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Graduate Student Research Workshop

Chairs

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
Jonathan Zait
Jonathan Zait
Ph.D. Student in History, 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

For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919) Graduate Student Research Workshop — For Your Freedom and Ours: The Right of Self-Determination in the International Socialist Movement (1880-1919)
December 5, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Natalie Behrends – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Harvard University; 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 and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Politician Authors Graduate Student Research Workshop — Politician Authors
November 21, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Marc Hvidkjaer – 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Microbe and the Mafia Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Microbe and the Mafia
November 14, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Zachary La Rock – Ph.D. Candidate in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), MIT; 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Poland after WWII
November 7, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Anna Bisikalo – Ph.D. Student 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: Land Reclamation and Maritime Agriculture in the Netherlands and Suriname (1930-1980) Graduate Student Research Workshop — Harnessing the Imperial Littoral: Land Reclamation and Maritime Agriculture in the Netherlands and Suriname (1930-1980)
October 24, 2025
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 Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
‘In Entire Amity and With Mutual Benefit': The Transatlantic Forging of Presidential Administration, 1934-1939 Graduate Student Research Workshop — ‘In Entire Amity and With Mutual Benefit': The Transatlantic Forging of Presidential Administration, 1934-1939
October 17, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Benjamin Waldman – 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Sectoral Bargaining and the Wage Structure Graduate Student Research Workshop — Sectoral Bargaining and the Wage Structure
October 10, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Alexander Busch – Ph.D. Student in Management Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology; 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019) Graduate Student Research Workshop — Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK (1974-2019)
October 3, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Sung In Kim – 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Boundary Defense: Evidence from a Referendum Against Tracking Reform Graduate Student Research Workshop — Boundary Defense: Evidence from a Referendum Against Tracking Reform
September 26, 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 Adrian Scheibler – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Sequential Rise of Political Animosity in Economically Declining and Prospering Places: Evidence from Three Billion Geo-located Tweets Graduate Student Research Workshop — The Sequential Rise of Political Animosity in Economically Declining and Prospering Places: Evidence from Three Billion Geo-located Tweets
September 19, 2025
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Sun Young Park – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Center for American Political 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 Jonathan Zait – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Behavioral Expertise at the European Commission: Democratic Ends, Technocratic Means Graduate 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 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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