Christoph Mikulaschek

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

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

Paris Boo

Ph.D. Candidate in Government, 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 — The Shifting Border: Immigration Enforcement in the Context of Recent Developments in the EU and U.S.

April 21, 2026
11:00am - 12:30pm

Ayelet Shachar – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Irving G. and Eleanor D. Tragen Chair in Comparative Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Noora Lori – Associate Professor of International Relations; Director of Middle East-North Africa Initiative, Boston University
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

European Union Seminar — The European Common Army: Defense and Peace from the European Defense Community to the Trump Era

March 12, 2026
4:00pm - 5:15pm

Federico Fabbrini – Full Professor of European Law, School of Law and Government; Founding Director, Dublin European Law Institute, Dublin City University; Fulbright Schuman Fellow in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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

European Union Seminar — The Four Cs of Corruption in the EU: Concept, Causes, Consequences, Countermeasures

December 2, 2025
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Dimitrios Skiadas – Visiting Professor and Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Albana Shehaj – Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer, Harvard Extension School
Chair Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Worldwide Week at Harvard – European Union Seminar & Center for Hellenic Studies — Journalism in the Age of AI: Data and Lessons from Europe

October 14, 2025
3:00pm - 4:45pm

Sotiris Sideris – Data Editor, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism; Nieman Fellow (2025-2026), Nieman Foundation for Journalism, 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

Safeguarding Europe’s Liberal Democracy – A Discussion with Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland

European Union Seminar & Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights — Safeguarding Europe’s Liberal Democracy – A Discussion with Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland

April 28, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Leo Varadkar – Taoiseach, Republic of Ireland (2017-2020 & 2022-2024); Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderated by Diego Garcia Blum – Program Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Alberto López Ortega – Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ramón Areces Fellow 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Ukraine’s Membership in the EU: The Problem of Further Enlargement

April 9, 2025
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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 and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Intergovernmental Negotiations in the European Union: Between Transparency and Confidentiality

March 24, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Mareike Kleine – Associate Professor in EU and International Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2011-2012, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2011-2012, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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

Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė

European Union Seminar — Economic Security and Transatlantic Relations – A Conversation with EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė

November 15, 2024
10:00am - 11:15am

Jovita Neliupšienė – Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
Introduction by Khatuna Salukvadze – Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University; Former Ambassador of Georgia to Lithuania
Chair Mathias Risse – Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy & Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — Building EU Defense: Can Europe Meet Ukraine’s Security Needs?

November 13, 2024
3:00pm - 4:15pm

Mariana Budjeryn – Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — A Better Path for Ukraine and NATO: What Kyiv Could Do Now for a Place in the Alliance

October 28, 2024
5:00pm - 6:30pm

Mary Elise Sarotte – Professor of Global Affairs and Management; Director of the Brady-Johnson Program, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Moderated by Serhii Plokhii – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

European Union Seminar & The Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — More Bark than Bite? The Far Right and Foreign Policy in Europe

September 20, 2024
10:00am - 11:15am

Andrew Moravcsik – Professor of Politics and International Affairs & Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the European Union Program, Princeton University
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
Moderated by Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair 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 and Christoph Mikulaschek – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

European Union Seminar — The European Union and the War in Ukraine

November 9, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Jolyon Howorth – Jean Monnet Professor ad personam & Professor Emeritus of European Politics, University of Bath
Oxana Shevel – Associate Professor, Political Science & Director of International Relations Program, Tufts University
Stephen Walt – Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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 and Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University

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; Founding Director, Dublin European Law Institute, Dublin City University; Fulbright Schuman Fellow in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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 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 — Is the Union of Europe Still Winning?

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

Andrew Moravcsik – Professor of Politics and International Affairs & Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the European Union Program, Princeton University
Stephen Walt – Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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; Faculty Director of The People Lab, 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; Founding Director, Dublin European Law Institute, Dublin City University; Fulbright Schuman Fellow in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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

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
Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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

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 – Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

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 & 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 – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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

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 – Professor of Global Affairs and Management; Director of the Brady-Johnson Program, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University; 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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, & Seminar Chair, 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

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 Professor Emeritus 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

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, 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
Daniela Schwarzer – Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation
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
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

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 and Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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 – FXB Director of Research & Professor of the Practice of 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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 – Resident Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Mayor of Athens (2019-2023), The Hellenic Republic
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

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

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

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

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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), 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 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Christiane Lemke-Dämpfling – Professor of Political Science, Leibniz University of Hannover; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 1983-1984, 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 — 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, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar (1977-1978), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar (1985-1986), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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