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Viva Europe

Viva Europe is a one-day festival that will promote awareness of the diversity of European cultures. Experience Europe right in your town with fun kids’ activities, a puppet show, Irish dancing, musical tributes, and language lessons all for free. Swing by Bo Diddley Plaza on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 1-4pm to enjoy this annual […]

CES Director Announcement

The Center for European Studies is pleased to announce Dr. Lenka Buštíková as Director and Professor of Political Science. Dr. Buštíková grew up in Prague and comes to UF from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on illiberalism, polarization, and democratic erosion. She is part of the East European Politics Group in the Department […]

Savoring Europe in Six Flavors

All dates are full. Please check back for future enrichment course offerings Public Enrichment Course Focused on European Culinary Culture. Beginning January 2024 Join CES for a series of classes about distinct flavors of European cuisine. Each class includes a presentation of a specific ingredient with information about its origins and history, uses, nutritional values, […]

Europe Through Photography 2023

European travel this summer? Why not enter the CES photo contest? Email your submissions to compete for one of three prizes! Eligibility: UF faculty, staff, or student the picture was taken in Europe the picture was taken between April 27-August 22, 2023 Prizes 1st place $100 2nd place $50 3rd place $25 Submission Criteria: Pictures […]

Viva Europe

Join the UF Center for European Studies for Viva Europe! This one-day festival will promote awareness of European cultures, including food, music, and kids’ activities – for free. Experience Europe right in Gainesville. Make European crafts. Eat pierogis. See a marionette show. Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1-4pm. Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E University Ave, Gainesville.

Europe Through Photography

Are you traveling to Europe this summer? Why not enter the CES photo contest? You can enter in two categories, email and instagram. Three winners for each category! Eligibility: – UF faculty, staff, or student – images of Europe -taken between May 2 – August 12, 2022 Prizes: 1st place $100 2nd place $50 3rd […]

Language Teacher Summer Institute

Maximizing foreign language output in the classroom: An in-depth, interactive, two-week course WHO Middle and high school and community college foreign language teachers who want to cultivate new skills and ideas for creating a more exciting and interactive classroom environment. COST The seminar is free, but space is limited and applications will be competitive. WHERE […]

Viva Europe

Join the Center for European Studies for FREE family fun at Depot Park! There will be kids’ activities, language games, food, a caricature artist, and performances. We hope you come out for this FREE FAMILY FUN! https://www.facebook.com/vivaeurope

Call for Abstracts

A Call for Abstracts for the Fall 2022 Symposium: Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens 1900 -1922 From September 13 to September 17 of 1922, a holocaust engulfed the Ottoman city of Izmir. Almost one hundred years to the day, on September 9 of 2022, the Center for […]

Bitcoin Adoption Around the World panel

Join CES at The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami for Bitcoin Adoption Around the World panel Wednesday, 1/19, 2:00pm With funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant and in partnership with the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and Indiana University Institute for International […]

Project GO at UF

We offer intensive, face-to-face, domestic summer language programs in Turkish and Swahili. Each language track features exciting excursions to meet with native speakers and opportunities for virtual exchanges with native speakers in their home countries. This program promotes critical language education and intercultural dialogue for Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students. For information about the […]

Black Professionals in Europe

Center for European Studies Speaker Series: Seeing Yourself in Europe Black Professionals In Europe: Experiences Of People Of Color April 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm click here to register Join the Center for European Studies (CES) for a panel discussion with four professionals with experience in Belgium, France, Germany, and the UK. Our […]