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Where Harvard & Europe Meet Since 1969
Meet @pauluswagner.bsky.social, one of our Visiting Scholars from @univie.ac.at. Join him next week for a seminar on “The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy.”

🗓️ Nov 19
⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We're delighted to mark 100 years of @daadworldwide.bsky.social & the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Join us on 11/13 to celebrate their mission of academic exchange and explore German-American academic & political relations. @dziblatt.bsky.social

RSVP: ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Course sign-ups for Spring 2026 are open! Explore Europe-focused classes taught by CES resident faculty and learn how you can deepen your studies through the Secondary Field in European History, Politics, and Societies (EHPS) 👉 myemail.constantcontact.com/European-Cou...
@dziblatt.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
📝Thinking about writing a senior thesis?

Join our Thesis Workshop to learn how to craft a strong project and gain insights from current seniors completing their theses. Open to all Harvard College students.

🗓️ First session is 11/14 @ 1pm!

Learn more & sign up➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📢 Mid-year applications to become a CES Graduate Student Affiliate are now open!

Join an interdisciplinary community of scholars dedicated to the study of Europe, and gain access to exclusive events and research support.

Learn more and apply today ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Applications for our John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship are now open! Eligible post-doctoral scholars who are German citizens have the chance to conduct research at Harvard University for an academic year.

Apply by November 25 via @daadworldwide.bsky.social

ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Applications for our flagship Visiting Scholars Program are now open and close Dec 14, 2025. Scholars who are European citizens can also apply for our 4 fellowships. Please share widely! @dziblatt.bsky.social

🔗https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars-overview/visiting-scholars
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The U.S. is experiencing a rise in hate speech. Germany is seeing a rise in anti-democratic voices. How can governments protect free speech while safeguarding democracy? Join @dziblatt.bsky.social & @melamann.bsky.social for a comparative discussion on 10/21 @4pm.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
CES is pleased to announce the Guido Goldman Fellowship. This posthumous gift by our visionary co-founder will support exceptional post-doctoral scholars from Europe to our Visiting Scholars Program.

Apply by December 12, 2025.

Share widely!🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/guido-goldma...
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congrats Alexander Reisenbichler on your new book on housing policies in two economic powerhouses. Nice to see your research as a JFK Fellow published. @utoronto.ca

“Through the Roof: The State & the Transformation of Housing Markets in the U.S. and Germany" ⤵️

www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
October 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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
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October 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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*
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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
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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📢 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...
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📚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...
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🏡 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! 👋

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September 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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
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September 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📚🏛️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
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it.” @dziblatt.bsky.social today in @foreignaffairs.com

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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...
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
CES Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O'Donohue on why public opinion alone will not safeguard the courts, but broad societal mobilization can⤵️
July 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"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
June 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“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
June 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM