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CES awards travel grants for 2010-11
The Center for European Studies (CES) recently announced its 2010-11 student grant winners, continuing its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on political, historical, economic,...
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The Center for European Studies has announced its 2011-12 student grant winners, continuing its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on political, historical, economic, social,...
View ArticleCenter for European Studies funds undergraduate research
The Center for European Studies (CES) recently announced its 2011-12 student grant winners, continuing its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on political, historical, economic,...
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CES names Ekiert as new director
Grzegorz Ekiert, professor of government at Harvard and longtime affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), has been named director of the center. Ekiert received his Ph.D....
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A firm voice on Europe
Jan Fischer, former prime minister of the Czech Republic and the leading candidate in the country’s presidential campaign, in a Harvard talk on Thursday blamed the European financial crisis on nations...
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How to build a nation
Building a new nation can only be done from within, one of America’s top political intellectuals said Thursday, a reality that he said explains the bloody obstacles the United States has encountered...
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The teetering Greece
It was Polybius, the ancient Greek historian, who first postulated the cyclical nature of politics and the notion that history repeats itself. When it comes to the long-running Greek debt crisis,...
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Europe’s crisis of conscience
It took a searing image of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who had drowned and washed ashore on a Turkish beach to put a human face on what analysts and human rights activists have been calling a humanitarian...
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Stanley Hoffmann, 86
Stanley Hoffmann, the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor Emeritus, died at age 86 after a long illness, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 13, 2015. As the preeminent American...
View ArticleTaking the stigma out of poverty
“Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication: A Two-Day International Workshop” is being held today and Friday. It will bring together international experts in both poverty analysis and those whose work...
View ArticleJourney of Harvard College polyglot started with two words
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Eni Dervishi ’17 has always been intrigued by language. “When I was in kindergarten, a teacher taught us how to say...
View ArticleWhen European conservatives accept democracy, stability tends to ensue
Daniel Ziblatt, a Harvard professor of government, recently visited the Minda de Gunzburg for Center for European Studies to discuss his new book, “Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.”...
View ArticleMacron’s election reflects a desire for pragmatic govt, says Harvard analyst
In the most anticipated presidential election since Americans voted last November, centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist, in a decisive victory Sunday to...
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Pressures rising on academic freedom, Harvard panelists say
Academic freedom is an important pillar of open societies, but two panelists worry that aspects of it are now being targeted both globally and in the U.S. The panelists at Wednesday’s Samuel L. and...
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Lech Walesa urges the U.S. to retake its leadership post
After the Cold War ended 30 years ago, Europe closed the door on an era of division and entered a new era of peace and integration, one with a future centered around intellectual labor, information,...
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Piketty’s new book explores how economic inequality is perpetuated
As the gulf between the haves and the have nots continues to widen, the roiling debate over economic inequality has become a political prime mover in the U.S. and across Europe. French economist Thomas...
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What happens after a pandemic — or a war — is over?
The fight against COVID-19 has been equated to a war by some political leaders. While the analogy is appealing, Charles Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History at Harvard University...
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Arthur Goldhammer on the art of translation
Surely there are more direct routes to becoming a respected French-language translator than going to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a Ph.D. in mathematics, getting caught up in the...
View ArticleGuido Goldman, 83, established future Minda de Gunzburg Center
Guido Goldman’s began his service to Harvard by pulling in one of the biggest political names of his time. As a graduate student, the Zurich-born Goldman worked with Henry Kissinger ’50, A.M. ’51,...
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