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Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany



The Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany was established by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies in 2018 to honor the contributions of the Center’s Co-Founding Director, Guido Goldman, who was instrumental in promoting the study of Germany and transatlantic relations at Harvard and beyond. Goldman received the 2018 Centennial Medal, the highest honor granted by Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for his lifelong commitment to the Center and European studies at Harvard.

Sigmar Gabriel was the inaugural speaker of the Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany on November 1, 2018.

The inaugural lecture "Europe: An Answer to the German Question?" was delivered on by Sigmar Gabriel, Member of the German Bundestag and Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2013-2018. Gabriel is a Senior Fellow at CES and served as a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow during the fall semester 2018.


Lecture Calendar

Germany, America, and Ukraine: Lessons Learned From 20 Months of War in Europe Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — Germany, America, and Ukraine: Lessons Learned From 20 Months of War in Europe
November 2, 2023
5:00pm - 6:15pm
  • Karen Donfried – Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State (2021-2023); President, German Marshall Fund of the United States (2014-2021)
  • Chair 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
The Free World and Its Enemies: What Putin’s War and China’s Global Ambitions Mean For Us Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — The Free World and Its Enemies: What Putin’s War and China’s Global Ambitions Mean For Us
November 4, 2022
2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Constanze Stelzenmüller – Director and Fritz Stern Chair, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution
  • 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
Challenges to Democracy in the European Union: An Address by Sergey Lagodinsky The Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany - A Worldwide Week at Harvard Event — Challenges to Democracy in the European Union: An Address by Sergey Lagodinsky
October 7, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Sergey Lagodinsky – Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • Chair Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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