Center for European Studies

Reitz Union Auditorium Part of the "Future Freedom and Walls" Campus Weeks Events. A brief introduction to the film will be given by Dr. Barbara Mennel, Interim Director of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. http://newsreel.org/video/THE-OTHER-EUROPE

Reitz Union Auditorium Part of the “Future of Freedom and Walls” Campus Weeks Events. A brief introduction to the film will be given by Dr. Gillian Lord, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies; www.whoisdayanicristal.com  

Ustler Hall and Pugh Hall You're Invited  Journeys through the Liberal Arts and Sciences A showcase of the people and programs that make our college great! Join us for food, fun, and prizes! Stop by anytime between 12pm-2pm. Tables will be set up at Ustler Hall and Pugh Hall; no RSVP is necessary

Oak Hammock Institute for Learning in Retirement: A Greek Tragedy in the Making? Explaining Greece's Debt Crisis, with Chrys Kostopolous

Reitz Union Auditorium Part of the “Future of Freedom and Walls” Campus Weeks Events. A brief introduction to the film will be given by Dr. Alessia Colarossi, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Smathers Library 100 The Anthropocene: Rethinking Environment & Society, Disciplines & Time Helmuth Trischler Rachel Carson Center, Munich Germany Event is free and open to the public. For more information visit imagining-climate.clas.ufl.edu

Smathers Library, Room 100 Science & the Evolution of Planetary Politics: A Political Epistemology for the Anthropocene Franz Mauelshagen Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany Event is free and open to the public. For more information visit imagining-climate.clas.ufl.edu

Reitz Union Auditorium Part of the “Future of Freedom and Walls” Campus Weeks Events. A brief introduction to the film will be given by Dr. Will Hasty, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Pugh Hall, Ocora Ilaria Capua and Amie Kreppel in Conversation with MARIO MONTI President of Bocconi University, Former Italian Prime Minister, Former EU Commissioner

Smathers Library Judaica Suite a Talk by Cynthia Baker The word Jew has evoked a wide range of images and meanings over time, and it continues to do so today. In recent years, the phrase "new Jews" has been used in public discourse as a kind of critical lens through which to interpret issues related to justice, equity, and the politics of identity. An exploration of how this phrase is invoked, and in what contexts, can reveal much about the…

Weimar Hall Gannett Auditorium Can Brexit and the global spread of economic populism have impact on the future for all citizens of the world? The UF College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) and Center for European Studies (CES) invite everyone in Gainesville to journey through an exploration of this question and discover insights about this curious global challenge and what we can do about it. Presenters: Klaus Botzet, Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Political, Security and Development Section, European Union; Monika…

The Wooly, 20 N. Main Street "Peak" directed by Hannes Lang discussion by Helen Hughes, University of Surrey   The Contexts of Climate Change: Glaciers, Nuclear Power & Document Film in Europe Imagining Climate Change: Science & Humanities in Dialogue Event is free and open to the public Sponsored by the Center for European Studies with funding support from the Getting to Know Europe program of the European Union Delegation to the United States of America; additional support from the…

3312 Turlington, CES Conference Room CES Lunchtime Symposium The 2017 German Elections and Their Impact on Germany's Role in Europe Michael Schuering Department of History lunch provided

The Wooly, 20 N. Main Street "Under Control" directed by Hannes Lang discussion by Dr. Helen Hughes, University of Surrey   The Contexts of Climate Change: Glaciers, Nuclear Power & Documentary Film in Europe Imagining Climate Change: Science & Humanities in Dialogue free and open to the public Sponsored by the Center for European Studies with funding support from the Getting to Know Europe program of the European Union Delegation to the United States of America; additional support from the…

Hippodrome Theater, 25 SE 2nd Place Join us on Veterans Day Nov. 11th at 7 PM at the Hippodrome theater for a film screening of "Telling: Gainesville," followed by a Q & A with the director and members of the cast. Visit our event page: https://tinyurl.com/y7nu3tor In this production, four veterans and a military wife living in Gainesville come together to tell their life stories, openly discussing what it means to have served their country and to now live as…

216 Anderson Hall Berthold Rittberger For Graduate Students looking to publish: Every graduate student knows the aphorism "publish or perish." While there is (some) truth to it, most early stage researchers receive (surprisingly!) little systematic guidance on how to navigate the long and obstacle-ridden process from developing a great research idea to seeing it in print (ideally in a peer-reviewed journal). In the course of this process called ‘publishing’, we have to make a lot of choices that are consequential…

Ustler Hall Atrium Jessica Fortin-Rittberger Abstract: Although there are considerably more men than women in most parliaments around the world, we know little about whether male-dominated legislatures neglect women’s policy attitudes. Our article addresses this gap by analysing the congruence of policy preferences between women, men, and their elected representatives. We endeavour to answer two questions: Are women’s policy preferences underrepresented in modern democracies? If so, which factors explain the size of the gender gaps in policy preference congruence? Through…

216 Anderson Hall Berthold Rittberger Abstract: This paper analyzes how the post-Cold War triumph of liberal internationalism has contributed to the rise of nationalist populism. Drawing on the heuristics of historical institutionalism, we argue that the institutional order underpinning liberal internationalism exhibits self-reinforcing characteristics, which simultaneously provoke reactive, self-undermining, sequences by enabling nationalist populism. Liberal internationalism works on the assumption that certain basic sociopolitical questions have been conclusively settled. Free trade, humanitarianism, democracy, or the rule of law are seen…

Harn Museum of Art Celebrate European cultures through the spirit of improvisation in the arts while enjoying food, tours, & performances connected to Europe.

219 Dauer Hall Dr. Serhiy Kvit Fulbright Visiting Scholar Former Ukrainian Minister of Education Dr. Kvit will discuss where the Ukrainian aspirations for European integration came from, the current contact of related international politics, as well as, the circumstances of Russia's invasion and undeclared war against Ukraine. He will draw special attention to the main tasks and challenges of Ukrainian reforms, and the current crisis and prospects of the European Union in our modern turbulent world.

Lunchtime Symposium 3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Dr. Tyler Stovall University of California Santa Cruz Dean, Division of Humanities & Distinguished Professor of History The Center for European Studies presents this program in partnership with the UF African American Studies Program, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Political Science, and the UF International Center.

Friends of Music Room The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Dr. Tyler Stovall University of California Dean, Division of Humanities & Distinguished Professor of History In Interwar Paris, music enabled a small number of black American performers to discover the world beyond the borders of the United States. In this talk, Dr. Stovall will consider the politics of musical exile for African Americans and the ways in which the popularity of…

Lunchtime Symposium 3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Lisa Booth Center for European Studies In 1955 the Everyman Opera Company spent three weeks in the Soviet Union performing Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess." The tour, which was funded by the Soviet Union, featured a cast compromised entirely of African Americans and included author Truman Capote as its official historian. This talk will explore the difficulties faced by…

Harn Museum The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Introduction & Discussion by Lisa Booth Starring Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward, and Diahann Carroll; featuring the music of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong This film explores the lives of two ex-pat American jazz musicians (Newman & Poitier) living in Paris after WWII and the choices they must make after encountering two vacationing American women (Woodward & Carroll). Shot on location in…

Friends of Music Room The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Dr. Penny Von Eschen Cornell University This talk will explore the origins of the Cold War jazz tours and will pay particular attention to some of the more immediate European antecedents that helped shaped the tours, such as the earlier visits by American jazz bands during and after WWI. Dr. Von Eschen will also consider the life experiences of Jim Crow…

Lunchtime Symposium 3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race Dr. Penny Von Eschen Cornell University The Center for European Studies presents this program in partnership with the UF African American Studies Program, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Political Science, and the UF International Center.

Harn Museum introduction and discussion by Dr. Chrysostomos Kostopoulos The Center for European Studies presents: All That Jazz: Europe, the Cold War, and Race This documentary explores the origins of the US-influenced jazz clubs that sprung up in Europe following WWII and the first efforts by European jazz musicians to create a truly "European" jazz independent of American forms. The film examines the various changes in European jazz that have occurred along the way as musicians searched for their "own…

3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) Dr. Emil Kerenji US Holocaust Memorial Museum This presentation will introduce faculty and graduate students to the basics of Experience History, a primary source college-level teaching tool that allows for easy integration of primary sources from the Holocaust into the college classroom. Dr. Kerenji will discuss the tool and demonstrate the possibilities for its use. coffee and snacks provided This event is brought to you by: the Center for European Studies, the Center for Latin…

Lunchtime Symposium 3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) Dr. Emil Kerenji US Holocaust Memorial Museum This talk looks to the lands of the future and former Yugoslavia from the eve of the Balkan wars in 1912/13 to the end of World War II. Dr. Kerenji will trace the origins, trajections, and mutations of discourses and practices around the idea of ethnic territory, land, space, and how they contributed to envisioning and carrying out genocidal projects. This program is made possible by…

Anderson 216 presenters: Ioannis Ziogas, Mississippi State University Buket Oztas, Furman University Anna Brigevich, North Carolina Central University moderator/discussant: Michael Webb, Political Science Participants will be discussing the causes and consequences of the rise of populist political parties of the right and left in Greece, Eastern Europe, and Turkey. Presentations will be followed by a discussion of the similarities and differences between these cases and the impact of this trend for the individual cases and the European Union as a…

Pugh Hall Roundtable Bob Graham Center for Public Service Department of Political Science presents & co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts & Science, UF International Center, Center for European Studies, Bob Graham Center, and Manning J. Dauer Eminent Chair in Political Science

216 Anderson Hall Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Accords: Twenty Years After Conference with Brendan O'Leary, Adrian Guelke, Maria-Adriana Deiana, John McGarry, Reverend Gary Mason, & M. Leann Brown Department of Political Science presents & co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts & Science, UF International Center, Center for European Studies, Bob Graham Center, and Manning J. Dauer Eminent Chair in Political Science

Lunchtime Symposium 3312 Turlington (CES Conference Room) Johanna Mellis, PhD Candidate, History How did the "boorish" Eastern Bloc representatives act within international organizations during the Cold War? How did the Western-oriented International Olympic Committee perceive and engage with the socialist Bloc nations? Based on research conducted at the IOC Historical Archives, History PhD candidate Johanna Mellis will explore the evolving and increasingly mutually beneficial diplomatic relations between Hungary and the IOC from 1948-1989. She will also discuss how the unique…

Anderson 216 David Armitage US Department of State Bureau of Intelligence & Research The transatlantic alliance is under stress from pressures within Europe: Brexit, the migration crisis and the relationship with Russia all defy a common approach. In addition, President Trump's statements indicate a desire on the part of the US to play a less directly engaged role in European affairs. Despite this, however, crises in the European Union generally generate more cohesiveness in the end, and there is considerable…

O'Connell Center CLAS Dean, David. E. Richardson, will lead a college-wide session followed immediately by showcase of CLAS departments, programs, clubs and organizations.

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Looking for ways to stay engaged on current events in Europe and meeting students interested in European politics? Come to the EU Club interest meeting on Tuesday, September 18.   Pizza provided!  

  Location   Reitz Union North Lawn   Brief Intro   Mark your calendars and make sure to stop by the Study Abroad Fair on September 26 hosted by UF Study Abroad Services! CES will be there to talk about UF in Brussels and UF in Prague.  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   CES Lunchtime Symposium   Carolina Montes, ’18 Political Science, International Studies, and Russian Studies   Ayso Milikbekov, ’20 Political Science & International Studies  Riley Bailey, ’20 Economics & Russian Studies   Gian Nguyen, ’20 International Studies   Faculty Advisor – Edit Nagy, Center for European Studies  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Come join CES to learn more about our programs in Brussels and Prague.   Pizza provided!  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   The next general meeting of the EU Club will be held on Wednesday, October 3 at 5:00 pm.  

  Location   Plaza of the Americas (rain location: Little 0201   Brief Intro   CES Film Festival: European Horror Troll Hunter – Norway, Mockumentary Horror   Shot in verite style, Troll Hunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.  

  Location   Library West Room 212   Brief Intro   Prague 1968: From Reforms to Invasion & screening of documentary Oratorio for Prague as part of the Prague Spring: Culture, Context, & Normalization series   An introduction by Professor Holly Raynard contextualizing the build up to the Prague Spring.   The 26-minute documentary is a unique document of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The movie began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then became…

  Location   Dauer Hall, 215   Brief Intro   Come join the Center for European Studies to talk with CES alumna, Shephali Bhakta.   Shephali graduated from UF in 2004 with a BA in Political Science and Economics and a minor in EU Studies. After UF, she went on to complete her MA at NYU in International Affairs.  Currently, Shephali is an Account Executive with Aon San Francisco where she oversees global clients and manages client relationships. Before joining…

  Location   Marston Library, Room L136   Brief Intro   CES Presents as part of the Prague Spring: Culture, Context, & Normalization series: Fireman’s Ball (1967) film screening   A volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.  

  Location   Plaza of the Americas (rain location: Little 0201)   CES Film Festival: European Horror   Shaun of the Dead – UK, Comedy Horror   “Shaun of the Dead cleverly balances scares and witty satire, making for a bloody good zombie movie with loads of wit” – Rotten Tomato  

  Location   Computer Sciences/Engineering E121   Brief Intro   CES Presents as part of the Prague Spring: Culture, Context, & Normalization series: Dr. Paulina Bren, Vassar College   Paulina Bren’s talk will turn to what happened after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Even as the so-called “normalization” regime now set about purging representatives of the Prague Spring, it worried about the very meaning of communism from hereon. Political idealism was dead, and “socialism with a human face”…

  Location   3312 Turlington   Brief Intro   Phillip C. Arceneaux Ph.D. candidate, Telecommunication   CES Lunchtime Symposium: In trying to grasp the differences between digital diplomacy and computational propaganda, this presentation will outline how the European theatre has been a primary target of Russian information campaigns, and how being a public policy leader on issues of data security positions the European Union at the forefront of combating contemporary tactics of information politics and warfare. lunch provided  

  Location   Plaza of the Americas (rain location: Little 0201)   CES Film Festival: European Horror   Pan’s Labyrinth – Spain, Fantasy Horror   Pan’s Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable.  

  Location   Dauer 215   Brief Intro   CES Presents as part of the Prague Spring: Culture, Context, & Normalization series: the Czech Emigre Panel   The panel will include personal accounts of the Prague Spring and normalization.  

  Location   Grinter Hall 404   Brief Intro   Come join the Center for African Studies, Center for European Studies, and Center for Latin American Studies for a info session on the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship.   Fellowships provide students with funding to pursue language and area studies of a least or less commonly taught language in the respective regions. Fellowships are available for summer 2019 and AY 19-20.  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   The Center for European Studies will host an info session on the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to study a least or less commonly taught European language.   Eligible languages include: Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish.   In exceptional cases, funding may also be available to support language training in French, Germany, or Spanish. Learn more about the requirements, priorities, and application…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Come join the Center for European Studies to talk with CES alumna, Victoria Dokken.   Shephali graduated from UF in 2014 with a BA in Political Science and Economics and a minor in East-Central European Studies. After UF, Victoria joined the Peace Corp where she worked in Armenia on womens’ and girls’ equity projects. While in Armenia, Victoria co-founded and served as the Director for Girls of Armenia Leadership Soccer…

  Location   3324 Burlington Hall   Brief Intro   George Glen, Ph.D. student, Biology CES Lunchtime Symposium series   As scientist we are forces to estimate various life-history parameters from incomplete data: for instance, how do we estimate a sea turtle’s population size when for most of their life they are hidden beneath the waves? For females, we can count nests on a beach, but for males and juveniles, we rely on in-water projects focused on foraging grounds like…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Learn more about the Critical Language Scholarship Program sponsored by the US Department of State. CLS is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for undergraduate and graduate students.   Eligible UF languages include: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish  The info session will cover the program, eligibility requirements, and application process.  

  Location   Turlington 2306   CES Film Festival: European Horror   Night Watch – Russia, Action Horror   Night Watch is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film that takes place in modern day Moscow, super-natural armies of Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, gear up to do battle.  

  Location   Keene-Flint Hall, room 005   Brief Intro   Come hear about opportunities to put your European Studies focus to use in a career in academics! Rachel Rothstein will discuss her work as a high school teacher at the Weber School in Atlanta, GA teaching on Modern Jewish History and leading the school’s study abroad program to Poland.   Lunch provided.   The event is co-sponsored by: the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish History, the Center for European…

  Location   Keene-Flint Room 005   Brief Intro   Jason Lutes   A masterwork of the graphic novel golden age, Berlin tells the story of the metropolis’ citizens before the fall of the Weimar Republic, as fascism is on the rise throughout the world.  

  Location   Harn Museum of Art   Brief Intro   The story of two men who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war. With the Harn Museum of Art, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Veterans for Peace, and the Science Fiction Working Group.  

  Location   McCarty D G001   Brief Intro   Dail Laughinghouse Applied Phycology   In this presentation we will review aspects on the structure, biology, and ecology of cyanobacteria and their blooms, and go over some coordinated efforts in European programs to tackle this emerging threat to public health. Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are a widespread group of photosynthetic bacteria and are the basis for much of the primary productivity and nitrogen fixation on Earth. However, nutrient enrichment (e.g. nitrogen…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Join us for an info session on the many funding opportunities available through the Center for European Studies. Funding opportunities are available for course development in area and language studies, travel, and new workshops.   CES staff will be available to answer questions on the various funding opportunities available and provide handouts on the application processes.  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   The Center for European Studies will host an info session on the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to study a least or less commonly taught European language.   Eligible languages include: Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish   In exceptional cases, funding may also be available to support language training in French, Germany, or Spanish.   Learn more about the requirements, priorities, and…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Maryna Shevtsova CES visiting Fulbright Scholar   Against the backdrop of the conflict with Russia and growing approximation with the EU, some positive developments, such as changes in legislation and peaceful Equality marches, took place in Ukraine. The talk will focus on the role that the European Union’s conditionality politics played in these transformations and questions their sustainability. Throughout the years 2011-2016, the topic of homosexuality has been instrumentalized and…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Come join CES to learn more about our programs in Brussels and Prague.   Pizza provided!  

  Location   Ustler Atrium   Brief Intro   Conor O’Dwyer   O’Dwyer analyzes the development and impact of LGBT movements in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe. He argues that backlash against LGBT individuals has had the paradoxical effect of encouraging stronger and more organized activism, significantly impacting the social movement landscape of the region.  

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Join the Center for European Studies and the Career Connections Center for a workshop on how to “tell your story” to employers and graduate schools. Learn how to highlight your language and global experience in your resume, cover letter, and during job interviews.  

  Location   Norman Hall Terrance Room   Brief Intro   Nicola Kernaghan Queen’s University Belfast   BREXIT: The Aftermath speaker series  The outcome of the UK referendum to leave the European Union has had significant implications for all sectors of society, including higher education. And, with little time until the March 29, 2019 deadline, substantial uncertainty continues as the exit agreement had not yet been finalized. In Norther Ireland, the situation is further complicated by the fact that this…

  Location   3312 Turlington Hall   Center for European Studies Lunchtime Symposium   Nicola Kernaghan Queen’s University Belfast   Join an informal discussion about the impact of BREXIT on life in Norther Ireland, the only region of the UK that has a physical border with an EU country. Learn about how the uncertainties of the UK exiting the EU have affected people’s everyday lives, livelihoods, and plans for the future. lunch provided  

  Location   Ustler Hall Atrium   Brief Intro   Celeste Montoya University of Colorado Boulder   In the past several decades, feminist transnational networks have worked to get (and keep) the issue of gender violence on the European Union’s agenda. The 1990s and early 2000s was characterized by important victories for these dynamic networks, as advocates from a wide array of countries utilized the various political opportunities of multilevel governance to push for European legislation framing gendered violence as…

  Location   Anderson 216   Brief Intro   Ryan Bakker, University of Georgia   The apparent inability of mainstream politicians and parties to represent citizens destabilizes party systems and creates an opportunity for anti-establishment parties on the left and right. In this talk, Professor Bakker uses multiple measures of party-partisan incongruence to evaluate whether issue-level incongruence contributes to an erosion of democratic norms, dissatisfaction with democracy, and anti-establishment politics. For this analysis, Professor Bakker uses data from the Chapel…

  Location   3312 Turlington   CES Lunchtime Symposium   Christine Le Jeune, Ph.D. student, Anthropology   The North Caucasus is a region of high biodiversity. Its mountain systems are a valuable natural resource, but they are especially vulnerable to human impact. The region’s abundant natural attractions have drawn tourists since the nineteenth century. At the same time, Russian governance of the North Caucasus has a complicated and troubled history. The geographical challenges, harsh environmental conditions, and high cultural diversity…

  Location   284 Holland Hall   Brief Intro   R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University   Over the past few years, the European Union (EU) has experienced a profound rule of law crisis. In their effort to consolidate autocratic rule, EU member state governments in Hungary and Poland have systematically undermined the independence of their judiciaries. Attacks on judicial independence and the rule of law appear to be spreading to other member states, including Bulgaria, Romania, and Malta. Because the…

  Location   Pugh Hall Ocora   Brief Intro   R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University   Over the past several years, Europe has faced a perfect storm of intertwined crises- including the eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, the crisis of democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland, the crisis of Russian aggression, and of course BREXIT – which together have shaken the project of European integration to its very core. Professor Kelemen will examine how BREXIT has interacted with other crises…

  Location   216 Anderson   Brief Intro   Erik Jones, Johns Hopkins University SAIS   When the British people voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, they embarked on an unprecedented experiment in disintegration with their closest allies and trading partners. The goal was to allow the British parliament to take back control over the country’s borders, regulations, and decision-making procedures. Nevertheless, the process was anything but liberating. With hindsight, the peculiarities of the British situation are…

  Location   McCarty Hall A, Room 1151   Brief Intro   Maria Lodovica Gullino University of Torino   Biosecurity is a strategic and integrated approach for analysing and managing relevant risks to human, animal and plant life and health, and associated risks to the environment. Plant biosecurity aims at protecting all plant resources and the food supply from the natural or intentional introduction, establishment and spread of plant pests, pathogens and noxious weeds. Although most plant disease outbreaks have…

  Location   Dauer 215   Brief Intro   Annual Workshop on the European Union sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence   Panel 1 – The RMA in Europe (9:00am-10:30am) Kaija Schilde, Boston University: The Political Economy of European Security Richard Bitzinger, NTU: Can Europe’s Military-Industrial Base Still Innovate? David Galbreath, University of Bath: Understanding Changes in European Militaries: A System Approach  Panel 2 – Agriculture and Health Security in Europe (10:45am-12:15pm) Maria Lodovica Gullino, University of Turin:…

  Location   3312 Turlington   Brief Intro   Martin Nekola CES Lunchtime Symposium  

  Location   3312 Turlington   Brief Intro   Petia Kostadinova, University of Illinois at Chicago   CES Lunchtime Symposium In this article, coauthored by Kostadinova and Dragomir Stoyanova, we review the political developments in Bulgaria since the fall of communism in 1989, including the process of European integration that it underwent. We pay a particular attention to the positions that political parties in the country take with respect to the country’s membership in the European Union (EU). The place…

  Location   Plaza of the Americas   CES Film Festival – Capturing Communism: The Cold War on Film   A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from WWII Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie. Based on a true story. Check out the trailer.  

  Location   Turlington 3310   Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable: Gilet Jaunes in France: Understanding the Yellow Vests Movement   Sheri Berman, Barnard College; Cole Stang, freelance Paris journalist, Celia Belin, Brookings Institutions, and Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh   The gilets jaunes, or yellow vests, are members of a grassroots political movement that began in France in October 2018 with widespread protests disrupting travel for months. During this session, our panel of experts will not only discuss who…