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Graduate Student Research Workshop

Chairs

Lauren Bohm
Lauren Bohm
Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Adrian Scheibler
Adrian Scheibler
Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 
Adolphus Busch Hall Pillars and Ivy

The Graduate Student Research Workshop is a seminar for graduate students at Harvard University and MIT to present their research to peers and faculty with an interest in European studies. This student-run, student-centered workshop welcomes presenters at any stage of their research from any social science discipline.

To join the seminar mailing list, please contact the seminar chairs. Papers will be distributed to participants via email in advance, and the schedule of upcoming workshops will be updated here throughout the academic year.

Workshop Calendar

Behavioral Expertise at the European Commission: Democratic Ends, Technocratic Means Gradute Student Research Workshop — Behavioral Expertise at the European Commission: Democratic Ends, Technocratic Means
May 9, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Lou Lennad – Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy on the Science, Technology, and Policy Studies, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Education, Representation, and the new Insider-Outsider Cleavage: Evidence from Germany Graduate Student Research Workshop — Education, Representation, and the new Insider-Outsider Cleavage: Evidence from Germany
May 2, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Daniel T. Roberts – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Oral History in Moldova Graduate Student Research Workshop — Oral History in Moldova
April 25, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Anna Vichkitova – Ph.D. Candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Comparative Factions: How Connectivity and Policy Fractured Party Politics Graduate Student Research Workshop — Comparative Factions: How Connectivity and Policy Fractured Party Politics
April 18, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
  • Amelia Malpas – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Sacred Subjects: Religion, Education, and Power in the Hitler Youth Graduate Student Research Workshop — Sacred Subjects: Religion, Education, and Power in the Hitler Youth
April 11, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Madeline Levy – Ph.D. Candidate in Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
CANCELED | Non-White Meta-Categories in the U.S. and UK: Unpacking the Language of Racial Difference and Equity Graduate Student Research Workshop — CANCELED | Non-White Meta-Categories in the U.S. and UK: Unpacking the Language of Racial Difference and Equity
April 4, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
  • Mari Sanchez – Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Why Institutions Fail: Succession, Stability, and Statebuilding Graduate Student Research Workshop — Why Institutions Fail: Succession, Stability, and Statebuilding
March 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
  • Daniel Lowery – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
A Monarch's MapQuest: How Ruler-Elite Relations Shape State Power Graduate Student Research Workshop — A Monarch's MapQuest: How Ruler-Elite Relations Shape State Power
February 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:15pm
  • Sima Biondi – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Foreign Soil and Lost Worlds: Memorializing the German Empire Graduate Student Research Workshop — Foreign Soil and Lost Worlds: Memorializing the German Empire
December 4, 2024
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Early Debates on Private and Public Welfare: The 19th Century Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.S. and France Graduate Student Research Workshop — Early Debates on Private and Public Welfare: The 19th Century Origins of Savings Regimes in the U.S. and France
November 22, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Ayelet Carmeli – Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, MIT; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Labor Markets and Gender Polarization Graduate Student Research Workshop — Labor Markets and Gender Polarization
November 8, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Jeeyoung Lee – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: The Dutch Whaling Company and the Abstraction of Antarctic Protein, 1950-1980 Graduate Student Research Workshop — Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: The Dutch Whaling Company and the Abstraction of Antarctic Protein, 1950-1980
November 1, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Ailish Lalor – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Urban Left, Rural Right Does Not Generalize: Evidence from 350 Granular Global Elections Graduate Student Research Workshop — Urban Left, Rural Right Does Not Generalize: Evidence from 350 Granular Global Elections
October 25, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Noah Dasanaike – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Financial Integration and the Geography of Economic Activity Graduate Student Research Workshop — Financial Integration and the Geography of Economic Activity
October 18, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Leonardo D'Amico – Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University and Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Scots, Parsis, Jews, and Englishmen Aswim in a Sea of Poppies: The Opium Boom and the Decline of the English East India Company Graduate Student Research Workshop — Scots, Parsis, Jews, and Englishmen Aswim in a Sea of Poppies: The Opium Boom and the Decline of the English East India Company
October 4, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Hagar Zheng Gal – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Paradoxes of the Nazi Dictatorship: Adjudicating Denunciations Against Persons of Polish Descent in the WWII-Era Ruhr Graduate Student Research Workshop — Paradoxes of the Nazi Dictatorship: Adjudicating Denunciations Against Persons of Polish Descent in the WWII-Era Ruhr
September 20, 2024
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Nikolas Weyland – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Lauren Bohm – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
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