CES News & Events | March 2021

CES News & Events

March 19, 2021

The Year We Went Virtual

The 2019 - 2020 Academic Year

"A crisis reveals our resiliency and potential for growth. We started this academic year with ambitious goals to broaden programming and push our outreach into more diverse fields at Harvard, to strengthen our undergraduate presence and our cross-discipline efforts. I am proud to say that in these goals, we have succeeded."

Grzegorz Ekiert, CES Director

Upcoming Events

March 25, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm

Confronting a Hostile State:

Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland

August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History

Barbara Engelking – Founder and Director, Polish Center of Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Jan Grabowsk i – Professor of History, University of Ottawa

Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University

Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government

& CES Director, Harvard University

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New Editors Open Forum

CES is pleased to announce that George Soroka (Ph.D. ’14) is the new editor of the Open Forum Working Paper Series. Soroka is assistant director of undergraduate studies at Harvard’s Department of Government and a long-time CES affiliate. Kanyin Ajayi, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at Harvard, will join him as assistant editor. CES would like to express its gratitude to Andy Martin, who served as editor of the series for many years.

Open Forum presents new research and scholarly analysis on Europe authored by members of the CES community. We look forward to sharing new developments and working papers soon.

Undergraduate Initiative

CES Launches Professional Development Series

Due to the pandemic, CES was unable to conduct the Europe in Washington Workshop this academic year. As an innovative alternative, the Center launched a series of interactive seminars designed for Harvard undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in careers in international affairs, foreign policy, and the private sector in Washington, D.C., and abroad. The weekly seminars started in February and will run until April.

To date, CES has welcomed 15 engaging speakers from a range of sectors and institutions who spoke to more than 70 students from across the university about their careers and professional opportunities.

Congratulations Ph.D. Graduates

The following are among the students who completed their Ph.D.s in November 2020. We congratulate these recent graduates on their achievements.

Ian Kumekawa graduated in 2020, with a Ph.D. in history. He is currently the Prize Fellow in Economics, History and Politics at the Center for History and Economics at Harvard University.

Joseph la Hausse de Lalouvière graduated in 2020, with a Ph.D. in history. He is currently an EHS Tawney Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.