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Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Discussion on Research, Education and Innovation

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Cabot Room

Crisis and Reform in European Higher Education

Contact: Trisha Craig, pcraig@fas.harvard.edu

Please join us for a discussion and exchange of ideas as we host a group of Bavarian leaders.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Photo of Professor Gikas Hardouvelis
"The Changing Political Economy In Greece and the Euro Area"

Professor Gikas Hardouvelis, Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, Hellenic Republic

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Lower Level Conference Room

Greek Study Group

Contact: Yannis Ioannides, yannis.ioannides@tufts.edu


Announcements

CES Announces its 2012 Grant Winners

CES continues its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on Europe. Thirty-seven undergraduates will pursue thesis research and internships in Europe this summer, while twelve graduate students have been awarded support for their dissertations over the coming year.

Graduate Grantees »

Undergraduate Grantees »



CES Congratulates the Class of 2012


2012 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Winners Announced for Undergraduate Senior Theses

CES congratulates the following 2012 Hoopes Thesis Prize winner whose travel and research was supported by a fellowship from the Center:

  • Benjamin Tyler Hand (Social Studies), "Utilitarianism and Democracy: From Bentham to Austin"
  • Ian Kumekawa (History) , "To 'Strive Bravely Towards a Surer Goal': A.C. Pigou and the Origins of Welfare Economics"
  • James Kelly McAuley (History and Literature), "Decision in Bordeaux: Eduardo Propper de Callejón, the Problem of the Jewish Refugees, and Actor-Network Theory in Vichy France, 1940-1941"- nominated by Professor Patrice Higonnet
  • Lavinia Ruxandra Mitrio (History of Science), "From the Orfanotrofia to the Institutions for Irrecoverables: Tracing the origins of institutional care for orphaned and abandoned children in Romania"

CES is so pleased to have supported Benjamin, Ian, Lavinia, and Jake, and we wish them the very best in their future endeavors. Special thanks to Patrice for advising Jake's thesis.


CES also congratulates the following students whose theses were advised by members of the Center:
  • Tarek Julian Austin, "The End of Europe?" - nominated by Ruxandra Paul
  • Max Harris, "When a Dollar Wasn't Worth a Buck: The Greenback Reserve, the Treasury, and the Interconnection Between Fiscal and Monetary Policy, 1869-1874" - nominated by Professor Niall Ferguson
  • Brett Alyson Rosenberg, "Prospect for America: Nelson Rockefeller, the Special Studies Project, and the Search for America's Best and Brightest" - nominated by Professor Niall Ferguson


     Crimson article »     Full list of winners (PDF) »



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Congratulations to Dr. S. Allen Counter

CES congratulates our friend and colleague Dr. S. Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation and Honorary Counsel of Sweden in Boston, on the occasion of his appointment as "Knight of the Order of the Polar Star First Class," by Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. It is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I of Sweden on 23 February 1748 and is awarded "in recognition of personal services to Sweden."

Posted on 14 May 2012
Congratulations to CES Faculty affiliate Peter Gordon

The American Philosophical Society awarded the Jacques Barzun Prize for the best book in cultural history published in 2010 to Professor Peter E. Gordon in recognition of his book Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos.

See the award announcement »

Posted on 9 May 2012
CES in the Media

"The return of the murals: Adolphus Busch Hall re-creating much of its long-hidden splendor"

Adolphus Busch Hall (current home of the Center for European Studies) was once the location of the Busch-Reisinger Museum and Harvard's extensive collection of art from the German-speaking countries of Europe. The building's main hall still contains a number of artistic treasures newly restored as part of a multiphase revitalization of the ornate space by the Harvard Art Museums. [...] Restoring the building to its original state and treating the hall itself as a work of art are major goals of the revitalization effort, said museum officials, who hope to promote the continued use of the space as a teaching tool for researchers, scholars, and students, as well as a concert hall for its famous Flentrop organ.

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