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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 19h

Meet Anna Adorjáni, our German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar from University of Augsburg. Join her tomorrow for a seminar on “Belonging in Transition: Concepts and Misconceptions of Multiethnicity in the Late Habsburg Empire.”

🗓️ 10/8
⏰ 2-3:15pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 6d

We are pleased to welcome @melamann.bsky.social, Deputy Editor-in-Chief @spiegel.de, as a 2025-2026 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow throughout October. We look forward to the insights and perspectives she will bring to CES.

ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/melan...

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 14d

Join us for our annual Václav Havel Lecture with an address by H.E. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic TODAY at 5:30pm @harvardiop.bsky.social.

Register here ➡️ hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/iop-forum-...

*Open to valid Harvard ID holders*

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 14d

We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 21d

Meet @kstroemsnes.bsky.social, one of our Visiting Scholars from University of Bergen. Join her next week for a seminar on “Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition.”

🗓️ September 24
⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 25d

📢 New Research Assistantship Opportunity!

Work with CES faculty to conduct research and help develop a new course. Harvard College students interested in and/or studying history are eligible to apply.

Details ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 27d

📚The Fall Graduate Student Research Workshop schedule is live! Come support your peers, hear exciting research-in-progress, and join thoughtful discussions 💬

Interested in presenting your work or staying in the loop? Reach out to our seminar chairs ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 27d

🏡 Today is the day! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones at our Open House from 4:30-6pm for an afternoon of connection and community. See you soon! 👋

ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 29d

Meet Muriel Rouyer, one of our Visiting Scholars from Nantes Université. Join her on Wednesday for a seminar on “Climate Democracy in the EU and the USA: Democracy and Ecological Transition in Two Polities of Abundance.”

🗓️ September 10
⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Sep 4

📚🏛️Welcome back to campus! Join us at our Open House next week to meet our faculty and fellow Europeanists 🇪🇺 Discover what CES has to offer!

🗓️ Sep 10, 4:30-6:00pm
📍Adolphus Busch Hall

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it.” @dziblatt.bsky.social today in @foreignaffairs.com

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Aug 15

Center-right politicians erode democractic norms more through rhetoric than their far-right counterparts.

A new study looking at Germany🇩🇪 by @dziblatt.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social ‪⤵️

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Jul 10

CES Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O'Donohue on why public opinion alone will not safeguard the courts, but broad societal mobilization can⤵️

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Jun 24

"We are trying to be open to free dialogue but often cannot agree on the terms of discussion." CES Associate Serena Jampel on creating safe spaces for disagreement on campus. @harvardmagazine.bsky.social

🔗https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvard-undergraduates-political-conversations

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Jun 18

“Right now, if you are not a US citizen, the normal rights that we have expected around freedom of speech seem to be altered…That’s a major change.”

CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social discusses the consequences of opposing the US government.

www.ekathimerini.com/politics/127...

Opposing the government ‘comes at a cost’ in the US | eKathimerini.com

It took a few weeks to arrange this remote conversation with Daniel Ziblatt, professor of government at Harvard University and resident faculty associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European S...

www.ekathimerini.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · Jun 17

More and more Europeans now recognise that their small, individual nations cannot withstand simultaneous pressure from both Washington and Moscow. Yet their political leaders fail to mobilize that public sentiment.

Here’s why and what to do about it

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno

Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris

www.theguardian.com

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Isabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · Jun 10

I recently presented at INAS2025 in NYC:
“Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology”

Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support!

📝 Preprint👇

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Losing our international students — there is no way to exaggerate how devastating that would be" — CES Faculty Alison Frank Johnson on how Trump's attempt to ban foreign #students at #Harvard could threaten research, science and innovation for years to come. @wbur.org

www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

As Trump targets Harvard's foreign student enrollment, scholars worry about the future of U.S. innovation

Trump's critics say his actions against Harvard threaten not only free speech, but a major source of U.S. competitiveness. More than 1 million foreign students are enrolled at the nation's colleges an...

www.wbur.org

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 29

🎉 Congratulations to all our graduating associates! We are proud to have been part of your academic journey and to have celebrated with you and your families at CES. We wish you the best and hope to stay in touch! #Harvard2025 #graduation #classof2025 #commencement

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 28

"The idea that Harvard is harboring un-American values or is unsafe for any particular body of students is simply untrue" - CES Resident Faculty Alison Frank Johnson shared on @cnn.com.

Watch the interview⤵️ www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/0...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 23

3️⃣ "Democratic political parties from across the political spectrum must form coalitions to keep authoritarians out of power or eject them once they are in power."

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 23

2️⃣ "It’s not just voters who have the responsibility to protect democracy, but civic leaders and organizations play an important role as well"

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 23

Three lessons the U.S. can learn from Europe to overcome democratic challenges:

1️⃣ "It is essential for mainstream political parties to distance themselves from anti-democratic political parties."

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 23

“A dysfunctional authoritarian system is much worse than a dysfunctional democracy” - @dziblatt.bsky.social at the #Harvard Dean Symposia on #democracy.

Watch the discussion w/ Steven Levitsky @feyaadallie.bsky.social & @washingtonpost.com editor David Herszenhorn ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/9F6-R3k...

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · May 21

🏆 Congratulations to Roberto Dominguez for receiving the 2025-2026 #Fulbright Global Scholar Award! This prestigious award will support the research Roberto is conducting at CES on critical mineral policy across the EU, US, and Latin America.

ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/rober...

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