Roberto Dominguez – Professor of International Relations, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University

Chair Albana Shehaj – Program Manager & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Mieke Verloo – Professor of Comparative Politics and Inequality Issues, Department of Political Science, Radboud University

David Art – Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Chair Myra Marx Ferree – Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology (Emerita), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

William E. Scheuerman – James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

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

Amel Ahmed – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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

Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Mari Sanchez – Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityAdrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Terrence Peterson – Associate Professor of History, Florida International University

Brooke Durham – Assistant Professor of History, Boston University

Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Stephen Hanson – Lettie Pate Evans Professor, The College of William & Mary; Visiting Scholar 2022-2023, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Jeffrey S. Kopstein – Dean's Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine; James Bryant Conant Fellow in Germany and European Studies (1995-1996), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Steven Levitsky – Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, Harvard University

Theda Skocpol – Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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

Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation

and and

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 UniversityKaija 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 UniversityChristoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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

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

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

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

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Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityAdrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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

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

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

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

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

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Chair Sven Beckert – Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityDaniel 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

Amelia Malpas – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityAdrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Timo Aava – Anthony D. Smith Visiting Fellow, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Postdoctoral Associate (Fall 2024), MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University

Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, The Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

Chair Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Addie Esposito – Student, Harvard College; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Caroline Gage – Student, Harvard College; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tia KwanBock – Student, Harvard College; Undergraduate Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

and

Chair Charles Clavey – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Thesis Workshop Organizer & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityMatt Reichert – Preceptor on Social Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

and and

Commentary by Caterina Chiopris – Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityBo-Mi Choi – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard UniversityAndrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Evren Balta – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Professor, Comparative Politics & International Politics, Özyeğin University

Alper Coşkun – Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Oded Haklai – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Full Professor, Department of Political Science & Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

Andrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Moderated by Lenore Martin – Professor of Political Science, Emmanuel College; Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs & Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Anna Vichkitova – Ph.D. Candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UniversityAdrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Leo Varadkar – 14th Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (2017-2020; 2022-2024); Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

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Moderated by Diego Garcia Blum – Program Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolAlberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Maya Jasanoff – X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor of Arts and Sciences and Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Moderated by 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