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Event Series

European Politics Seminar


The European Politics Seminar focuses on democracy's challenges and reconfigurations. It examines right-wing or “illiberal” threats to democracy across Europe and addresses how the political landscape is being reshaped. Questions to be answered in upcoming events include: What are the successes and failures of democratic solutions? Are established parties no longer capable of commanding support? Will protest movements, such as the gilets jaunes, lead to a new political formation? How is the resurgence of Antisemitism across Europe to be understood? What is the future of the Left in countries such as Italy and Greece? How can the European Union survive as the bastion of democracy and cooperation? What will be the consequences of Britain’s attempt to leave the EU?


Seminar Events Calendar

Britain After Brexit European Politics Seminar — Britain After Brexit
March 28, 2024
4:00pm - 5:15pm
  • Anand Menon – Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London; Director, UK in a Changing Europe
  • Chair James Cronin – Professor of History, Boston College; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change European Politics Seminar — Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change
April 2, 2024
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Stephen Gross – Associate Professor of History & European Studies, New York University; Director, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University
  • Jamie Martin – Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Moderated by Herrick Chapman – Professor Emeritus of History, New York University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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