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Event Series

History Seminar


This seminar showcases the most exciting work in the field of modern European history. Deliberately broad in scope, the presentations cut across traditional geographic and methodological boundaries. They combine polished papers and “work in progress” and feature scholars in all career stages.

Note: This seminar was formerly known as the "New Directions in European History Study Group." For details and past events see here.


Seminar Events Calendar

Nadifa Mohamed in Conversation with Maya Jasanoff Mahindra Humanities Center Writers Speak Series & History Seminar — Nadifa Mohamed in Conversation with Maya Jasanoff
April 11, 2023
6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Nadifa Mohamed – Author
  • Chair Maya Jasanoff – X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor of Arts and Sciences and Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire History Seminar — Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
April 6, 2023
4:30pm - 5:45pm
  • Kojo Koram – Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, Birkbeck University of London
  • Jamie Martin – Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community History Seminar — The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community
November 15, 2022
4:30pm - 5:45pm
  • Megan Brown – Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Capitalism in Chaos: A Conversation with Máté Rigó History Seminar — Capitalism in Chaos: A Conversation with Máté Rigó
October 19, 2022
4:30pm - 5:45pm
  • Máté Rigó – Assistant Professor of History, Brandeis University
  • Chair David Spreen – Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty and Seminar Co-Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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