Peter A. Hall

Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Kathleen Thelen

Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 serves as a forum for discussion of research in progress and forthcoming papers on issues in comparative political economy, institutional change, and issues in historical institutionalism. It brings together faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students from Harvard, MIT, and other colleges in the Boston area. This seminar especially welcomes regular participants who plan on attending most sessions during the semester. In lieu of a formal presentation, attendees are expected to read a paper in advance of each seminar and participate in a discussion. Relevant papers are shared at least a week in advance of each seminar.

** Please note: Events in this seminar series do not include a presentation. Attendees of this seminar are expected to read a paper in advance and enter into a discussion. To receive a copy of the paper and the Zoom link for virtual events, please email Kate Searle at ksearle@mit.edu.**

Seminar Events Calendar

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Wealth Tax Preferences in an Age of Inequality: The Role of Housing and Information

October 24, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Ben Ansell – Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions & Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Weil Meets Pistor: Intellectual Property and the Fissuring of Political Economy

November 14, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Erik Peinert – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Nathan Wilmers – Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management & Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Structural Transformation and Value Change: The British Abolitionist Movement

December 5, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Valentin Figueroa – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Within Party Discord and Polarization

October 3, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Jonathan Rodden – Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Democracy as Disequilibrium: An Endogenous Theory of Regime Contention and Democratic Change

April 4, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Amel Ahmed – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Class, Country, and Cleavage: Inequality, Mobility and the Transformation of Electoral Politics over the Long Run

March 7, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Philipp Rehm – Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Devin Caughey – Class of 1949 Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Creative Construction: The Rise and Stall of Mass Infrastructure in Latin America

February 14, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
Noah Nathan – Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Politics of Concentrated Advantage

February 7, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Stephanie Ternullo – Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University
Katherine Levine Einstein – Associate Professor of Political Science & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Boston University
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Place Not Race: Identities, Social Proximity and the Global Climate Emergency

December 6, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Volha Charnysh – Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Preston R. Johnston – Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Spatial Inequalities as a Problem of Political Integration

November 22, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Margaret Weir – Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, Brown University
Andreas Wiedemann – Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Political Consequences of Economic Ideas: Neoliberalism, the Left and the Fate of Democracy

November 8, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Björn Bremer – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Central European University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Spatial Networks and the Diffusion of Ideas

October 18, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Caterina Chiopris – Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Institutional Atmospherics: The Interior Architecture of the Welfare State

April 26, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Bernardo Zacka – Class of 1943 Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Katrina Forrester – John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Government and Committee on Social Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War

April 17, 2024
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Branko Milanovic – Research Professor & Senior Scholar, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York (CUNY)
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Political Woman: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting

April 5, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Dawn Teele – SNF Agora Institute Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Hochschild – H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Inequality, Uncertainty, and the Future of the Welfare State

March 22, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Rachel Friedman – Assistant Professor, The Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Archon Fung – Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Decarbonizing National Growth Models

March 8, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Mark Blyth – Eastman Professor of Political Economy & Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University
Daniel Driscoll – Postdoctoral Researcher, Watson Institute for International Affairs, Brown University
Jonas Meckling – Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — How Institutional Entrepreneurship Leads to Gradual Institutional Change in Bureaucracies

March 1, 2024
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez – Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Daniel P. Carpenter – Allie S. Freed Professor of Government & Chair, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Attention Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy

December 1, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Gunnar Trumbull – Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Left or Right? Labor Markets, (In)security and the Changing Dynamics of Radical Behavior

November 17, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Quinton Mayne – Director of Research, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Pauliina Patana – Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Core Faculty, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University
Sharon Baute – Assistant Professor of Comparative Social Policy, University of Konstanz; Visiting Scholar 2023-2024, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism — The Financialization of Housing and Its Political Consequences

November 3, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Rafaela Dancygier – Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs & Director, Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Princeton University
Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — A Comparative Political History of the Progressive Dilemma

October 26, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Johannes Lindvall – Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Insulation and Compensation in the Politics of Energy Transitions

Seminar on State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Insulation and Compensation in the Politics of Energy Transitions

September 22, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Jonas Meckling – Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Matto Mildenberger – Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Self-Government Interrupted: Legacies of External Rule in Brazil and Poland

April 28, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Taylor Boas – Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Boston University
Daniel Gingerich – Professor of Politics and Director of UVa’s Quantitative Collaborative, University of Virginia
Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Why No Economic Democracy in Sweden? A Counterfactual Approach

March 24, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Bo Rothstein – August Röhss Professor in Political Science, Gothenburg University
Jette Knudsen – Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Business, Tufts University
Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Local Knowledge Economies, Mobility Perceptions and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties: The Case of Germany

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Local Knowledge Economies, Mobility Perceptions and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties: The Case of Germany

February 24, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Marius R. Busemeyer – Visiting Scholar 2009-2010
Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Re-imagining Identities: The Decline of Social Democracy, the Rise of Right-wing Populism and the Fate of Democracy

State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Re-imagining Identities: The Decline of Social Democracy, the Rise of Right-wing Populism and the Fate of Democracy

December 2, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Chair Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Why Is It So Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from England and Wales

November 4, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Ben Ansell – Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions & Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
William Clark – Charles Puryear Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Social Investments in the Knowledge Economy: The Politics of Inclusive, Stratified, and Targeted Reforms across the Globe

State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Social Investments in the Knowledge Economy: The Politics of Inclusive, Stratified, and Targeted Reforms across the Globe

September 30, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Bruno Palier – CNRS Research Director, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po
Jonas Pontusson – Professor, University of Geneva
Chair Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Politics of Pessimism: Turning Aspirational Voters into Populists

March 25, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Alice Xu – Ph.D. Candidate in Government, Harvard University
James Alt – Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government Emeritus, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Political Economy of Law Enforcement

March 11, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Matias Dewey – Senior Researcher, University of St. Gallen
Lucas Ronconi – Professor of Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Cornelia Woll – President and Professor of International Political Economy, Hertie School; Member of the Advisory Board of the Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School
Alisha C. Holland – Professor of Government, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Parents Against Social Investment Policy? Marketization and Public Services in the Third Way Turn of Social Democracy

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Parents Against Social Investment Policy? Marketization and Public Services in the Third Way Turn of Social Democracy

February 11, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Jane Gingrich – Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — The Changing Faces of the Modern State

January 28, 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Johannes Lindvall – Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Katren Rogers – Doctoral Student in Political Science, Lund University
Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Aspiration versus Apprehension: Economic Opportunities and Electoral Preferences

November 19, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Silja Häusermann – Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich
Thomas Kurer – Research Group Leader and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", University of Konstanz, Germany
Delia Zollinger – PhD Student, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich
Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

The Fractured Political Economy: The Muting of Place-Based Economic Interests in the United States

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Fractured Political Economy: The Muting of Place-Based Economic Interests in the United States

October 8, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Daniel P. Carpenter – Allie S. Freed Professor of Government & Chair, Department of Government, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Paul Pierson – John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Sam Zacher – Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Yale University
Jacob Hacker – Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Distributional Context of Populist Protest

April 30, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Alexander Gattig – Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bremen
Philip Manow – Professor of International Political Economy, University of Siegen
Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki – Past Graduate Student Affiliate
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Entrenchment or Retrenchment: The Political Economy of Mortgage Debt Subsidies in the United States and Germany

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Entrenchment or Retrenchment: The Political Economy of Mortgage Debt Subsidies in the United States and Germany

April 16, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Alexander Reisenbichler – Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Anke Hassel – Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

A Forgotten Working Class: Perceptions of Representation and the Role of Labour in a Comparative Perspective

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — A Forgotten Working Class: Perceptions of Representation and the Role of Labour in a Comparative Perspective

March 26, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Jonas Pontusson – Professor, University of Geneva
Line Rennwald – Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Geneva
Devin Caughey – Class of 1949 Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — Integrative Institutions and Mainstream Party Collapse: The Regional Context

March 12, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Jane Gingrich – Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
Julia Lynch – Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Franklin – John R. Reitemeyer Professor Emeritus of International Politics, Trinity College; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Shifting Relationship Between Postwar Capitalism and Democracy

February 26, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Herman Mark Schwartz – Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Chair Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Social Rights of Citizens in an Age of Financialization

February 12, 2021
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Lawrence R. Jacobs – McKnight Professor or Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Desmond King – Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Austerity, Indebtedness and Political Participation: Evidence from the U.K.

October 30, 2020
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Andreas Wiedemann – Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Sophie Hill – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious Roots of State Formation in Medieval Europe

October 16, 2020
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Anna Grzymała-Busse – Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Daniel Ziblatt – Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Social Democracy in Competition: Voting Propensities and Electoral Trade-Offs

September 25, 2020
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Silja Häusermann – Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich
Sara Hobolt – Sutherland Professor of European Institutions, London School of Economics and Political Science
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

CANCELLED - Book Talk: "Capitalism on Edge: How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia"

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — CANCELLED - Book Talk: "Capitalism on Edge: How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia"

April 24, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Albena Azmanova – Associate Professor of Political and Social Theory, University of Kent
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — CANCELLED - Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious Origins of the Modern State

March 27, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Anna Grzymała-Busse – Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies; Resident Faculty & CES Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do About It

March 5, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Julia Cagé – Assistant Professor of Economics, Sciences Po Paris
Lawrence Lessig – Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

The Popularization of Unpopular Ideas: Social Cross-Pressures and Immigration Attitudes in Sweden

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Popularization of Unpopular Ideas: Social Cross-Pressures and Immigration Attitudes in Sweden

February 21, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Jennifer Fitzgerald – Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Volha Charnysh – Assistant Professor of Political Science, MIT; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800 — The Politics of Punitive and Enabling Workfare: Evidence from 16 Countries from 1980-2015

February 7, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Alexander Horn – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2019-2020, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Elissa Berwick – Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Did Labor Market Reforms Increase Support for Populist Parties?

December 6, 2019
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Chase Foster – Post-Doctoral Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
Sophie Hill – Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, MIT; CES Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Populism as a Reaction to Local Disruption: Evidence from European Municipalities

November 15, 2019
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Jeremy Ferwerda – Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — How Ideology, Economics and Institutions Shape Affective Polarization in Democracies

October 18, 2019
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Noam Gidron – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jennifer Hochschild – H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Center for Government and International Studies, Harvard University
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — The Great Re-Concentration: The Political Economy of American Asset Manager Capitalism

October 4, 2019
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Benjamin Braun – Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies & Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study
Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, CES Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University and Kathleen Thelen – Ford Professor of Political Science, MIT; CES Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — The Origin of Economic Interest: Manufacturing Demand in Modern France

March 29, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Gunnar Trumbull – Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Cathie Jo Martin – Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — Keeping Your Enemies Close: Electoral Rules and Partisan Polarization

March 1, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Jonathan Rodden – Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800 — How Distributional Conflict over Public Spending Drives Support for Anti-Immigrant Parties

February 8, 2019
2:30pm - 4:00pm

Charlotte Cavaillé – Assistant Professor, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Chair Cathie Jo Martin – Professor of Political Science, Boston University and Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

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