Tag: Europe
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Campus & Community
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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Campus & Community
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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Nation & World
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.
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Campus & Community
HSPH offers scholarship opportunity
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) recently announced a new scholarship opportunity for students and scholars from Southeast and East-Central Europe.
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Campus & Community
Center for European Studies welcomes its new 2008 spring fellows
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has announced the arrival of its 2008 spring fellows.
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Nation & World
KSG launches new program in Greece
A new Harvard program intended to address the needs of nongovernmental organization (NGO) leaders will debut in Greece March 25 through 29 at the Athens Information Technology institute (AIT). The “Strategic Management for Leaders of Non-Governmental Organizations” executive education program is designed for NGO leaders in Southeastern and Eastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the…
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Campus & Community
Center for European Studies names fall fellows
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has recently announced the arrival of its 2007 fall fellows. The center is dedicated to fostering the study of European history, politics, and society at Harvard. Its visiting scholars play an active role in the intellectual life of the center and the University. While at Harvard,…
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Campus & Community
Kokkalis Program accepting applications
Harvard’s Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is accepting applications for a limited number of small grants to support summer internship and/or research projects focusing on Southeast Europe. These grants aim to encourage and support Harvard students to take on summer work or research in Southeastern Europe.
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Nation & World
French PM: Cooperation is the key
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said the world now stands at a major crossroads, but that acting together the United States and Europe could lead the way in solving economic imbalances, ethnic and religious tensions, and the threat to the planet’s natural resources.
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Campus & Community
CES welcomes spring fellows
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies has announced the arrival of its 2007 spring fellows. The center is dedicated to fostering the study of European history, politics, and society at Harvard. Visiting scholars play an active role in the intellectual life of the center and the University. While in Cambridge, the scholars conduct…
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Campus & Community
Scholars to gather for workshop on Southeastern Europe
The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, Kennedy School of Government, will hold its ninth annual graduate student workshop on Southeastern Europe on Friday (Feb. 2) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.