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Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World


Stanley Hoffmann

On March 6, 2020 the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) inaugurated the Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World. This lecture series honors the intellectual legacy of Stanley Hoffmann, Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University and founding chairman of CES, a prolific academic and brilliant lecturer, who left a deep mark on contemporary understandings of Europe and international relations.

The inaugural lecture was presented by Thomas Piketty, professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics, who discussed his book Capital and Ideology.


Lecture Series Calendar

The Shape of Water: A Hydraulic History of the City of Light The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — The Shape of Water: A Hydraulic History of the City of Light
April 2, 2026
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Caroline Ford – Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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