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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

Abolition on the Eve of Revolution: Cugoano and Condorcet The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — Abolition on the Eve of Revolution: Cugoano and Condorcet
March 11, 2025
4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Jennifer Pitts – Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; Professor, John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
  • Chair and Discussant Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
How French was the Enlightenment? The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — How French was the Enlightenment?
April 9, 2024
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • David A. Bell – Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions & Professor of History, Princeton University
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
‘Primacy or World Order’ Revisited: What the U.S. and China Owe the World Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World — ‘Primacy or World Order’ Revisited: What the U.S. and China Owe the World
April 17, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Justin Vaisse – Founder and Director General, Paris Peace Forum
  • Chair Mary D. Lewis – Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Capital and Ideology: An Address by Thomas Piketty The Stanley Hoffmann Annual Lecture on France and the World - A CES 50th Anniversary Event — Capital and Ideology: An Address by Thomas Piketty
March 6, 2020
5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Thomas Piketty – Professor, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics.
  • Welcome Remarks by Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government & CES Director, Harvard University
  • Opening Remarks by Louise Richardson – Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford & CES Senior Fellow, Harvard University
  • Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University
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