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 visionary Co-Founding Director Guido Goldman (1937-2020), 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.

Photo: Guido Goldman © Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The inaugural Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany, entitled, "Europe: An Answer to the German Question?," was delivered in 2018 by CES Senior Fellow Sigmar Gabriel who served as Member of the German Bundestag and Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2013-2018).

The Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany — Trigger Points: How Divided is Germany Really?

February 13, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm

• Steffen Mau – Professor of Macrosociology, Humboldt University of Berlin
• 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

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

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

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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