Julian Bourg

Associate Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

James Cronin

Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Thomas Dodman

Assistant Professor of History, Boston College

Laura Levine Frader

Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Seminar Co-chair & Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Arthur Goldhammer

Writer & Translator; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Devin Pendas

Associate Professor of History, Boston College; Co-Chair, Contemporary Europe Study Group, CES, Harvard University

Muriel Rouyer

Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Many of the issues confronting Europe today are not confined to any single nation-state but are transnational in scope. While many European countries face questions of security, immigration, and rising nationalism, each nation’s response differs. This interdisciplinary Study Group focuses primarily on these transnational issues in the post-1945 period.

H.E. Jean-Marc Ayrault spoke about the state of affairs in France and Europe in November 2014.

Study Group Events Calendar

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Conspiracy Theorizing in Germany in the Age of Social Media

April 23, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Eva Marlene Hausteiner – Postdoctoral Lecturer and Researcher in Political Theory, University of Bonn
Chair Daniel Ziblatt – Eaton Professor of the Science of Government & CES Acting Director, Spring 2019, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — The Brexit Turning Point

April 11, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Vernon Bogdanor – Research Professor, Center for British Politics and Government, King's College London
Stathis Kalyvas – Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford
Pippa Norris – Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair James Cronin – Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Co-Chair, Contemporary Europe Study Group, CES, Harvard University

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off? Turkey-EU Relations in Turbulent Times

April 5, 2019
10:30am - 12:00pm

Dimitar Bechev – Research Fellow, The Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair Elaine Papoulias – Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit

April 1, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Kalypso Nicolaïdis – Director, Center for International Studies, University of Oxford
Chair Charles Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Chinese International Students’ Networks at Elite Universities: A Comparative Study of Germany and the US

March 13, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Başak Bilecen – Rosalind Franklin Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Groningen
Chair Muriel Rouyer – Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Cooperation Against Terrorism in Europe - RSVP Required

March 1, 2019
10:30am - 12:00pm

Bernard Cazeneuve – Prime Minister of France (2016-2017)
Chair Arthur Goldhammer – Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University

European Economic Policy Forum — Europe’s Travails: Is Deeper Integration the Answer?

November 30, 2018
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Ashoka Mody – Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University & CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University;
George Alogoskoufis – Karamanlis Chair of Hellenic and European Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece (2004-2009)
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) and 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

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Welcoming Refugees: Lessons from the European Asylum Crisis

November 29, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Pascal Brice – General Director of the Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OPFRA)

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Can Large Welfare States and Strong Civil Societies Coexist? Lessons from Scandinavia

November 19, 2018
12:00pm - 1:15pm

Kristin Strømsnes – Democracy Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Lars Skov Henriksen – Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark
Lars Svedberg – Senior Professor, Institute for Civil Society Studies, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden
Moderated by Muriel Rouyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Transnational Nationalism: The Imagined Global Community of Muslims in Europe

November 7, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Riva Kastoryano – Visiting Professor of Sociology and Government & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University (Fall, 2018); Senior Research Fellow, CNRS; Professor, Sciences, Po, Paris
Chair Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Seminar Co-chair & Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 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

Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History — The Life and Work of Claude Lévi-Strauss

October 15, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Emmanuelle Loyer – Professor of Universities, Sciences-Po

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Historical Memory, Inter-Ethnic Relations and Conflict Prevention in European Foreign Policy

October 12, 2018
10:00am - 12:00pm

Lamberto Zannier – High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE
George Soroka – Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Editor, Open Forum Series, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Timothy W. Ryback – Director, Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague
Oxana Shevel – Associate Professor, Political Science & Director of International Relations Program, Tufts University
Moderated by Bob Deen – Head of Section and Senior Adviser to the High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Chair Thomas W. Simons Jr. – Former Ambassador to Poland and Pakistan and Visting Scholar, Harvard University

Özyeğin Forum on Modern Turkey — Making Germans out of Turks and Arabs? Holocaust Memory and Inclusion/Exclusion of Immigrants

September 24, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Esra Özyürek – Associate Professor in Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Chair Colin Brown – Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Özyeğin Forum on Modern Turkey — The Rise of Hybrid Political Islam in Turkey: Its Underpinnings and Consequences

September 12, 2018
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Chair Ayşe Kadıoğlu – Professor of Political Science, Sabanci University and CES Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

The Politics of History and the Future of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN)

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

Dariusz Stola – Director, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government and CES Director, 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

Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion — Feminist Politics and Troubles with Democracy: Delving Into a Complex Relationship

March 22, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm

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

Seminar on Social Exclusion and Exclusion and Contemporary Europe Study Group — Minority Presence and Representation: Transatlantic Lessons

October 12, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Bruno Perreau – Cynthia L. Reed Professor of French Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Libby Adler – Professor of Law and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University School of Law

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

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Brexit: From Fantasy/Nightmare to Hard Bargaining: A Discussion with Ed Balls

April 24, 2017
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Ed Balls – UK Shadow Chancellor (2011-2015); Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Chair James Cronin – Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — GERMANYforYou: Social Media Translates "Germany" for Refugees

March 28, 2017
2:15pm - 4:00pm

Isabel Schayani – Project Leader, WDRforyou; Editor, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR); John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University
Moderated by Georg Diez – Reporter and Columnist, Politics and Culture, Der Spiegel; 2016-2017 Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — The Future of European Political Debate: Some Lessons from France

February 23, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Emile Chabal – Chancellor's Fellow in History, University of Edinburgh
Julian Bourg – Associate Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & 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

Contemporary Europe Study Group — Delivering Change in the New European Context

October 28, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Valérie Pécresse – President of the Greater Paris Region, France
Moderated by Muriel Rouyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — EVENT CANCELLED - Nordic and German Responses to the Crises in Europe

October 26, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Jon Erik Dølvik – Director, Fafo Institute for Labor and Social Research
Alexander Görlach – Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The European; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2014, CES, Harvard University

Contemporary Europe Study Group — A Nation of ‘Bystanders’? A Topography of Complicity and Capitulation in Nazi Germany and Beyond

September 29, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Mary Fulbrook – Dean, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences; Professor of German History and Director, UCL European Institute, University College London

For a New Democratic Governance in France: A Public Address by Thierry Mandon, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research

Contemporary Europe Study Group — For a New Democratic Governance in France: A Public Address by Thierry Mandon, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research

September 8, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Thierry Mandon – Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, Republic of France
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

Why Has There Been Populism in Greece But Not Yet in Spain?

April 20, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Joaquín Almunia – Vice President and Commissioner for Competition, European Commission (2010-2014); Short-Term Fellow, CES, Harvard University
Takis Pappas – Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia, Greece; Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute

Populism in Europe from the Right to the Left

April 16, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm

Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Cas Mudde – Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor, University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs
Laurent Bouvet – Professor of Political Science, Université de Versailles, St. Quentin-en-Yvelines

“The Passages of Walter Benjamin”: A New Documentary Film on the Arcades Project

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

The Current State of France and Europe

November 12, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm

Jean-Marc Ayrault – H.E Prime Minister of the Republic of France (2012-2014)
Commentary by Michael Ignatieff – President & Rector, Central European University (2016-2021); Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Islam's Arrival in the West: The Downfall of Christendom?

October 30, 2014
2:15pm - 4:00pm

Alexander Görlach – Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The European; Visiting Scholar 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2014, CES, Harvard University
Introduction by Sarah Bracke – Associate Professor of Sociology, Ghent University
Respondent Jocelyne Cesari – Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham; T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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