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Tag: Europe
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Nation & World
How to liberate African art
In a Harvard Center for African Studies workshop, scholar Ciraj Rassool urges fuller reckoning with colonial legacies.
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Russian attack, takeover of Ukraine plant ramps up nuclear threat
Former U.S. intelligence officer and nuclear counterterrorism expert provides an intelligence view of Russia’s attack and seizure of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant last Friday.
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Upending Putin’s Russia-Ukraine myth
Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder discussed how the past, both real and imaginary, is driving the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.
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What to keep
Professors Ana Lucia Araujo of Howard University and Mame-Fatou Niang of Carnegie Mellon University discussed movements to remove or rebrand public memorials commemorating historical figures associated with slavery and colonialism during “Race and Remembrance in Contemporary Europe,” presented by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
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Need for a ‘remodeling’ of democracy, capitalism
With populism’s rise and the U.S. retreat, Poland’s former President Lech Walesa comes out of semi-retirement to urge the U.S. to retake its leadership post and to pass the torch to the next generation of activists.
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Day of the golden jackal
The surprising success story of the golden jackal in Europe holds lessons about nature’s resilience and about how nature might respond to the evolutionary pressure exerted by humans as we change the natural landscape. The Gazette spoke with doctoral student Nathan Ranc for insight.
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None if by sea
Radcliffe fellow and former director of advocacy and communications for Doctors Without Borders helped rescue 77,000 Mediterranean immigrants over four years — until politicians shut down the operation.
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The rocky road to democracy
When European conservatives accept the Democratic system, stability tends to ensue, author Daniel Ziblatt says.
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Confronting the refugee crisis
A Harvard student follows her passion for the welfare of refugees back home to Germany after graduation, and Harvard researchers seek solutions to the European crisis.
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Left to their demons
The Gazette spoke with psychologist Richard Mollica about a lesser known crisis zone for the displaced: mental health.
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Terror threat on mind of Italian PM
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy talked about challenges facing Europe in a stop at Harvard during a four-day trip to the U.S.
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Deeper crisis
Professors Jacqueline Bhabha and Michael Ignatieff talked about the Syrian refugee crisis in the wake of the Paris attacks in an event sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center.
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History as mosh pit
Today’s discoveries in DNA technology are as exciting as another era’s moon missions, opening avenues of scientific inquiry and invigorating even longstanding fields, speakers at a Radcliffe science symposium on DNA said.
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Annals of climate
Professor Michael McCormick will lead a project aimed at constructing the most detailed historical record yet of European climate.
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Citizen of the world
In recent years, Harvard has been strengthening its presence around the world, supporting international research, offering study-abroad opportunities, and opening offices in India, China, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries.
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Center for European Studies funds undergraduate research
The Center for European Studies recently announced its 2011-12 student grant winners, continuing its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on political, historical, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual trends in modern or contemporary Europe.
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Fostering global understanding
A panel of scholars made up of the directors of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers met to discuss how to promote better understanding between the Islamic world and the West.
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The West, plagued by self-doubt
In his new book, noted historian Niall Ferguson sees Europe and America as facing a profound crisis of confidence in what the future holds.
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Finding the genetic trail
Harvard Medical School researchers have traced the influence of genes from sub-Saharan Africa in European, Middle Eastern, and Jewish populations, quantifying the intermingling that occurred over many generations.
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CES announces student grant winners
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, cultural, and intellectual trends in modern or contemporary Europe.
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CES awards travel grants for 2010-11
The Center for European Studies has awarded senior thesis travel grants to 34 undergraduates and 18 graduate students to fund summer research.
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An earlier changing climate
Human societies in Europe at the end of the last ice age expanded north across a harsh but changing environment, as glaciers melted and the world got warmer and more humid.
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HKS’s Kokkalis program to offer executive training in Greece
The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Kokkalis Program on Southeast and East-Central Europe will host a four-day HKS executive training program May 31-June 3 titled “Leading, Innovating and Negotiating: Critical Strategies for Public Sector Executives.”
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CES awards travel grants for research
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) continues its long tradition of promoting and funding student research on Europe. Nearly 30 undergraduates will pursue thesis research and internships in Europe this summer, while 18 graduate students have been awarded support for their dissertations over the coming year.
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Center for European Studies names spring fellows
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, dedicated to fostering the study of European history, politics, culture, and society, has recently announced the arrival of its 2009 spring fellows.
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Sherwood-Randall establishes fund for undergrad opportunities
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University recently announced the establishment of the Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Fund. The fund will be used to expose Harvard undergraduates to European public affairs and encourage them to pursue international experiences that include Europe.
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Center for European Studies welcomes its fall fellows
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced the arrival of its 2008 fall fellows. The CES is dedicated to fostering the study of European history, politics, and society at Harvard, and selects visiting scholars that will play an active role in the intellectual life of the CES and the University. While…
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Intellectual historian Fleming dies at 84
Donald Fleming, an intellectual historian who studied the impact of science on American thought and was a member of the Harvard faculty for more than 40 years, passed away at his Cambridge home on June 16. He was 84.
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CES announces student grant recipients
Continuing its tradition of promoting and funding student research on Europe, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced its selection of nearly 50 undergraduates for thesis research grants and internships in Europe this summer.
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Rothschild explores economics’ human side
Blackmail and attempted murder are not typically studied as part of economic history. However, a credit crisis among 18th century French silk and brandy merchants led to just such dramatic incidents, the accounts of which piqued the interest of Emma Rothschild, a historian of economic life, empires, and Atlantic connections.