Karl Kaiser

Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Nicolas Prevelakis

Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Vivien A. Schmidt

Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

This seminar examines the politics of the European Union from theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary perspectives. It studies the theoretical foundations of the European project in light of the problems exposed by the ongoing crisis on the continent and addresses salient EU policy issues.

Study Group Events Calendar

European Union Seminar — Ukraine's EU Accession: Political, Economic and Institutional Problems

October 16, 2023
2:00pm - 3:15pm

Federico Fabbrini – Full Professor of European Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University; Director, Law Research Centre, Dublin City University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Is the Union of Europe Still Winning?

May 3, 2023
11:00am - 12:30pm

Andrew Moravcsik – Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Stephen Walt – Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, BCSIA, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Hard Times in Brussels: How the EU is Dealing with Pandemic and War

April 5, 2023
11:00am - 12:30pm

Sergio Fabbrini – Dean, Political Science Department; Professor of Political Science and International Relations, LUISS Guido Carli
Metin Hakverdi – Member of the Bundestag, Federal Republic of Germany; Board Member, Atlantik-Brücke; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Greece’s Digital Leap: A Case of Reform and Good Governance

February 28, 2023
3:00pm - 4:15pm

Kyriakos Pierrakakis – Minister of Digital Governance, Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Greece
Chair Elizabeth Linos – Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
Welcome Remarks by Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar & Harvard European Law Association — The Brussels Effect and the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy

November 14, 2022
12:15pm - 1:30pm

Anu Bradford – Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School
Chair Juan Jorge Piernas López – Visiting Researcher, Institute for Global Law & Policy (IGLP); Jean Monnet Chair, University of Murcia, Faculty of Law, Spain

European Union Seminar — The Future of EU Economic Governance

October 31, 2022
12:00pm - 1:15pm

Federico Fabbrini – Full Professor of European Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University; Director, Law Research Centre, Dublin City University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — The European Union’s Reaction to the War in Ukraine

October 18, 2022
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Jolyon Howorth – Jean Monnet Professor ad personam & Professor Emeritus of European Politics, University of Bath; Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship (2019-2022), Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Harvard Law School & European Union Seminar — Power & Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World

October 15, 2022
11:00am - 12:30pm

Valdis Dombrovskis – Executive Vice-President for Economy and Trade, European Commission
Chair and Discussant Mark Wu – Director, Fairbank Center; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

European Union Seminar — Truth, Democracy and Media Freedom: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos

May 24, 2022
11:00am - 12:00pm

James H. Barron – Author
Katerina Sokou – Washington D.C. Correspondent, Kathimerini
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Stories and Archives: A Conversation with Mark Mazower and Ersi Sotiropoulos

April 29, 2022
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Mark Mazower – Ira D. Wallach Professor of History, Columbia University
Ersi Sotiropoulos – Author
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Opening Remarks by Alexandra Papadopoulou – Ambassador of Greece to the United States

European Union Seminar — Athens: City of Wisdom – Historical and Modern Resilience in Greece’s Capital

April 12, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Bruce Clark – Author; Journalist, The Economist
Chair Mark Schiefsky – C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics, Harvard University; Director, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University
Welcome Remarks by Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Stratos Efthymiou – Consul General of Greece in Boston

European Union Seminar — Germany and Europe’s Reaction to the Ukraine Crisis: Implications for the West

March 31, 2022
3:00pm - 4:15pm

Wolfgang Ischinger – Senior Professor of Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice, The Hertie School; Chair, Munich Security Conference (2008-2022)
Joseph S. Nye – Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — U.S.-European Relations: Where Do We Stand?

November 30, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Thierry De Montbrial – Founder and Executive Chairman, French Institute for International Relations (Ifri)
Joseph S. Nye – Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

November 9, 2021
1:30pm - 2:45pm

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
Margaret MacMillan – Professor of History, University of Toronto; Emeritus Professor of International History, Oxford University; Engelsberg Chair in History and International Affairs, IDEAS at the London School of Economics
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar & Worldwide Week at Harvard — Coping with Extreme Heat: Urban Preparedness for Social and Physical Resilience

October 4, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Amy Chester – Managing Director, Rebuild By Design
Eleni Myrivili – Senior Advisor for Resilience and Sustainability, City of Athens
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Transatlantic Crises: AUKUS, the China Challenge and Afghanistan

European Union Seminar & Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship — Transatlantic Crises: AUKUS, the China Challenge and Afghanistan

September 24, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm

Nathalie Tocci – Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Introduction by Joseph S. Nye – Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — EU-US Trade Relations: Where do They Stand Under the Biden Administration?

April 27, 2021
12:00pm - 1:30pm

Stormy-Annika Mildner – Executive Director, Aspen Institute Germany
Peter Rashish – Senior Fellow and Director, Geoeconomics Program, American Institute for German Studies (AICGS)
Rupert Schlegelmilch – Director, The Americas, Agriculture and Food Safety, European Commission
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — The COVID-19 Crisis: EU and Member-State Responses

April 13, 2021
12:30pm - 2:00pm

Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet of Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2008-2019), European Commission
Sergio Fabbrini – Dean, Political Science Department; Professor of Political Science and International Relations, LUISS Guido Carli
Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union

April 8, 2021
1:00pm - 2:15pm

Stella Ghervas – Professor of Russian History, Newcastle University
Charles Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (1994-2001), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Samuel Moyn – Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale Law School
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Populism, Democracy and Recognition

February 18, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm

Michèle Lamont – Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African-American Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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 – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Economic Policy Forum — What’s the EU for? Thinking about EU-level Public Goods in a Post-COVID World

November 12, 2020
12:15pm - 1:30pm

Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Taxation
Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

European Union Seminar & Worldwide Week at Harvard — Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy – A Book Discussion

October 6, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Jane Mansbridge – Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Emerita, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

CANCELLED - Sovereigntists of Europe Unite - De-democratization in EU Member States and the Emerging Alliance of EU Sovereigntists

European Union and European Politics Seminars — CANCELLED - Sovereigntists of Europe Unite - De-democratization in EU Member States and the Emerging Alliance of EU Sovereigntists

April 20, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Laszlo Bruszt – Professor of Political Science, Central European University
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — CANCELLED - The Future of the European Union After Brexit

April 16, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Sergio Fabbrini – Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Luiss School of Government; Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — CANCELLED - Far Right Domino: Pathways of Transmission of the European Far-right Vote

April 10, 2020
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Lamprini Rori – Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — CANCELLED - Citizen Engagement with Refugee Resettlement: The French Case

March 25, 2020
12:30pm - 2:00pm

Claire Schiff – Associate Professor of Sociology, Bordeaux University; Researcher, Centre Emile Durkheim (CNRS)
Respondent Jacqueline Bhabha – Director of Research & Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, FXB Center of for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Lecturer on Social Studies; Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies & CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — CANCELLED - Hate Speech on Social Media: A European Case

March 10, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Irene V. Pasquetto – Chief Editor, Misinformation Review, Harvard Kennedy School
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia – Managing Editor, Misinformation Review, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair and Discussant Alina Bârgăoanu – Dean and Jean Monnet Chair, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — The Climate-Neutral City: Views from Athens, London, Milan, Paris, and Vienna

February 25, 2020
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Adam Freed – Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Eleni Myrivili – Senior Advisor for Resilience and Sustainability, City of Athens
Maria Vassilakou – Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor, City of Vienna (2010-2019)
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — A Europe Fit for the Digital Age

February 11, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Kasia Jakimowicz – Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Senior Programme Advisor, European Innovation Council, European Commission (2018-2019)
Julia Reda – Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; Member of the European Parliament (2014-2019)
Álvaro Renedo Zalba – Rafael del Pino-Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

CES 50th Anniversary Events Series — Reinventing Athens – A Conversation with Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis

February 4, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Kostas Bakoyannis – Mayor of Athens
Chair Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Emergency Powers of International Organizations

November 20, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Christian Kreuder-Sonnen – Assistant Professor for International Organizations, Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, CES, Harvard University
Joel P. Trachtman – Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — What Future for Europe’s Foreign Policy? A Discussion with Pierre Vimont

November 15, 2019
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Pierre Vimont – Executive Secretary-General (2010-2015), European External Action Service (EEAS); Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Crossroads: Comparative Immigration Regimes in Europe and the World

November 12, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Justin Gest – Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Jews in Modern Europe Seminar & European Union Seminar — The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-1944

October 17, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Jacques Sémelin – Professor in Modern History and Political Science, Science Po; Senior Researcher Emeritus, Center for International Studies (CERI-CNRS)
Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Modern Jewish History; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Harvard University

European Union Seminar - A Worldwide Week at Harvard Event — Italy in Europe: Economic Problems and Political Prospects

October 10, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Carlo Bastasin – Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution
Philippe Le Corre – Research Associate, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation & the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Non-resident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Consulate General of France in Boston & CES European Union Seminar — Day of France at Harvard

September 26, 2019
10:00am - 8:00pm

European Union Seminar — The State of EU-U.S. Trade Relations: Between Conflict and Convergence

September 23, 2019
12:30pm - 2:00pm

Berend Diekmann – Head of Division for USA, Canada and Mexico, Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Federal Republic of Germany
Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics, CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Populism and Liberal Democracy

September 5, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Takis Pappas – University Researcher, University of Helsinki
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Bart Bonikowski – Associate Professor of Sociology, CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Migration and Distributive Politics in the European Union

May 8, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Merih Angin – Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
Hernan del Valle – Rita E. Hauser Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Chair Ayşe Kadıoğlu – Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University; Professor of Political Science, Sabancı University

France in the World: "A Medievalist Reflects on the ‘Master Narrative'"

April 29, 2019
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Patrick Boucheron – Author

European Union Study Group — France: A Key Player in Europe’s Relationship with China

April 3, 2019
12:30pm - 2:00pm

Philippe Le Corre – Affiliate, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Senior Associate, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Chair, European Union Study Group, CES

European Union Study Group — Unintended Consequences of EU External Action

March 28, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Olga Burlyuk – FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Claudia Wiesner – Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair, Fulda University of Applied Sciences; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University
Christiane Lemke – Professor of Political Science, Leibniz University of Hannover; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 1983-1984, CES, Harvard University
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Migration Debates in Germany: Where Are We Headed and What Should We Do?

March 26, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Johannes Vogel – Member of the Bundestag, Federal Republic of Germany; Secretary General, Free Democratic Party in North-Rhine Westphalia; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2019, CES, Harvard University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Universities and Europe: Towards a New Ambition

December 5, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Bertrand Monthubert – Professor of Mathematics, University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier; Chair of the Board of Directors, Campus France
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — The Crisis in Greece (2010-2018) and the Implications for the Eurozone: Taking Stock, Looking Forward

December 3, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Michalis Psalidopoulos – Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund; Professor of Economics, University of Athens
Respondent Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)

The European Union Study Group — The Eurozone Crisis in the European Periphery: Causes and Consequences

November 9, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Dimitris Tsarouhas – Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University; Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service
Respondent Dimitri Sotiropoulos – Professor of Political Science, University of Athens; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University

Worldwide Week at Harvard | Contemporary Europe Study Group — A Conversation with Douglas Alexander – Are We Destined to a Decade of Populism?

October 24, 2018
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Douglas Alexander – Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School; Chair of Unicef United Kingdom; former Secretary of State for International Development and UK Governor to the World Bank
Muriel Rouyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Seth Johnston – Major, United States Army; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University; International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Research Associate, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Philip Rathgeb – Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz
Irfan Hemani – Mid Career MPA, Harvard Kennedy School; Programme Director, Aga Khan Foundation
Ammar Waraich – MPP Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School; Member of the Royal College of Physicians; Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
Moderated by Muriel Rouyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Varieties of Disintegration: Why Neoliberals Continue to Be Ambivalent About the EU

October 23, 2018
12:30pm - 2:00pm

Dieter Plehwe – Senior Research Fellow, Inequality and Social Policy Research Unit, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University & CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University

Diversity and Inclusion in France: From Algeria to the Elysée, the Journey of Bariza Khiari, President Macron's Advisor

European Union Study Group — Diversity and Inclusion in France: From Algeria to the Elysée, the Journey of Bariza Khiari, President Macron's Advisor

October 3, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Bariza Khiari – Former Vice-President of the French Senate and Co-founder of En Marche
Moderated by Arthur Goldhammer – Local Affiliate and Co-Chair, Contemporary Europe Study Group, CES, Harvard University
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Lecturer on Social Studies and Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies & CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University

Waking Up the Golden Dawn: The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on Anti-immigrant Sentiment and Support for Extreme-Right Parties

The European Union Study Group — Waking Up the Golden Dawn: The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on Anti-immigrant Sentiment and Support for Extreme-Right Parties

September 10, 2018
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Konstantinos Matakos – Lecturer in Economics, King's College London

European Union Study Group — Why Wilson Matters - A Book Discussion

May 2, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Tony Smith – Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science, Tufts Univeristy and CES Faculty Associate, Harvard University
Stephen Walt – Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, BCSIA, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderated by Karl Kaiser – Senior Associate, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School

The European Union Study Group — Headscarves in the Workplace: A Commentary on the Court of Justice of the European Union Decision

April 23, 2018
2:15pm - 4:00pm

Ioanna Tourkochoriti – Lecturer Above the Bar, School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway
Ivana Isailovic – Emile Noel Fellow 2016-17, NYU School of Law; Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University; CES Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Chair José Manuel Martinez Sierra – Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Real Colegio Complutense; CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — The Paradox of Germany's AfD Party: A Case of Populism in a Stable Society and Thriving Economy

April 3, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Edouard Husson – Professor of Modern History and International Affairs, and Vice-President, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University
Respondent David Art – Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University and CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University

The European Union Study Group — After the (Political) Earthquakes: the EU, Multilateralism, and a Volatile World

November 30, 2017
5:30pm - 6:30pm

João Vale de Almeida – Ambassador of the European Union, United Nations
Moderated by Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Panel on the Implications of the French and German Elections for the Future of the European Union

November 20, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Adrien Abecassis – Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Niels Planel – International Consultant, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Chair, Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe, CES, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group and European Union Study Group — Brexit's Prehistories

October 6, 2017
2:15pm - 4:00pm

Kiran Klaus Patel – Professor of European and Global History; Jean Monnet Chair; Maastricht University
Chair Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Seminar Co-chair & Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group and the American Council on Germany, Boston Warburg Chapter — Three Elections and a Brexit: The Unraveling of Europe?

October 2, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Thomas Matussek – Former German Ambassador to the UK, the UN and India; Senior Advisor, Flint Global, Berlin

European Union Study Group and the Transatlantic Relations Seminar — The European Union’s Security Policy and the Middle East

April 25, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Miguel Angel Moratinos – Former Foreign Minister, Spain; Former Special Representative of the EU, Middle East

European Union Study Group — The EU and the Ukraine/Russia Crisis

April 20, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Richard Youngs – Senior Fellow, Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Europe
Chair Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Book Talk: “Ruling Ideas: How Global Neoliberalism Goes Local”

April 19, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Cornel Ban – Assistant Professor of International Relations; Co-Director of the Global Economic Governance Initiative, Boston University
Respondent Benjamin Braun – Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Nicolas Prevelakis – Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — The Differentiated Legitimacy Crisis of the European Union

April 18, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Mathew Wood – Lecturer in Politics and Deputy Director, Crick Center, University of Sheffield

European Union Study Group — The Future of German American Relations

April 13, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Yascha Mounk – Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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
Stephen Szabo – Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy
Heidi Tworek – Assistant Professor of International History, University of British Columbia; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

The European Union Study Group — The Populist Challenge

April 10, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Chantal Mouffe – Professor of Political Theory, University of Westminster

European Union Study Group — The Disunited States of Europe: Where Do We Go from Here?

April 5, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Wolfgang Streeck – Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Society

European Union Study Group — The Future of EU Security Policy and Transatlantic Relations

March 23, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Ludwig Blaurock – Counselor for Political and Military Affairs, Security & Development Section in the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America

European Union Study Group — France, Europe and Transatlantic Relations in Testing Times

March 9, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Frédéric Bozo – Senior Fellow, GMF Transatlantic Academy; Professor of Contemporary History, Université Paris III

The EU Study Group — Reviving the Promise of Prosperity in the EU

February 22, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Henning Meyer – Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Social Europe; Managing Director, New Global Strategy; Research Associate, Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2017, CES, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The Populist Paradox: How the Promotion of Christian Identity by European Populists Contributes to Secularization

Contemporary Europe and European Union Study Groups — The Populist Paradox: How the Promotion of Christian Identity by European Populists Contributes to Secularization

February 1, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Olivier Roy – Research Director, Unit on the 'Iranian World,' Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Tarek Masoud – Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Introduction by Muriel Rouyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The European Union Study Group — The State of the Euro

December 6, 2016
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi – Chairman, Société Générale; Member of the Executive Board (2005-2011), European Central Bank
Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Jeffrey Frankel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The European Union Study Group — The Search for Europe: Panel Discussion

November 30, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
Arthur Goldhammer – Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The European Union Study Group — The Future of Sino-EU Relations After Brexit

November 3, 2016
11:30am - 1:30pm

Philippe Le Corre – Research Associate, Ash Center for Democratic Governance, Harvard Kennedy School; Associate, Fairbanks Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

European Union Study Group — Uneasy Calm: Fixing Europe's Economic and Institutional Woes

November 1, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Marco Buti – Director General of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Hans-Helmut Kotz – Senior Fellow, Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University; Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, Freiburg University; Former member of the Bundesbank Board
Karl Kaiser – Senior Associate, Program on Transatlantic Relations, Harvard University; Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

The European Union Study Group — Book Talk: “In Defense of Europe: Can the European Project Be Saved?”

October 13, 2016
12:00pm - 1:30pm

Loukas Tsoukalis – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Economic Policy Forum — Europe – On Achieving an Appropriate Economic Policy Stance

October 4, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Servaas Deroose – Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Economics and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), European Commission
Thomas Wieser – President, Euro Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Council of the European Union
Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)

The European Union Study Group — Europe and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Normative Issues and the Design of the International Refugee Regime

September 8, 2016
2:15pm - 4:00pm

David Owen – Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, University of Southampton
Gerald Neuman – J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School; Co-Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School

Political Consequences of the Eurozone Crisis

April 19, 2016
2:15pm - 6:00pm

Jose Ignatio Torreblanca – Director, European Council on Foreign Relations, Madrid
Jonathan Hopkin – Reader in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics
Marina Costa Lobo – Professor of Political Science, University of Lisbon
David Marsh – Director, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
Commentary by Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Loukas Tsoukalis – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Which European Union?

April 13, 2016
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Sergio Fabbrini – Dean, Political Science Department; Professor of Political Science and International Relations, LUISS Guido Carli

Governing Europe After the Crisis — Efficiency and Legitimacy Challenges

April 12, 2016
5:30pm - 7:00pm

Loukas Tsoukalis – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Joaquín Almunia – Vice President and Commissioner for Competition, European Commission (2010-2014); Short-Term Fellow, CES, Harvard University
Ramona Coman – Professor of European Governance and Director, Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Frederik Ponjaert – Researcher, Institute for European Studies; Head of the Waseda University Desk, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Laszlo Andor – Prof. of European Economic Governance, Université Libre de Bruxelles; Former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Chair Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Welfare Markets in Europe: — The Democratic Challenge of European Integration

April 4, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Andrew Martin – Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Amandine Crespy – Assistant Professor for Political Science and EU Studies and Research Affiliate, Cevipol at the Université libre de Bruxelles

An Uncertain Idea of Europe? Ideas in Post-Crisis Europe and How to Study Them

March 31, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Mark Blyth – Eastman Professor of Political Economy & Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
Craig Parsons – Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon

Europe's Multiple Crises: Is there a Way Out?

March 31, 2016
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Loukas Tsoukalis – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School

The European Union Study Group — The Refugee Crisis and the Disuniting of the Union: Europe on the Brink

March 1, 2016
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Seyla Benhabib – Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University

Imagining Europe: — Culture, Legitimacy and the EU in Crisis

February 24, 2016
12:30pm - 2:30pm

Jason Beckfield – Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Kathleen McNamara – Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University

German Foreign Policy Facing the Crises in Europe

November 16, 2015
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Dr. Norbert Roettgen – Member of the German Bundestag and Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee

The Refugee Crisis in the EU: Root Causes, Current Challenges, and Future Implications

November 3, 2015
1:15pm - 3:00pm

Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia – Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University

A European Germany and a German Europe, 1989-2015

October 19, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Harold James – Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies; Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University; Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University

Looking Back at German Unification

October 13, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Charles S. Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University
Tereza Novotna – FNRS Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

How the Euro Transformed National Politics

October 7, 2015
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Carlo Bastasin – Non-resident Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

The State of the Euro

September 22, 2015
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi – Chairman, Société Générale; Member of the Executive Board (2005-2011), European Central Bank
Jeffrey A. Frenkel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School

The Future of the EU: A Perspective From Spain

September 15, 2015
12:00pm - 2:00pm

José María Beneyto – Professor of International Public Law and International Relations and Director, Institute for European Studies

Founding Fathers of Europe: A Comparison with the U.S. Discourse

April 22, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Christine Cadot – Fulbright-Schuman Scholar, Princeton University
Respondent Peter J. Verovšek – Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University

Is the Euro Area Heading back into Crisis?

March 4, 2015
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
Erik Jones – Director of European and Eurasian Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University

The Ukraine Crisis, ISIS and Terrorism: New Challenges to the EU and the US

February 24, 2015
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Jolyon Howorth – Jean Monnet Professor ad personam & Professor Emeritus of European Politics, University of Bath; Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship (2019-2022), Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Stephen Walt – Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, BCSIA, Harvard Kennedy School
Maciej Popowski – Deputy Secretary General, EU External Action Service
Anand Menon – Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London
William Wohlforth – Daniel Webster Professor, Government Department, Dartmouth College

The State of Democracy in Europe: Reflections on the Eurocrisis

November 19, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Turkuler Isiksel – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; LAPA Fellow, Princeton University
James Bohman – Professor of Philosophy and Professor of International Studies., St. Louis University

Inflated Threats: The Eurozone Crisis and the Challenges Going Forward

November 17, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Wolfgang Münchau – Associate Editor, The Financial Times; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2014, CES, Harvard University

Extending Experimentalist Governance? The EU and Transnational Regulation

November 14, 2014
3:15pm - 5:00pm

Jonathan Zeitlin – Senior Fellow in International Studies, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University; Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Jean Monnet Chair in European and Transnational Governance, Department of Political Science University of Amsterdam

The Decline of the Left in Europe

October 17, 2014
11:30am - 1:00pm

Josep Borrell Fontelles – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Vice President, European Commission
Alexander H. Gourevitch – Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University

The State of the Euro in a Changing EU

September 10, 2014
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi – Chairman, Société Générale; Member of the Executive Board (2005-2011), European Central Bank

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