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  • The Consequences of Co-option: Rising Populism and the EU Efforts to Combat Gender Violence

      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,

  • Disaffection and Dealignment: The Individual-level Effects of Public-Party Incongruence

      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

  • Viable, Equitable, and Ecological? Tourism as Sustainable Development in the North Caucasus

      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 European Union’s Authoritarian Equilibrium

      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

  • BREXIT and Europe’s Perfect Storm

      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

  • BREXIT and the Political Economy of Disintegration

      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

  • European Security Beyond Guns and Soldiers

      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

  • Bulgarian Political Parties and European Integration: From Anticommunism to Euroscepticism

      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

  • Closer to the Moon

      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

  • Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable

      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

  • Telling Your Story: Communicating Study Abroad as Career Skills

      Location   UF Career Connections Center, Innovation Room, Reitz Union   Brief Intro   Calling all students who have studied abroad or are thinking about studying abroad! Join the Center for European Studies, UF Career Connections Center, and Beyond 120 for a conversation on communicating your study abroad skills to future employers and graduate

  • Peeking Behind the Curtain: Political Theater of Russian Education Reforms

      Location   Keene-Flint 005   Brief Intro   Elena Aydarova, Auburn University   Russia is often described as an authoritarian country under President Putin’s control. Yet this perception obscures policy activities of those who work under the shadows of powerful leaders and public institutions. Focusing on a recent wave of educational reforms in Russia,

  • Trapping The Andre in the Poetics of Past and Present

      Location   Turlington 3310   CES Lunchtime Symposium   Jeremy Frusco, Ph.D. candidate in Music History and Literature   It began as a joke among friends. The André, a cover artist whose identity remains a mystery, recalled in a 2018 interview that “I became aware of trap music and I thought that it was

  • Fall Study Abroad Fair

      Location   Reitz Union North Lawn   Brief Intro   Visit the UF in Brussels and UF in Prague tables at the UF International Center Fall Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, September 25.  

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Location   Oak Hammock   Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe   The Migrant Crisis and the Far-Right in Germany: Causes and Consequences Hannah Alarian UF, Political Science   What did the migrant crisis mean for Germany? This lecture explores this questions from the perspective of migrants, refugees, and German

  • When Shifting Backfires: The Electoral Consequences of Responding to Niche Party EU Positions

      Location   Anderson 216   Brief Intro   Christopher J. Williams University of Arkansas at Little Rock   Recent research has shown that mainstream political parties shift their positions on European integration in response to threats from niche parties. Whether or not this strategy affects the electoral fortunes of mainstream parties remains unclear, however.

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe   Coming Out of Communism: The Emergency of LGBT Activism in Eastern Europe Conor O’Dwyer UF, CES & Political Science   Oak Hammock   O’Dwyer analyzes the development and impact of LGBT movements in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe. He argues that backlash against

  • Pop-Up Culture

      Location   Plaza of the Americas   Brief Intro   Come join CES at this annual festival from the College of the Arts. CES will have a table with mini language labs, trivia, and a map quiz. We will also have a photo booth with European backdrops and props.  

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

      Plaza of the Americas   CES Film Festival – Capturing Communism: The Cold War on Film   A CIA agent and KGB operative participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons. Check out the trailer.  

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Location   Oak Hammock   Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe – Center for European Studies   Populism on the Rise in Contemporary Germany Marcel Lewandowsky UF, CES visiting DAAD Assistant Professor   Lewandowsky examines how populist movements are dominating political discussions in Germany. How has their rise impacted German

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Info Session

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue language study in a least or lesser commonly taught language.   <div class="p-1"Fellowships are available for summer 2020 and academic year 20-21.   The info session will provide details on the fellowship,

  • Critical Language Scholarship Info Session

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Join the Center for European Studies to learn more about the Critical Language Scholarship! The CLS program is a great opportunity to travel abroad and participate in an intensive summer language learning program.   Eligible languages include Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean,

  • The Third Man

      Location   Plaza of the Americas   CES Film Festival – Capturing Communism: The Cold War on Film   A pulp novelist travels to shadowy postwar Vienna only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend. Check out the trailer.  

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Location   Oak Hammock   Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe   The Sakharov Center was founded in 2017 to promote democracy and pluralism in Russia and Eastern Europe. With the challenges to human rights and democracy in today’s Russia, what role does the center play?  

  • CES Faculty Funding Info Session

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Join CES on Wednesday, October 23, 4:00 pm (3310 Turlington Hall) for an info session on funding opportunities available to UF faculty.   Awards include course development, course enhancement, summer travel awards, and Research Tutorial Abroad.

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Location   Oak Hammock   Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe   The Impact of the 2019 European Parliament Elections Asli Baysal UF, CES   The European Union (EU) held elections in May 2019 for the European Parliament, which is the legislative branch of the EU. This presentation will discuss

  • A New “Wall in the Head”? Populism as a Threat to a Unified Europe Thirty Years After the Fall of the Wall

      Location   Pugh Hall Ocora   Brief Intro   Chair: Conor O’Dwyer, University of Florida Panelists: Michael Bernhard, University of Florida; Marcel Lewandowsky, University of Florida; Simona Guerra, University of Leicester; Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Discussant: Dariusz Stola, Polish Academy of Sciences   Contemporary German discourse on the tensions

  • Consensus and Conflicts: Approaches to Sustainable Practices in Architecture in the European Union and its Member State Germany

      Location   Pugh Hall Ocora   Brief Intro   Ute Poerschke, The Pennsylvania State Universit   This lecture will provide an insight into the diverse approaches to energy-efficient and climate-change-resilient architecture within the European Union, with a focus on Germany. It will address EU policies and incentives that aim at regulating, promoting, and controlling

  • Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR)

      Europe Today: Social and Political Perspectives of a Changing Europe   Debating European Identity: Turkish-German Athletes in FocusEmrah Sahin UF, CES   This presentation is about how Turkish-German soccer players experience and attribute significance to playing for national teams. By focusing on second-generation players such as Mesut Ozil and Nuri Sahin, it offers a

  • Land Reform and Nationalism: Negotiating National Loyalty in Interwar Transylvania, Romania

      Location   3310 Turlington   Brief Intro   Bogdan Dumitru, PhD candidate, History  The relationship between land rights and national discourse, while a central element of nation-building in East Central Europe, has been relatively neglected by contemporary historical scholarship on nationalism. Based on the analysis of legal disputes over land ownership and peasant petitions,

  • Dr. Strangelove

      or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb First Magnitude Brewery CES Film Festival – Capturing Communism: The Cold War on Film   An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. Check out the trailer.  

  • 1989: Reminisces from Central Europe

      Location   Keene-Flint 005   Brief Intro   CES Speaker Series – The Collapse: 1989 Then and Now   Panelists: Dirk Philpsen, Duke University Istvan Hegedus, Hungarian Europe Society  Moderator: Alice Freifeld, University of Florid   This panel will explore the firsthand experiences of two scholars who witnessed the momentous events of 1989. Dr.

  • Migration in the Mediterranean: A Historical Perspective

      Location   3310 Turlington   Conversations on Europe series   With migration across the Mediterranean so much in the news the past few years, a broad public awareness of migration patterns and contemporary domestic and international politics has developed. But migration around the Mediterranean region did not begin in 2015. And this is not

  • FLAS Fellowship Info Session

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue language study in a least or lesser commonly taught language.   Fellowships are available for summer 2020 and academic year 20-21.   The info session will provide details on the fellowship, eligibility

  • A Taste of Europe Cooking Class

      Brief Intro   UF Pilot Plant   Join CES and Culinary Arts Student Union (CASU) to learn how to make dishes from the A Taste of Europe Cookbook volume 2.  

  • CES Study Abroad Info Session

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Come join CES to learn more about our programs in Brussels and Prague.   Pizza provided!  

  • Summer in the Shifting Mountains: Contemporary Patterns of Plant Use in Ach’ara, Georgia (Caucasus)

      Location   3310 Turlington   CES Lunchtime Symposium   Richard W. Tate, Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecolog   The montane region of South Caucasus is known as a hotspot for biocultural diversity due to the number of sociolinguistic groups and endemic species found there. Peoples of the region are heavily reliant on the local

  • CANCELLED The EU’s NATURA 2000 Network

      Location   Dauer 215   Brief Intro   Doru Banaduc‘Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu   This presentation will discuss the development and implementation of the Natura 2000 initiative of the European Union (EU). This program is an EU strategy designed, and built as a part of an integrated approach to reconsidering human interaction with

  • CES Career Speaker Series – Sinan Ciddi

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Doru Banaduc‘Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu   Come hear about opportunities to put your European Studies focus to use in a career in the non-profit sector! Sinan Ciddi will discuss his work as the Executive Director of the Institute for Turkish Studies in Washington, D.C.

  • Good Bye Lenin!

      Location   Plaza of the Americas   CES Film Festival – Capturing Communism: The Cold War on Film   To protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared. Check

  • Democratic Backsliding: Poland and Hungary

      Location   3310 Turlington   Brief Intro   Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable   Although Poland and Hungary transitioned to democracy nearly 30 years ago, there is now increasing evidence that the actions of their leaders are working to erode democracy in their respective countries. What is motivating this erosion of liberal democracy? What

  • Pictures of Resistance

      Location Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery 1314 S Main Brief Intro The UF Center for European Studies and the Gainesville Fine Arts Association present a traveling exhibition of the photos of Faye Schulman, the only known Jewish partisan to document the WWII experience on film. Reception: February 15, 2020, from 6-8pm with introduction by

  • An Update on BREXIT

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable – This month’s Conversation on Europe invites a panel of experts to update us on the continually changing circumstances surrounding Brexit. At the time of the printing of this flyer, the British withdrawal from the EU deadline is scheduled for

  • Childhood Agency in Julian Kulski’s WWII Diary

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Lunchtime Symposium   WWII: Beyond the Battlefields – CES Series Marking the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII  Corinne Matthews, Ph.D. Candidate, English  “I’m determined to show them that the younger boys can fight as men.”   The World War II diary of Julian Kulski is one

  • Millennials from Abidjan, Lagos, Tunis, and Lahore surfing the internet for @ better life in Europe through Italy

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   Francesco Petricone, Holy Cross University  CES Lunchtime Symposium – This ongoing comparative, cross-national project investigates the use of the Internet and communication apps like Whatsapp by millennials from African and Asian countries. Specifically, we focus on 18-25 years old youth in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Tunisia,

  • Monuments and Contested Memory in Europe

      Location   3310 Turlington Hall   Brief Intro   This month’s session of Conversations on Europe will invite discussion on contested monuments in the U.S. and Europe – some of which have generated lots of public notice, while others may be less familiar. Our panel of experts will consider and compare recent controversies over

  • Running an Oral History Project

      Location 3310 Turlington Brief Intro Career Development Serie Jonathan Byrne, Bletchley Park Trust Oral History Officer Byrne will share some insights from his second career, as an oral historian. He has been privileged to hear many fascinating stories from men and women who for so many years were forbidden to talk about their wartime

  • Bletchley Park – Women Vital to War-Winning Intelligence

      Location Dauer 219 Brief Intro WWII: Beyond the Battlefields – Center for European Studies Series Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII Jonathan Byrne, Bletchley Park Trust Oral History Officer The top-secret British codebreaking establishment at Bletchley Park, forty miles north west of London, played a crucial part in Allied victory in

  • Borders and Contested Memory in Northern Ireland

      Location   virtual only   Brief Intro   Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable   Panelists: Jonathan Blake, RAND Katy Hayward, Queen’s University Belfast Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University Connal Parr, Northumbria University   Moderator: Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh   For this month’s Conversation on Europe, we explore borders and contested memory in Northern

  • CES Academic Open House

    Join the UF Center for European Studies to learn about the opportunities available to undergraduate students. Students will hear about the European Union Studies and East-Central European Studies degree programs, study abroad programs in Brussels and Prague, funding opportunities, and much more!

  • Legislating Sustainability: Public Policy and the Environment in the EU

    The European Union has positioned itself as a leader in the fight against climate change. Does the EU's collective actions align with its rhetoric? Join panelists Andrew Jordan, Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, and István Székely, European Commission, for a discussion on EU environmental legislation and a look at the current prospects

  • Tracking European Solidarity During the Coronavirus Crisis

    The covid-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on Europe. While not all EU member states have suffered equally, none has been spared social and economic hardship either. Early on, national impulses led to border closures and export restrictions on medical supplies. Nevertheless, even in the earliest days of Europe’s exposure to the novel coronavirus,

  • Sustainability European-style: Urban Farming, Alternative Food Economies, and the Politics of Civic Participation

    Join the Center for European Studies for a discussion with Diana Mincyte, Associate Professor, City University of New York, on the urban farming movement in Eastern Europe/Lithuania as an entry point for discussing the politics and practice of sustainability in the EU, particularly in relation to food self-provisioning, climate change, and civic engagement. It will

  • Fall 2020 Study Abroad Fair

    Join us VIRTUALLY on Monday, September 28th from 10am-3pm for our fall Study Abroad Fair! At this Fair, you can learn more about all of the exciting international opportunities for UF students, including study, intern, research, and service-learning programs. Many UF faculty members will be present to promote their Spring and Summer 2021 programs as well

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Session

    The Center for European Studies will host an info session on Tuesday, September 29 at 4:00 pm on Zoom. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue language study in a least or lesser commonly taught language. Fellowships are available for summer 2021 and academic year 21-22. The info session

  • Majors and Minors Fair

    Visit the CES Virtual Booth at this year's Majors and Minors Fair! Explore a variety of majors and minors available to you at the University of Florida all in one place. Meet with representatives from more than 35 colleges and departments who will be available to answer your questions about their programs and degree requirements.

  • The Historical Legacies of the EU’s Free Movement of Persons: Our Human Mobility Rights in a Post(?) COVID-19 Context

    UF Jean Monnet Chair Series - Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Dr. Cristina Blanco Sío-López Marie Skłodowska-Curie Senior Global Fellow and Principal Investigator (PI) European Studies Center (ESC) EU Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence (JMEUCE) University of Pittsburgh On June 15th 2020, the EU officially reopened its inner borders, effectively lifting the

  • CES Career Speaker Series

    Interested in Foreign Service? Want to know what life is like for career diplomat? Have questions about applying to become a FSO? Join CES and Diplomat in Residence, CB Toney, for a virtual discussion on careers with the US Foreign Service. Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Time: 3:00 pm Click here to register for the

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Session

    The Center for European Studies will host an info session on Monday, November 9 at 5:00 pm on Zoom. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue language study in a least or lesser commonly taught language. Fellowships are available for summer 2021 and academic year 21-22. The info session

  • ‘No End in Sight’? Epidemic Temporalities and Narratives in Modern Europe

    UF Jean Monnet Chair Series - Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Dora Vargha University of Exeter In the past year more people have become familiar with the graph of the epidemic curve than ever before. Beginnings, peaks and endings of COVID-19 occupy everyday discussions, inform policies, shape social interactions and provide bases for

  • Working Abroad at Home: Virtual International Internships

    Join the Center for European Studies and the Career Connections Center to learn about virtual international internships. Listen to students’ experiences from virtual internships this summer with think tanks and non-profit organizations. Students will learn about resources on how to find virtual international internships, how to apply, and what it’s like to complete a virtual

  • The Cranes Are Flying

    WWII: Beyond the Battlefields - Center for European Studies Series Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II free online film screening https://ces.ufl.edu/outreach/community/film-screenings/ available through 2/7/21 A Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II (known

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Info Session

    The Center for European Studies will host an info session on Wednesday, January 13 at 5:00 pm on Zoom. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue language study in a least or lesser commonly taught language. Fellowships are available for summer 2021 and academic year 21-22. The info session

  • Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City)

    WWII: Beyond the Battlefields - Center for European Studies Series Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II free online film screenin https://ces.ufl.edu/outreach/community/film-screenings/ available from 1/25-2/25/21 A 1945 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The picture features Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero, and is set in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1944. The title refers to

  • UF in Brussels Info Session

    Join the UF Center for European Studies to learn more about the UF in Brussels program! Faculty Director, Dr. Amie Kreppel, will discuss provide a program overview including costs, dates, classes, and housing. We will also discuss the optional internship course available through our host university, Vesalius College. Students from previous summers will join the

  • NATURA 2000: The Backbone of Nature Conservation in the European Union

    virtual event Mátyás J. Prommer, Ph.D. student, UF School of Natural Resources and Environment Moderator: Richard W. Tate, Ph.D. candidate, UF Interdisciplinary Ecology Click here to register Europe has a long history of land transformation for human use. Agriculture, infrastructure, urban sprawl, and industrialization including mining consumed much of the wild habitats and significantly decreased biodiversity richness

  • CES Graduate Funding Info Session

    Join the Center for European Studies to learn about graduate funding opportunities available for summer 2021 and AY 2021-22! Funding opportunities include: Course Development Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Course Development Research Travel Awards Click here to register for the event

  • CES WWII Film Series – Beyond the Battlefields Presents: Casablanca

    Cypress & Grove 1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Join us for the CES film series "WWII: Beyond the Battlefields" “We’ll always have Paris…” Grab a beer, grab your favorite person, and join the Center for European Studies for a Valentine’s Day (almost) outdoor screening of Casablanca at Cypress & Grove Brewery! Please note that CDC guidelines will be followed. Social distancing will be

  • The EU Policy on Digitization (of Art Collections)

    EU Cultural Policy: Beyond Masters and Museums UF Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Series Click here to register Digital technologies and the internet are radically transforming perceptions and uses of Cultural Heritage within societies. Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, 3D modelling, geomatics applied to cultural heritage create unprecedented opportunities for public access and participation in cultural

  • Global Supply Chains: An Interconnected World

    Global Supply Chains: An Interconnected World Please register here Join us for "Global Supply Chains: An Interconnected World." The speakers in this series of lightning talks will discuss supply chains and logistics as related to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Each speaker will provide information on their region of expertise, while underlining the interdependency

  • Conversation with Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

    A virtual career pathways discussion. Join us to discuss careers in international studies and the foreign service for foreign language majors! click here to register Bio: Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh (Ret.) is professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the University of Kentucky and chairman of International Alert, a London-based peacebuilding organization.  He had a Foreign Service

  • CES Faculty Funding Info Session

    Join the Center for European Studies to learn about funding opportunities open to UF faculty in summer 2021 and AY 2021-22! Grants include: Course Development Awards Course Enhancement Awards Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Course Awards Research Travel Awards European Studies Working Group Grant Click here to register.

  • The Ottoman Greeks of the United States Project (OGUS)

    Lunchtime Symposium Speaker Series George Topalidis, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Criminology & Law Moderator: Chrysostomos Kostopoulos, UF CES and Classics click here to register The Ottoman Greeks of the United States Project (OGUS) is a multifaceted interdisciplinary research project at the University of Florida. OGUS was established in 2015 with the support of the Samuel

  • CES Graduate Funding Info Session

    Join the Center for European Studies to learn about graduate funding opportunities available for summer 2021 and AY 2021-22! Funding opportunities include: Course Development Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Course Development Research Travel Awards Click here to register for the event

  • EU Briefing – Orban and Merkel’s European People’s Party: The End of the Affair?

    R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University click here to register For some time, the membership of Hungary's nationalist ruling party, Fidesz (led by Viktor Orban), within the more mainstream European People’s Party (EPP) grouping at the European level has been a source of controversy. As Hungary shifted further away from traditional democratic norms, Fidesz membership led

  • The Commitments

    Cypress & Grove 1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Cinema on Tap: Presented by the UF Center for European Studies Join us for the new CES film series, "Cinema on Tap" at Cypress & Grove.  To celebrate St. Patrick's Day and all things Irish, we are featuring Alan Parker's 1991 film about a Soul band from the working-class streets of Dublin, "The Commitments."  So

  • CES Career Speaker Series: Johanna Mellis

    Join the Center for European Studies for a talk with Dr. Johanna Mellis, Assistant Professor of World History at Ursinus College. In addition Dr. Mellis is the co-host of the End of Sport podcast where she interviews athletes, academics, and journalists about harmful impacts of sport. She will talk about navigating academic and public intellectual

  • CERN and a European Model for International Collaboration

    Richard Cavanaugh, University of Illinois Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory click here to register Center for European Studies at UF Webinar Series: European Studies Because... The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, was established in the aftermath of World War II to promote cooperation between European states.  One of the founding

  • Immigrant Rights & Integration

    Panelists: Rainer Baubock, European University Institute; Roxana Barbulescu, University of Leeds; Sara Wallace Goodman, University of California, Irvine Moderator: Hannah Alarian, University of Florida click here to register The Migration Experience in Europe: Integration, Inclusion, and Exclusion Across Europe, immigrants face mandatory integration requirements for citizenship, permanent residence, and in some cases event migration itself.

  • Black Professionals in Europe: Experiences of People of Color

    Center for European Studies Speaker Series: Seeing Yourself in Europe 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 panelists will speak about the academic and career pathways that led them to their current positions, what

  • The Human Dimension of Heritage in the EU

    EU Cultural Policy: Beyond Masters and Museums UF Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Series Click Here to Register This panel will consider both the human rights law dimension of cultural heritage, and the role that heritage plays in protecting and realizing all human rights, comprising cultural rights. Our speakers will first explain that human rights

  • Immigrant Case Studies

    Panelists: Jean Beaman, University of California, Santa Barbara; Hassan Bousetta, University of Liege; Marco Martiniello, University of Liege Moderator: Jan Musekamp, DAAD Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh click here to register The Migration Experience in Europe: Integration, Inclusion, and Exclusion This panel explores the impact of European colonialism on immigrant and minority communities within individual

  • Re-imaging Resilient Food Landscapes

    Center for European Studies at UF Webinar Series: European Studies Because... Perspectives from European Planning History Panelists: Carla Brisotto, University of Florida and Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Politecnico di Milano Moderator: Vandana Baweja, UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning click here to register Today, a revised conceptualization of the city and the countryside, and

  • Money Well Spent?

    Assessing the Impact of EU Regional Development Fund Spending on Support for the EU CES Lunchtime Symposium Speaker Series Michael Webb, Ph.D. Candidate, UF Political Science Moderator: Marcel Lewandowsky, DAAD Visiting Assistant Professors, UF CES click here to register Though the European Union (EU) now operates under the umbrella of a single market, there is

  • Success and Challenges for the EU External Cultural Relations

    Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Webinar Series EU Cultural Policy: Beyond Masters and Museums Panelists: Guillaume Decot, European External Action Service; Damien Helly, Culture Solutions; Elke Selter, SOAS, University of London Moderator: Kristin Hausler, Center for International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law click here to register Speakers will consider the protection and

  • Ratatouille

    13085 SW 1st Ln, Newberry, FL 13085 SW 1st Ln, Newberry, FL, United States

    Join us for Ratatouille at Tioga Town Center. This animated classic takes a whimsical view of Parisian culinary culture through the eyes of the rat chef, Remy, where he and his friends learn that "anyone can cook." So grab your family and friends and join CES on an animated escape to Paris. Free and open

  • Roman Holiday

    Cypress & Grove 1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Cinema on Tap: Presented by the UF Center for European Studies. Join us for the CES film series, “Cinema on Tap” at Cypress & Grove. We are featuring William Wyler’s 1953 film about a princess who falls in love with Rome and an American journalist as she breaks away from the confinements of royalty for

  • Poland Today: The State of the Republic

    Panelists: Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University; Monika Nalepa, University of Chicago; Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan Moderator: Michael Bernhard, University of Florida Click here to register The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences (PIASA) and the Center for European Studies at UF are pleased to announce and co-host a virtual conversation featuring Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse. During

  • To Catch a Thief

    Cypress & Grove 1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Join the UF Center for European Studies for the film series, "Cinema on Tap" at Cypress & Grove. We are featuring the Hitchcock classic, To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. A reformed jewel thief, who received a pardon after fighting in the French Resistance, is suspected of a series of robberies

  • Black, Red, Green

    Conversations on Europe What to Expect in the German Federal Election register here Panelists: Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh Marcel Lewandowsky, University of Florida Kai Arzheimer, University of Mainz Jana Puglierin, European Council on Foreign Relations Moderator: Steve Sokol, American Council on Germany On the eve of the German Federal Elections, our panel of experts

  • Making Data’s “Natural” Home

    Lunchtime Symposium Speaker Series Geographies of Digital Development in Europe’s New “Node Pole”  Alix Johnson, Anthropology Moderator: Brenda Chalfin, Center for African Studies Click here to register While digital data is often imagined as ephemeral, what we call “the cloud” is actually comprised of infrastructures and industries, unevenly distributed around the world. The Nordic countries and North

  • FLAS Fellowship Info Session

    2303 Turlington Hall

    Join the Center for European Studies to learn about the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for summer 2022 and AY 22-23. These fellowships are funded by the US Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act. Fellowships are awarded to graduate and undergraduate students to study a European language and to take European

  • UFIC Fall Study Abroad Fair

    Reitz Union North Lawn

    Learn more about study abroad opportunities at the UF International Center Fall Study Abroad Fair. The Center for European Studies will be at the fair talking with students about: UF in Brussels - Summer A, 2022 UF in Prague - Summer B, 2022