner explains how progress on equal pay can increase job satisfaction and shrink the gender gap.
