Alvaro Santana-Acuña – Assistant Professor of Sociology, Whitman College

Gisèle Sapiro – Professor of Sociology, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS); Research Professor, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Diana Sorensen – James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish), Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

Chair Michèle Lamont – Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, Harvard University; Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; CES Seminar Co-chair & Faculty Associate, Harvard University

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Chair Sally Hayes – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; CES Thesis Workshop Organizer, Harvard UniversityMichael Tworek – Associate, History Department, Harvard University; CES Thesis Workshop Organizer, Harvard University

Elisa Ferreira – European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Welcome Remarks by Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Chair José Manuel Martinez Sierra – Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Director General, UPF-Barcelona School of Management; CES Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Maurice Crul – Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Rahsaan Maxwell – Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Claire Alexander – Professor of Sociology, The University of Manchester

Chair Natasha Warikoo – Professor of Sociology, Tufts University; CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Annelien de Dijn – Professor of History, Utrecht University

Alexander H. Gourevitch – Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Sophia Rosenfeld – Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; CES Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Aden Knaap – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; CES Graduate Student Affiliate, Harvard University

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Chair Clare Bradford Anderson – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; CES Graduate Student Affiliate & Dissertation Workshop Coordinator, Harvard UniversityArmando Miano – Ph.D. Student in Economics, Harvard University; CES Graduate Student Affiliate & Dissertation Workshop Coordinator, Harvard University

Lawrence R. Jacobs – McKnight Professor or Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Desmond King – Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government, Nuffield College, Oxford University

Cathie Jo Martin – Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Michèle Lamont – Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, Harvard University; Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; CES Seminar Co-chair & Faculty Associate, Harvard University

Pierre Rosanvallon – Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Politics, Collège de France

Welcome Remarks by Arnaud Mentré – Consul General of France in Boston

Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University; Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Sir Paul Tucker – Chair, The Systemic Risk Council; Senior Fellow, CES, Harvard University; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013); Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University