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Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: September 11, 2012
Time: 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Lower Level Conference Room.
This is open to the public.

“The State of the Euro”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Lunch will be provided before the panel discussion from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm in the Guido Goldman Room.

 

Moderator/Chair
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Bini Smaghi, Lorenzo
Visiting Scholar, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank.
Cooper, Richard N.
Faculty Associate. Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Frieden, Jeffry A.
Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Kotz, Hans-Helmut
Senior fellow, Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University; Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, Freiburg University; Former member of the Bundesbank Board.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: September 19, 2012
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Guido Goldman Room.
This is open to the public.

“Why is the EU more Precautionary than the US in Regulating Health, Consumer, and Environmental Risks?”

Co-sponsored by the Health of Nations Study Group of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Speakers
Vogel, David J.
Professor, Department of Political Science; Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.
Taylor, Rosemary C. R.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Health, Tufts University

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: October 9, 2012
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“What Governance for the Eurozone? Options for the December Summit of the EU”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

 

Moderator/Chair
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Schwarzer, Daniela
Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Head of Division, EU Integration, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: November 7, 2012
Time: 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“The Euro Crisis and the New Economic Governance: Lessons from Greece”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

 

Moderator/Chair
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Featherstone, Kevin
Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science; Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: November 14, 2012
Time: 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“European Demoi-cracy and Its Crisis”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

 

Moderator/Chair
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Nicolaïdis, Kalypso
Director, Center for International Studies; Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: November 28, 2012
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Lower Level Conference Room
This is open to the public.

“Completing the Euro: A Roadmap toward Fiscal Union in Europe”

Presentation of a report of the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Group of NOTRE EUROPE, Paris, under the patronage of Jacques Delors and Helmut Schmidt.

Download the report. [PDF: 727KB]

This event is co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Moderator/Chair
Cooper, Richard N.
Faculty Associate. Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Speakers
Enderlein, Henrik
Visiting Scholar (fall 2012). Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Program on Transatlantic Relations (spring 2013). Associate Dean and Professor of Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: March 28, 2013
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“The Future of the Euro: A Perspective from Italy”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Collignon, Stefan
Professor of Political Economy, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa; International Chief Economist Centro Europa Ricerche (CER), Rome.

Joint Session of the Program on Transatlantic Relations and the Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: April 2, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“Is there a Future for European Defense? What Role for NATO?”

Co-sponsored by The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Howoth, Jolyon
Visiting Professor, Political Science and Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Lagadec, Erwan
Lecturer in European Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: April 3, 2013
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“A Comprehensive EU-US Free Trade and Investment Agreement: Targets, Problems to be Solved, Consequences”

Discussant: Robert Z. Lawrence

*PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Houben, Hiddo
Head, Trade Section, European Union Embassy, Washington DC.
Lawrence, Robert Z.
Faculty Associate. Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard Kennedy School.

Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: April 9, 2013
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

“The Euro: Where do we Stand?”

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Bini Smaghi, Lorenzo
Visiting Scholar, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank.
Frieden, Jeffry A.
Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Kotz, Hans-Helmut
Senior fellow, Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University; Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, Freiburg University; Former member of the Bundesbank Board.

Joint Session of the Program on Transatlantic Relations and the Study Group on the Future of the European Union
Date: April 25, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Guido Goldman Room
This is open to the public.

“The IMF in the Eurozone”

Co-sponsored by The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Moderator/Chair
Schmidt, Vivien
Jean Monnet Professor of International Politics, Boston University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Cooper, Richard N.
Faculty Associate. Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Speakers
Schwarzer, Daniela
Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Head of Division, EU Integration, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin.