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Upcoming Events
TODAY!     Friday, February 10, 2012
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Refutations of Racism in the 'Muslim Question'

Nasar Meer, Visiting Scholar, CES

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Cabot Room
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TODAY!     Friday, February 10, 2012 - Saturday, February 11, 2012
Eurochannel Poster
Eurochannel Short Tour - Love in Europe

Friday, February 10th: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Saturday, February 11th: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Lower Level Conference Room

The event is open to Harvard ID holders as well as students from other universities. Guests must present a valid Harvard ID or other university student ID for entrance. Admission is free.

This 2-day film festival features the 3rd Eurochannel Short Films Tour. Films focus on stories of love and friendship in celebration of Valentine's Day.

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Monday, February 13, 2012
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"Whither Europe? Lessons, Risks, and the Way Forward"

Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building (5th floor), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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The American Birth of Political Science: Liberalism and Democracy in Transatlantic Perspective

Robert Adcock, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
S-050, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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"The Future of the Euro"

  • Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Former Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
  • Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard
  • Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard
  • Jacques Mistral, Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School and WCFIA, Head of Economic Studies, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris
  • Chaired by Karl Kaiser, Director of the Program on Transatlantic Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and adjunct professor for public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.


4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Lower Level Conference Room
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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"What is Sui Generis about the European Union? Costly International Cooperation in a Self-Contained Regime"

Will Phelan, Visiting Scholar, CES

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Cabot Room
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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"From Left to Right: The Uses of Anti-Americanism on the Streets of Interwar Paris"

Brooke Blower, Department of History, Boston University

4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Cabot Room
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Announcements

Senior Thesis Grants for Summer 2012
CES offers research grants to Harvard College students who are writing a thesis on modern Europe. Grants are to be used for field work in Europe during the summer. To learn more click here. The deadline for submitting an application for funding is 3:00 pm on February 17, 2012. Applications must be registered in CARAT and then submitted in person at CGIS South, Room S-030, 1730 Cambridge Street. For guidance and advice on how to write a winning grant proposal, click on the link below to see a recent presentation by the Center's Executive Director, Trisha Craig.

How to Write a Good Proposal slideshow »

Posted on 6 Feb 2012


Call for Applications
CES is now accepting applications for the Visiting Scholars Program for the 2012-2013 academic year.
The deadline for applications is March 2, 2012 and letters of recommendation are due March 9, 2012. All application materials are submitted electronically.

Get more information and apply now »

Posted on 6 Jan 2012

Applications for Summer 2012 undergraduate internships now being accepted

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) partners with Harvard Alumni Clubs in Europe to offer undergraduate students meaningful summer internship opportunities abroad. Available to current sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors enrolled full-time at Harvard College, these internships are a chance to expand horizons while learning and honing new skills in an international environment. The deadline for applications is February 10, 2012. All applications are submitted electronically.

Get more information and apply now »

posted on 23 Dec 2011

CES in the Media

CES Affiliate Jonathan Laurence in the New York Times

CES Affiliate Jonathan Laurence's opinion piece on "How to Integrate Europe's Muslims"

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   Posted on 31 Jan 2012
CES Graduate Student Yascha Mounk in the Wall Street Journal

CES Graduate Student Yascha Mounk's review of Walter Laqueur's new book After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent

Read the review "A Continent's Discontents" »
   Posted on 4 Jan 2012
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