Center for European Studies

The role of Western NGOs in the transition of post communist nations to democracy has been well documented. In this study, Paulina Pospieszna follows a different trajectory, examining the role of a former aid recipient (Poland), newly democratic itself, and its efforts to aid democratic transitions in the neighboring states of Belarus and Ukraine Lunch …

Please join us for a public panel "Turkish-American Encounters: Exchanges in Culture and Politics" at Marston Library (L136), 12.50pm on Friday, April 15th. Speakers  Justin McCarthy, Distinguished University Scholar and History Professor at Louisville, is a prominent scholar in the field of Ottoman demographics and Turkish studies. He published more than ten monographs and contributed …

Please join us for a public panel "Turkish-American Encounters: Exchanges in Culture and Politics" at Marston Library (L136), 12.50pm on Friday, April 15th. Speakers  Justin McCarthy, Distinguished University Scholar and History Professor at Louisville, is a prominent scholar in the field of Ottoman demographics and Turkish studies. He published more than ten monographs and contributed …

Over 20 years after the war, Omarska iron mine still lacks any formal marking that shows its infamous history as a former concentration camp for non-Serb population during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The apparent lack is only a symptom of the silence actively produced around historical events constitutive of what is now known as Republika …

Over 20 years after the war, Omarska iron mine still lacks any formal marking that shows its infamous history as a former concentration camp for non-Serb population during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The apparent lack is only a symptom of the silence actively produced around historical events constitutive of what is now known as Republika …

On Thursday, September 15th, 2016, the University of Florida Center for European Studies, Jean Monnet Center for Excellence and Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a roundtable with distinguished US political science and economics scholars, entitled "Brexit: A Roundtable - On the UK and Europe's Politico-Economic Future" Participants: Dr. Patrick Crowley, International Economist …

On Thursday, September 15th, 2016, the University of Florida Center for European Studies, Jean Monnet Center for Excellence and Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a roundtable with distinguished US political science and economics scholars, entitled "Brexit: A Roundtable - On the UK and Europe's Politico-Economic Future" Participants: Dr. Patrick Crowley, International Economist …

In recent years, we have seen two simultaneous phenomena in Europe: Significant vote losses of mainstream parties and the rise of the extreme right. How are these two related? Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh Lunch will be provided.  

In recent years, we have seen two simultaneous phenomena in Europe: Significant vote losses of mainstream parties and the rise of the extreme right. How are these two related? Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh Lunch will be provided.  

Dominique Reill is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Miami. Her talk is part of an ongoing series entitled "Empire, Religion and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, September 22nd from 12 to 1pm on  "Rebel Citizens: ‘Belonging' in a …

Dominique Reill is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Miami. Her talk is part of an ongoing series entitled "Empire, Religion and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, September 22nd from 12 to 1pm on  "Rebel Citizens: ‘Belonging' in a …

L. Shneiderman and T. Elski were both Polish Jewish emigres living in Paris when the Civil War erupted in Spain and who covered the war for the world Yiddish press. Elski wrote for communist Yiddish publications and the reportage was assembled into a book Oyf di frontn fun Shpanye published in Paris after World War …

L. Shneiderman and T. Elski were both Polish Jewish emigres living in Paris when the Civil War erupted in Spain and who covered the war for the world Yiddish press. Elski wrote for communist Yiddish publications and the reportage was assembled into a book Oyf di frontn fun Shpanye published in Paris after World War …

Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic's Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov's Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic and Dr. Laurent Dubreuil, Professor of French at Cornell University. The film screenings and discussion are free and open …

Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic's Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov's Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic and Dr. Laurent Dubreuil, Professor of French at Cornell University. The film screenings and discussion are free and open …

Eileen Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Global Islamic Studies Program at Connecticut College This talk is part of a series entitled "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond," organized by Dr. Michelle Campos, UF, and cosponsored by CES She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, …

Eileen Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Global Islamic Studies Program at Connecticut College This talk is part of a series entitled "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond," organized by Dr. Michelle Campos, UF, and cosponsored by CES She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, …

Dr. Toby Rider is a Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton This talk is part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution” There wil be a reception to follow.

Dr. Toby Rider is a Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton This talk is part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution” There wil be a reception to follow.

  Johanna Mellis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department at the University of Florida. Lunch will be provided. This talk is the second part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution”

  Johanna Mellis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department at the University of Florida. Lunch will be provided. This talk is the second part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution”

Last Words - Documentary Screening of Koert Davidse’s film on the Cappadocian language, previously thought to be extinct, and Introduction & Discussion with Mark Janse, Research Professor in Ancient and Asia Minor Greek at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr. Janse is featured in the film. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Classics Department and Samuel …

Last Words - Documentary Screening of Koert Davidse’s film on the Cappadocian language, previously thought to be extinct, and Introduction & Discussion with Mark Janse, Research Professor in Ancient and Asia Minor Greek at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr. Janse is featured in the film. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Classics Department and Samuel …

Debbie Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast Dr. Lisle will explore three developments in our understanding of the way people read pictures of war. She will examine questions of audience, reception and interpretation; how traditions of semiotic and discursive analysis can help inform the work …

Debbie Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast Dr. Lisle will explore three developments in our understanding of the way people read pictures of war. She will examine questions of audience, reception and interpretation; how traditions of semiotic and discursive analysis can help inform the work …

Join us on Halloween Day for a panel on crime and crime literature in European and American societies. Panelists: Jeffrey Adler, Professor of History and Sociology, Criminology & Law at the University of Florida Aida Hozic, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida Andrew Pepper, Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens …

Join us on Halloween Day for a panel on crime and crime literature in European and American societies. Panelists: Jeffrey Adler, Professor of History and Sociology, Criminology & Law at the University of Florida Aida Hozic, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida Andrew Pepper, Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens …

Dr. Pepper is a Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast Lunch will be provided.

Dr. Pepper is a Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast Lunch will be provided.

Dr. Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Political Science

Dr. Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Political Science

Andrzej Rychard is the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish National Academy of Sciences. He will be speaking about contemporary Polish politico-economics. Lunch will be provided.

Andrzej Rychard is the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish National Academy of Sciences. He will be speaking about contemporary Polish politico-economics. Lunch will be provided.

Dr. Robert Nemes of Colgate University will give a talk on his recent book, "Another Hungary: The Nineteenth Century Provinces in Eight Lives." This is a fascinating portrait of economic underdevelopment, ethnic diversity, and Christian-Jewish relations in the small towns and villages of the Habsburg Empire. This will be the final lecture of the semester …

Dr. Robert Nemes of Colgate University will give a talk on his recent book, "Another Hungary: The Nineteenth Century Provinces in Eight Lives." This is a fascinating portrait of economic underdevelopment, ethnic diversity, and Christian-Jewish relations in the small towns and villages of the Habsburg Empire. This will be the final lecture of the semester …

Dr. Bonnie Effros is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere at the University of Florida. Despite growing anti-clerical sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a few intrepid clerical scholars and their allies both inside and outside of France sought to draw attention to material evidence for the …

Dr. Bonnie Effros is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere at the University of Florida. Despite growing anti-clerical sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a few intrepid clerical scholars and their allies both inside and outside of France sought to draw attention to material evidence for the …

Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic’s Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic, UF The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed …

Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic’s Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic, UF The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed …

Join us for the screening of a documentary film called "The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović" by two Los Angeles based documentary filmmakers Miodrag and Mia Ćertić. The film was made in 2016 and is narrated by Elliot Gould. The film tells the story of Erich Šlomović, a young Jewish art collector in Paris in the 1930s. …

Join us for the screening of a documentary film called "The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović" by two Los Angeles based documentary filmmakers Miodrag and Mia Ćertić. The film was made in 2016 and is narrated by Elliot Gould. The film tells the story of Erich Šlomović, a young Jewish art collector in Paris in the 1930s. …

Film 4 in the series, #MyEscape is a documentary using cellphone footage taken by refugees fleeing to Germany. In this film, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews and the footage captures the dramatic stories of their journeys. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by …

Film 4 in the series, #MyEscape is a documentary using cellphone footage taken by refugees fleeing to Germany. In this film, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews and the footage captures the dramatic stories of their journeys. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by …

Film 1: Terraferma with Introduction by Esther Romeyn – An Italian drama that captures the development of empathy. A fisherman and his grandson rescue a pregnant woman and her young son from drowning as they make their way to Italy in search of refuge. Refugees in Film: A Series – A five-part film and post-film …

Film 1: Terraferma with Introduction by Esther Romeyn – An Italian drama that captures the development of empathy. A fisherman and his grandson rescue a pregnant woman and her young son from drowning as they make their way to Italy in search of refuge. Refugees in Film: A Series – A five-part film and post-film …

Refreshments will be served.

Refreshments will be served.

Film 2 in the series, Fuocommare is a beautiful, cinematic documentary by Gianfranco Rosi that captures migrants’ dangerous Mediterranean crossing, set against a background of the ordinary life of Islanders on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Free and Open to the Public The film will …

Film 2 in the series, Fuocommare is a beautiful, cinematic documentary by Gianfranco Rosi that captures migrants’ dangerous Mediterranean crossing, set against a background of the ordinary life of Islanders on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Free and Open to the Public The film will …

Southeast Europe: After the Wars
A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series
March 20-29
Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.

Southeast Europe: After the Wars
A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series
March 20-29
Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.

The UF Culinary Student Union is hosting a Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia sponsored by the Center's GTKE grant: https://www.facebook.com/events/192484137909686 on Tuesday, March 21st at 7pm. Dinner will be provided. Sign-up is required as space is limited. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event …

The UF Culinary Student Union is hosting a Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia sponsored by the Center's GTKE grant: https://www.facebook.com/events/192484137909686 on Tuesday, March 21st at 7pm. Dinner will be provided. Sign-up is required as space is limited. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event …

Renowned Bosnian Actress Zana Marjanović, star of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut film In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Snow (2008), and filmmaker Emir Kapetanović will spend 10 days in Gainesville on a GTKE artist visit.  During their stay, Zana and Emir are working with Gabrielle Byam, Education Program Coordinator at the Hippodrome, and …

Renowned Bosnian Actress Zana Marjanović, star of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut film In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Snow (2008), and filmmaker Emir Kapetanović will spend 10 days in Gainesville on a GTKE artist visit.  During their stay, Zana and Emir are working with Gabrielle Byam, Education Program Coordinator at the Hippodrome, and …

This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to …

This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to …

A film about the first generation of children born post-war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. It is 2016 and it has been 20 years since the signing of the Dayton Accords, which stopped the most devastating war in Europe after the World War II. Today's Bosnia & Herzegovina lives in peace marked by divisions and conflicts …

A film about the first generation of children born post-war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. It is 2016 and it has been 20 years since the signing of the Dayton Accords, which stopped the most devastating war in Europe after the World War II. Today's Bosnia & Herzegovina lives in peace marked by divisions and conflicts …

Amila Buturović, Associate Professor of Humanities at York University, will give a lunchtime symposium on her book Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500. (Farham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015). This talk is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series …

Amila Buturović, Associate Professor of Humanities at York University, will give a lunchtime symposium on her book Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500. (Farham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015). This talk is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series …

Amila Buturović and Emily Greble, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, will participate in a roundtable entitled "Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe," moderated by Nina Caputo, Professor of History, UF.  This event is co-sponsored by the UF Department of History. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars …

Amila Buturović and Emily Greble, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, will participate in a roundtable entitled "Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe," moderated by Nina Caputo, Professor of History, UF.  This event is co-sponsored by the UF Department of History. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars …

Film 3 in the series, Welcome is a French film that depicts the friendship between Simon, a recently-divorced swimming coach, and Bilal, a young Iraqi-Kurd whose only dream is to cross the English channel from Calais to reunite with his love. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion …

Film 3 in the series, Welcome is a French film that depicts the friendship between Simon, a recently-divorced swimming coach, and Bilal, a young Iraqi-Kurd whose only dream is to cross the English channel from Calais to reunite with his love. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion …

Richard W. Tate, CES FLAS recipient in Russian and Georgian, is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, in the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment. This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an …

Richard W. Tate, CES FLAS recipient in Russian and Georgian, is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, in the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment. This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an …

Charles Hobson, MD, MHA, is a Reseach Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Surgery in the College of Medicine. He worked in Zenica, Bosnia from July 1993 until October 1994, with the International Medical Corps, an American organization that focuses on medical relief in war and disaster areas. Having just finished his surgical residency before …

Charles Hobson, MD, MHA, is a Reseach Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Surgery in the College of Medicine. He worked in Zenica, Bosnia from July 1993 until October 1994, with the International Medical Corps, an American organization that focuses on medical relief in war and disaster areas. Having just finished his surgical residency before …

Speaker Bio: Robin S Brooks, Ph.D., is currently the Human Rights Chief in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. A Foreign Service Officer since 2004, she has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Sofia, and Ankara, at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as …

Speaker Bio: Robin S Brooks, Ph.D., is currently the Human Rights Chief in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. A Foreign Service Officer since 2004, she has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Sofia, and Ankara, at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as …

What if, instead of posturing in Cold War terms about eliminating their "energy dependence” on Russia, European governments could make interest- and facts-based decisions on key economic issues after transparent public debate? This talk tells the tangled tale of how Bulgaria, Russia, and the U.S., played each other over a series of unfulfilled energy deals …

What if, instead of posturing in Cold War terms about eliminating their "energy dependence” on Russia, European governments could make interest- and facts-based decisions on key economic issues after transparent public debate? This talk tells the tangled tale of how Bulgaria, Russia, and the U.S., played each other over a series of unfulfilled energy deals …

In the coming months, post-Brexit exasperation with the political and business establishment over a multitude of grievances from inequality to immigration will likely shape votes in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, France and Germany, with the outcome increasingly hard to predict.  Issues of economy, trade, security, and foreign and climate policy are at stake, to name …

In the coming months, post-Brexit exasperation with the political and business establishment over a multitude of grievances from inequality to immigration will likely shape votes in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, France and Germany, with the outcome increasingly hard to predict.  Issues of economy, trade, security, and foreign and climate policy are at stake, to name …

Using their own cellphone footage, refugees fleeing to Germany capture the dramatic stories of their journeys. In this documentary, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews.  

Using their own cellphone footage, refugees fleeing to Germany capture the dramatic stories of their journeys. In this documentary, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews.  

On April 6, 2017, three observers of the French presidential election will help shed light on this immensely complicated and critical subject. Dr. Heloise Seailles, professor of French in the UF Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will discuss the role of corruption in the campaign. Dr. Zachary Selden of the UF Department of Political …

On April 6, 2017, three observers of the French presidential election will help shed light on this immensely complicated and critical subject. Dr. Heloise Seailles, professor of French in the UF Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will discuss the role of corruption in the campaign. Dr. Zachary Selden of the UF Department of Political …

About the Film Freedom Dance re-tells the dramatic escape of Edward and Judy Hilbert from Communist Hungary to the US amidst the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. During their 4-months as refugees, Edward, an artist, kept a journal of his adventure in cartoon form. Freedom Dance brings this unique journal to life with original, colorful animation. The …