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Event Series

Graduate Student Initiatives Series


Jan Paul Sandman

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) offers annual funding to support academic initiatives of its Graduate Student Affiliates. This funding can be used to organize ad-hoc lectures, panels, and workshops as part of the Graduate Student Initiatives Series.

To apply for funding, Graduate Student Affiliates should send a brief event proposal that outlines a clear and substantive concept, potential speaker(s), timing, and audience. Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis. each year to support one or two events each semester.

Proposals should be sent to CES Programs Coordinator, Susanna Sprague.

Events Calendar

Turkey, Israel, and the Trump Effect on Global Democracy Graduate Student Initiatives Series & The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs — Turkey, Israel, and the Trump Effect on Global Democracy
April 25, 2025
1:30pm - 2:45pm
  • Evren Balta – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Professor, Comparative Politics & International Politics, Özyeğin University
  • Alper Coşkun – Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Oded Haklai – Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Full Professor, Department of Political Science & Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University
  • Andrew O'Donohue – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Arleen Carlson and Edna Nelson Graduate Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2025-2026)
  • Moderated by Lenore Martin – Professor of Political Science, Emmanuel College; Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs & Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
New Perspectives on Art and Society Graduate Student Initiatives — New Perspectives on Art and Society
December 3, 2024
4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Mathis Bitton – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University
  • Katie Ebner-Landy – Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University
  • Hannes Kerber – Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy, Boston College
  • Jan-Paul Sandmann – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; Department of Government; and Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
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