Associate Dean Kaija Schilde Appointed Co-Chair of Harvard’s European Union Seminar
Kaija Schilde, Associate Dean of Studies and Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been invited to co-chair the European Union seminar at Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, starting in fall 2024.
The European Union Seminar examines central social, economic, and political issues of the European Union. It covers topics such as institutional developments, integration, the fate of the Euro, and the EU’s policy on Ukraine and its security policy in European, Transatlantic, and global contexts.
Professor Schilde joins a distinguished group of co-chairs, including:
- Karl Kaiser, Associate of the CES and Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
- Christoph Mikulaschek, Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University
- Paris Boo, Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at Harvard University
The seminar’s upcoming sessions will focus on timely issues affecting the EU. The first session on September 19 will address the impact of the far right on foreign policy in the EU, featuring Andrew Moravcsik of Princeton University as the speaker and Daniel Ziblatt as the discussant.
Future sessions will explore the EU’s security policy in response to the Ukraine war, the EU’s increasing role as a state actor, and the challenges of Ukraine’s potential EU membership and EU enlargement.
This appointment aligns with Professor Schilde’s expertise as the EU Jean Monnet Chair of European Security at Boston University and her role as Global Fellow at the Wilson Center.
For more information about the European Union Seminar, visit the Center for European Studies website: https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups/000042-the-european-union-study-group
Kaija Schilde’s research and teaching focus on the political economy of security, with a particular emphasis on defense industry politics and the political development of the European Union. As the Jean Monnet Chair in European Security and Defense, Schilde furthers the Pardee School’s agenda of preparing students to meet the international challenges of the 21st century through a rigorous and sustained presentation of the EU as a global power with responsibilities over European security, international order, and global security. Learn more about Professor Schilde on her faculty profile.