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New Directions in European History Study Group

Chairs

Maya Jasanoff
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
Alison Frank Johnson
Alison Frank Johnson
Professor of History, Harvard University; Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Mary D. Lewis
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
 

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

Post-Imperial Possibilities: The Idea of Eurafrica in France and French Africa, 1945-1960 New Directions in European History — Post-Imperial Possibilities: The Idea of Eurafrica in France and French Africa, 1945-1960
April 30, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm
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
Northern Pillars of Empire: The Baltic and the French Atlantic Colonies, 1615-1815 New Directions in European History — Northern Pillars of Empire: The Baltic and the French Atlantic Colonies, 1615-1815
March 1, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Pernille Røge – Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon New Directions in European History & Özyegin Forum on Modern Turkey — The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon
September 28, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Larry Wolff – Silver Professor; Professor of History, New York University
A Brief History of Neoliberal Problems: How Race Theory Spawned the Alt Right New Directions in European History Study Group — A Brief History of Neoliberal Problems: How Race Theory Spawned the Alt Right
September 21, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Quinn Slobodian – Visiting Scholar 2011-2012, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Legacies of French Slave-Ownership, or the Long Decolonization of Saint-Domingue New Directions in European History Study Group — The Legacies of French Slave-Ownership, or the Long Decolonization of Saint-Domingue
March 2, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, & Co-Chair, New Directions in European History Study Group, CES, Harvard University
What Can’t Happen Here? European Historical Perspectives on Current American Politics New Directions in European History Study Group — What Can’t Happen Here? European Historical Perspectives on Current American Politics
February 21, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • David Armitage – Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History & Chair, History Department, Harvard University; CES Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-Chair
  • Peter E. Gordon – Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-Chair
  • Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Study Group Co-Chair
  • Charles Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty
  • Terry Martin – George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Harvard University
  • Derek J. Penslar – Visiting Professor of History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Study Group Co-Chair
  • Chair Maya Jasanoff – Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Study Group Co-Chair
The Habsburg Empire as a Model for the World Economy: Neoliberals and the Dream of Double Government EVENT CANCELLED: New Directions in European History Study Group — The Habsburg Empire as a Model for the World Economy: Neoliberals and the Dream of Double Government
November 30, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Quinn Slobodian – Visiting Scholar 2011-2012, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
1989 in Global Perspective and the Rise of Neoliberalism New Directions in European History — 1989 in Global Perspective and the Rise of Neoliberalism
November 14, 2016
4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Philipp Ther – Professor of Central European History, University of Vienna; Visiting Scholar 1997-1998, CES, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 1997-1998, CES, Harvard University
"Condemned to Rootlessness and Unable to Budge”: Roma, Migration Panics, and Internment in the Late Habsburg Empire New Directions in European History Study Group — "Condemned to Rootlessness and Unable to Budge”: Roma, Migration Panics, and Internment in the Late Habsburg Empire
October 6, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Tara Zahra – Professor of History, University of Chicago
Beyond the Siege: Cultural Traffic between Austrians and Turks in the 20th Century Özyeğin Forum on Modern Turkey — Beyond the Siege: Cultural Traffic between Austrians and Turks in the 20th Century
April 7, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Maureen Healy – Associate Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College
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
  • Glenda Sluga – Professor of History, University of Sydney
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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