Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

europeatharvard.bsky.social

04 October 2026 19:37

In his forthcoming book "Governing Growth," CES Resident Faculty Peter A. Hall examines how capitalist economies change over time & the consequences this brings for #democracy. Princeton University Press The event recording is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bP4iTUccjE&t=2s

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

europeatharvard.bsky.social

04 October 2026 19:37

Meet Friederike Beier, one of our JFK Memorial Fellows from Freie Universität Berlin . Join them for their seminar on "Politics of Speed" on 9/30 @ 11am. https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/09/politics-of-speed-masculinist-temporalities-of-authoritarian-politics-and-democratic-counterstrategies

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

europeatharvard.bsky.social

04 October 2026 19:37

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal explores how sailors helped early Americans confront questions on citizenship, nationality, & belonging—and how these questions resonate today. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-09-18/sailors-long-before-green-cards-and-civics-tests-heres-what-u-s-naturalization-looked-like

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

europeatharvard.bsky.social

04 October 2026 19:37

Peter E. Gordon reflects on philosopher Jürgen Habermas's life & principle that the only legitimate force in a modern #democracy should be the “unforced force of the better argument.” The New York Review of Books https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/10/22/message-in-a-bottle-jurgen-habermas/

Vasabjit Banerjee

vasabjit.bsky.social

04 October 2026 06:18

The British rightwing isn't the American rightwing. It's Empire versus Capitalism, upper class versus oligarchy, ethnic versus racial. Reform is trying to be the U.S. right-wing, but they'll break over Britishness too. The closest they had to an American rightwing party was the Ulster Unionists.