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New Directions in European History Study Group


This Study Group showcases the most exciting work in the field of modern European history. Deliberately broad in scope, its research cuts across traditional geographic and methodological boundaries. The program combines polished papers and “work in progress” and features scholars at all career stages.


(Credit: Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea, 1808-1810)

Past Events

The Nineteenth Century as the Age of Questions New Directions in European History — The Nineteenth Century as the Age of Questions
April 12, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Holly Case – Associate Professor of History, Brown University
Open Secrets: Knowledge about Violence in the Postwar British Empire Open Secrets: Knowledge about Violence in the Postwar British Empire
November 12, 2015
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Erik Linstrum – Assistant Professor of History, University of Virginia
"The Congress of Vienna and the Economic Origins of International Political Life, or Follow the Money"
October 14, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Mountains, Continents, Economics and Religion: Four Ways to Think about European History Mountains, Continents, Economics and Religion: Four Ways to Think about European History
April 29, 2015
12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • James R. Martin – PhD Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
  • Carolin F. Roeder – Past Graduate Student Affiliate
  • Brandon Bloch – College Fellow in Modern European History, Harvard University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
  • Matthew G. Sohm – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Metropolis in Ruins: Berlin in the 1940s
March 26, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm
CANCELLED — The Stakes of Opposing Democracy: Conservative Revolution and the Crisis of the Weimar Republic
February 10, 2015
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Geoff Eley – Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History, University of Michigan
Minority Protection in Post-World War I Europe: The Case of Turkey and its Armenians
December 4, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Lerna Ekmekcioglu – McMillan-Stewart Career Development Assistant Professor of History, MIT
Of Time and the River:  France and the Marne Of Time and the River: France and the Marne
October 16, 2014
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Following the Sea: Joseph Conrad in the Late Age of Sail Following the Sea: Joseph Conrad in the Late Age of Sail
September 24, 2014
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • 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
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