Join us next week for a conversation with ambassadors from #NATO member countries about the challenges and opportunities facing the Alliance. @HarvardIOP @BelferCenter

🗓️ 11/18 @ 12pm
📍Malkin Penthouse, HKS
🔗 Register with a valid Harvard email: ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/11…

"The old, authoritarian elements are still there, we have to overcome them. But there is a chance for a new beginning," says @dziblatt on the results of last week's U.S. elections. Read his interview with @annakatrein @DIEZEIT (in German):

zeit.de/politik/auslan…

Join us TODAY for a conversation with Sergio Luzzato exploring the origins of fascism and the historical figure behind its early development.

November 9 @ 4:00 - 5:30 pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/11…

Join us and @EuropeAtHarvard to learn about Solidarity’s progenitor in Poland, the Workers’ Defense Committee (KOR). Three panels explore its impact on the struggle against authoritarianism in Poland and beyond. In person, 11/10: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/kor-50-…

"The violence in these demonstrations has been perpetrated by “casseurs” (breakers), anarchist-leaning opponents to the government... It's important to distinguish the casseurs from the original student movement." - CES Resident Faculty Mary D. Lewis

More:tovima.com/stories/france…

Thank you to @RachelReevesMP for visiting CES. Our students from across campus enjoyed hearing about your experience in public service and engaging with you on policy issues shaping the UK today.

📣 New research assistantship for Harvard College students! Conduct research on church-based asylum and refugee advocacy in Europe and North America.

Starts ASAP | 5–10 hrs/week | $22/hour

🔗 Learn more & apply: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/…

Meet Santiago de Navascués Martínez, one of our Rámon Areces Fellows & Visiting Scholars from @unav. Join him for a seminar on "The Catholic Church and the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975–1982)" next week.

🗓️ 11/4, 2-3:15pm
📍Hoffmann Room, CES

🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/11…

📣 Applications close November 1!

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies invites postdoctoral scholars working on #Europe to pursue their research at #Harvard for the 2027–2028 academic year.

🔗 Learn more and apply: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/…

Join us for the inaugural Marc Bloch Seminars in Comparative History to revisit a classic essay and explore the relevance of historical comparison in an increasingly interconnected world. @Harvard_History @NathanPR1

🗓️ Oct 27 @ 3pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/10…

How can political leaders rebuild public trust in a polarized world? Join Cerstin Gammelin (@BPrSprecherin) & @dziblatt for a discussion on political communication, disinformation, & the challenges facing #democracy in Germany.

🗓️ 10/21 @ 2pm
🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/10…

Are you a Harvard College student looking to sharpen your #research skills? Apply to work with one of our Visiting Scholars from #Europe on the development and resilience of #liberalism in post-socialist Eastern Europe. Starts ASAP & pays $22/hr.

Details: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/…

Join our JFK Memorial Policy Fellow at the #GermanAmericanConference today @ 2:30pm and check out what other events we have lined up for the rest of October!

ces.fas.harvard.edu/events

CES Resident Faculty Nathan Perl-Rosenthal’s "The Age of Revolutions" is now available in French 🇫🇷 Spanning 3 continents, the book offers a history of the revolutionary era that shaped the modern world and the inequalities that emerged alongside it.

🔗passes-composes.com/book/500

🔴 TODAY @ 3 pm! Join @BPrSprecherin, @annaxmayr and @FabioEllger to discuss the 2026 regional elections & their implications for #Germany, the #EU, and international politics.
ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/10…

What does the 2026 midterms mean for the future of U.S. #democracy?

CES Director @dziblatt examines the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming #elections and argues that the U.S. has descended into “soft competitive authoritarianism.”

🔗 academic.oup.com/psq/advance-ar…

We are pleased to announce that Cerstin Gammelin, spokesperson for Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will join CES as a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow from October 6–31, 2026. @BPrSprecherin
ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/cerstin…

What are Germany’s regional elections revealing about the country’s changing political landscape? Join @BPrSprecherin, @annaxmayr and @FabioEllger to discuss the 2026 regional elections & their implications for #Germany, the EU, and international politics.
ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/10…

In an article for @nybooks, CES Resident Faculty Peter E. Gordon reflects on the life of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas and his principle that, in a modern #democracy, the only legitimate force should be the “unforced force of the better argument.”
nybooks.com/articles/2026/…

Who gets to be an American & what does it take to prove it? Nathan Perl-Rosenthal explores the role sailors played in helping early Americans confront questions about citizenship, nationality, & belonging—and how these questions continue to resonate today. wgbh.org/news/local/202…