The campus is abuzz with excitement. It was wonderful to welcome our students to CES to celebrate their accomplishments. Tomorrow, our Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O'Donohue will give his speech on democracy from memory at Commencement.
Congratulations to @dziblatt.bsky.social for receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma mater
@pomonacollege.bsky.social. In his address, he urged graduates to take action because "Democracy is not defended from the sidelines."
📹 Starts at 1:28. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpKJ...
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
In his new publication, CES Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O’Donohue argues that the retrenchment of U.S. #democracy promotion under President Trump has enabled autocratization in Israel and Turkey. Learn how these dynamics unfold in both countries: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988813
Congratulations to Peter A. Hall! The American Academy in Berlin selected Hall to be a Berlin Prize Fellow. Hall will conduct research in Berlin during the spring 2027 and interact with German audiences as part of the program.
https://www.americanacademy.de/the-2026-27-berlin-prize-fellows/
We congratulate CES Resident Faculty Peter A. Hall for his election to the Academia Europaea! Founded it 1988, it advances excellence in scholarship in political science, law, economics, and the social sciences among others.
➡️ https://ow.ly/Fp4B50YZGOY
This weekend, our Director @dziblatt.bsky.social addressed graduates of his alma mater @pomonacollege.bsky.social
with an urgent message to take action for the future of democracy. Watch his 8-minute remarks here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqc...
@wzb.bsky.social @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social
sowie:
👉 Die Klimaforscherin @frediotto.bsky.social
👉 Die Philosophin @leaypi.bsky.social
👉 Der Politikwissenschaftler @dziblatt.bsky.social
Ab Oktober verstärkt zudem die Historikerin Christina Morina den Kreis der Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber.
Mehr dazu: www.blaetter.de/aus-der-reda...
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It was a pleasure to host fmr German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at CES, where he received a warm welcome from the German Student Society & our fellows, whom he met for a discussion on Germany. Watch his @harvardiop.bsky.social address w CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFl...
Congratulations to Andrew O’Donohue for presenting the annual graduate English address from memory at yesterday's commencement. @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social
Watch his speech here:
youtu.be/bU6bMDLwZIk?...
“Orbán’s defeat challenges the idea of an unstoppable shift away from liberal #democracy."
CES Resident Faculty Grzegorz Ekiert on the implications of the #hungaryelection on Europe and the world.
Read the article: ces.fas.harvard.edu/news/2026/04...
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
YouTube video by Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Oft war nach dem Tod von Jürgen Habermas am 14. März in den zahlreichen Nachrufen die Rede von der Zäsur, die sein Ableben für das intellektuelle Leben der Bundesrepublik bedeutet. Für unsere…
