“In 2025, the United States ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies,” write Steven Levitsky, @lucanway.bsky.social, ‪@dziblatt.bsky.social.

Meet Jarmo Kallunki, one of our Visiting Scholars from Tampere University. Join him next week for a seminar on “Political Recognition of Working-Class Youth.” 🗓️ Dec 10 ⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

Now hiring two Research Assistants interested in #history or #economics to support our scholars from Europe! These paid undergraduate roles begin asap and continue through Spring 2026. Apply now to gain hands-on research experience ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie... @historyecon.bsky.social

The deadline to apply for our John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship has been extended to December 9, 2025. Apply for a chance to conduct research at Harvard University for an academic year. Submit your application directly via the @daadworldwide.bsky.social. ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Congratulations to CES undergraduate associate Sazi Bongwe on being named a Rhodes scholar 👏 Sazi will receive full support to pursue graduate studies in literature and visual arts at @ox.ac.uk. Best of luck, Sazi! news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Meet @pauluswagner.bsky.social, one of our Visiting Scholars from @univie.ac.at. Join him next week for a seminar on “The Workplace as a Site of Political Preference Formation: How 'Bridging Institutions' Strengthen Democracy.” 🗓️ Nov 19 ⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

We're delighted to mark 100 years of @daadworldwide.bsky.social & the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Join us on 11/13 to celebrate their mission of academic exchange and explore German-American academic & political relations. @dziblatt.bsky.social RSVP: ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

Course sign-ups for Spring 2026 are open! Explore Europe-focused classes taught by CES resident faculty and learn how you can deepen your studies through the Secondary Field in European History, Politics, and Societies (EHPS) 👉 myemail.constantcontact.com/European-Cou... @dziblatt.bsky.social

📝Thinking about writing a senior thesis? Join our Thesis Workshop to learn how to craft a strong project and gain insights from current seniors completing their theses. Open to all Harvard College students. 🗓️ First session is 11/14 @ 1pm! Learn more & sign up➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

📢 Mid-year applications to become a CES Graduate Student Affiliate are now open! Join an interdisciplinary community of scholars dedicated to the study of Europe, and gain access to exclusive events and research support. Learn more and apply today ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Applications for our John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship are now open! Eligible post-doctoral scholars who are German citizens have the chance to conduct research at Harvard University for an academic year. Apply by November 25 via @daadworldwide.bsky.social ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Applications for our flagship Visiting Scholars Program are now open and close Dec 14, 2025. Scholars who are European citizens can also apply for our 4 fellowships. Please share widely! @dziblatt.bsky.social 🔗https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars-overview/visiting-scholars

The U.S. is experiencing a rise in hate speech. Germany is seeing a rise in anti-democratic voices. How can governments protect free speech while safeguarding democracy? Join @dziblatt.bsky.social & @melamann.bsky.social for a comparative discussion on 10/21 @4pm. ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

CES is pleased to announce the Guido Goldman Fellowship. This posthumous gift by our visionary co-founder will support exceptional post-doctoral scholars from Europe to our Visiting Scholars Program. Apply by December 12, 2025. Share widely!🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/guido-goldma...

Congrats Alexander Reisenbichler on your new book on housing policies in two economic powerhouses. Nice to see your research as a JFK Fellow published. @utoronto.ca “Through the Roof: The State & the Transformation of Housing Markets in the U.S. and Germany" ⤵️ www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Meet Anna Adorjáni, our German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar from University of Augsburg. Join her tomorrow for a seminar on “Belonging in Transition: Concepts and Misconceptions of Multiethnicity in the Late Habsburg Empire.” 🗓️ 10/8 ⏰ 2-3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

We are pleased to welcome @melamann.bsky.social, Deputy Editor-in-Chief @spiegel.de, as a 2025-2026 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow throughout October. We look forward to the insights and perspectives she will bring to CES. ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/melan...

Join us for our annual Václav Havel Lecture with an address by H.E. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic TODAY at 5:30pm @harvardiop.bsky.social. Register here ➡️ hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/iop-forum-... *Open to valid Harvard ID holders*

We are getting ready to welcome President Pavel of the Czech Republic to Harvard today.

Meet @kstroemsnes.bsky.social, one of our Visiting Scholars from University of Bergen. Join her next week for a seminar on “Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition.” 🗓️ September 24 ⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

📢 New Research Assistantship Opportunity! Work with CES faculty to conduct research and help develop a new course. Harvard College students interested in and/or studying history are eligible to apply. Details ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

📚The Fall Graduate Student Research Workshop schedule is live! Come support your peers, hear exciting research-in-progress, and join thoughtful discussions 💬 Interested in presenting your work or staying in the loop? Reach out to our seminar chairs ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

🏡 Today is the day! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones at our Open House from 4:30-6pm for an afternoon of connection and community. See you soon! 👋 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

Meet Muriel Rouyer, one of our Visiting Scholars from Nantes Université. Join her on Wednesday for a seminar on “Climate Democracy in the EU and the USA: Democracy and Ecological Transition in Two Polities of Abundance.” 🗓️ September 10 ⏰ 2:00 - 3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

📚🏛️Welcome back to campus! Join us at our Open House next week to meet our faculty and fellow Europeanists 🇪🇺 Discover what CES has to offer! 🗓️ Sep 10, 4:30-6:00pm 📍Adolphus Busch Hall

“Extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it.” @dziblatt.bsky.social today in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Center-right politicians erode democractic norms more through rhetoric than their far-right counterparts. A new study looking at Germany🇩🇪 by @dziblatt.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social ‪⤵️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

CES Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O'Donohue on why public opinion alone will not safeguard the courts, but broad societal mobilization can⤵️

"We are trying to be open to free dialogue but often cannot agree on the terms of discussion." CES Associate Serena Jampel on creating safe spaces for disagreement on campus. @harvardmagazine.bsky.social 🔗https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvard-undergraduates-political-conversations

“Right now, if you are not a US citizen, the normal rights that we have expected around freedom of speech seem to be altered…That’s a major change.” CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social discusses the consequences of opposing the US government. www.ekathimerini.com/politics/127...

More and more Europeans now recognise that their small, individual nations cannot withstand simultaneous pressure from both Washington and Moscow. Yet their political leaders fail to mobilize that public sentiment. Here’s why and what to do about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I recently presented at INAS2025 in NYC: “Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology” Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support! 📝 Preprint👇

"Losing our international students — there is no way to exaggerate how devastating that would be" — CES Faculty Alison Frank Johnson on how Trump's attempt to ban foreign #students at #Harvard could threaten research, science and innovation for years to come. @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

🎉 Congratulations to all our graduating associates! We are proud to have been part of your academic journey and to have celebrated with you and your families at CES. We wish you the best and hope to stay in touch! #Harvard2025 #graduation #classof2025 #commencement

"The idea that Harvard is harboring un-American values or is unsafe for any particular body of students is simply untrue" - CES Resident Faculty Alison Frank Johnson shared on @cnn.com. Watch the interview⤵️ www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/0...

“A dysfunctional authoritarian system is much worse than a dysfunctional democracy” - @dziblatt.bsky.social at the #Harvard Dean Symposia on #democracy. Watch the discussion w/ Steven Levitsky @feyaadallie.bsky.social & @washingtonpost.com editor David Herszenhorn ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/9F6-R3k...

🏆 Congratulations to Roberto Dominguez for receiving the 2025-2026 #Fulbright Global Scholar Award! This prestigious award will support the research Roberto is conducting at CES on critical mineral policy across the EU, US, and Latin America. ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/rober...

Can dating apps like tinder show trends in political polarization? A study by @bertous.bsky.social shows UK Conservatives are more likely to be interested in Reform voters over Labour voters ⤵️

“What’s very clear from studying democracies around the world is if a major party in a political system is not committed to democratic rules, #democracy is going to get into trouble” - @dziblatt.bsky.social @pomonacollege.bsky.social 🔗 www.pomona.edu/news/2025/05...

Donald Trump’s attacks on courts “follow a clear pattern seen in backsliding democracies around the world,” writes Andrew O'Donohue. “To undermine public support for the judiciary, political leaders adopt policies that are popular but very likely illegal”:

Today's must read. "America has entered a phase of "competitive authoritarianism," says CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social in @nytimes.com. @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

The U.S. is experiencing budding conflict between the state and #universities. How can examples from around the world provide useful parallels and insights amid current tensions?⤵️ news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Our final event of the semester takes place this Friday! ⤵️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/events

CES Resident Faculty Maya Jasanoff discusses student #protests and free speech on campus with @msnbc.com ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...

Thanks @fbigge.bsky.social for this—and for the work you do @koerberhistory.bsky.social to promote dialogue across borders in these difficult times @europeatharvard.bsky.social @financialtimes.com @belfercenter.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

"The more unpopular he is, the more secure democracy is," says @dziblatt.bsky.social on Harvard's suit against Trump in the German paper Der Tagesspiegel. @farangiesg.bsky.social www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/kann-...

/2 ...the culminating event of a great year of events with talks. For any overview see here: ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

1/ This academic year has been so vibrant at Harvard's Center for European Studies & so glad we are sponsoring this important workshop on HPE and the study of Europe, dreamed up, spearheaded, organized by some of our own PhD students and postdoc affiliates... ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2025/...

Thank you Leo Varadkar for joining us at CES for a conversation with @bertous.bsky.social and Diego Garcia Blum on the state of #democracy in Europe today. @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social

Check out what events we have planned to close out the semester! ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/events