Center for European Studies

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 …

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 …

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 intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences.  Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox …

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 intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences.  Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox …

About the Film A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians in Milan who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after fleeing the war in Syria. They decide to help them complete their journey to Sweden – and hopefully avoid getting themselves arrested as traffickers – by faking a …

About the Film A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians in Milan who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after fleeing the war in Syria. They decide to help them complete their journey to Sweden – and hopefully avoid getting themselves arrested as traffickers – by faking a …

Institute for Learning in Retirement: The 2017 German Elections Results and Their Impact on Germany's Role in Europe, Dr. Michael Schuering

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

Smathers Library; Room 100 The UF African American Studies Program is showing "Paris Noir: When African Americans Came to Paris" on Thursday, October 5th at 6pm in room 100 of the Smathers Library. The film discusses the African American experience in Paris during World War I, the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and the German …

Oak Hammock Institute for Learning in Retirement: Refugees and Migrants - The Path Forward for Europe, Dr. Maria Stoilkova

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  

Turlington 3312 CES Lunchtime Symposium by Dr. Jack Kugelmass, Director and Melton Legislative Professor, Center for Jewish Studies lunch provided

3312 Turlington Hall Are you interested in intensive summer language study in a critical language? The Critical Language Scholarship, sponsored by the US Department of State, offers fully-funded programs in all language levels (including beginning) of Azerbaijani, Bangla, Hini, Indonesian, Koran, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, & Urdu; intermediate Arabic and Persian; and advanced level Chinese, Japanese, …

Plaza of the Americas Join CES' Language Labs at Pop-Up Culture. Learn phrases in a 5-minute session of Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, or all five! Did you know that October is National Arts & Humanities Month? To celebrate, UF is hosting Pop-Up Culture in the Plaza of the Americas on Friday, October 13th from …

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

UF International Center Large Conference Room Information session for study abroad programs offered in Eastern Europe. CES offers a study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic. Come out to learn more about this great program.

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

UF International Center Large Conference Room Information session for study abroad programs offered through the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. CES offers study abroad programs in Brussels, Belgium and Prague, Czech Republic. Come out to learn more about these great programs.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 & …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Join CES for a conversation with CES alumni! Come hear how our alumni's time at UF and work with CES helped shape their career paths. Lunch provided!

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 …

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.  

The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) presentation by Emily Theobald, MA student in Music   The Art of Music of War: Polish Music Responds to World War II   This discussion will explore the numerous ways that Polish composers responded to World War II from the perspectives of both self and nation. We will …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) with Peter Gitto, Ph.D. candidate English   European Art Cinema   This session will cover the unique genre that is European art cinema. We consider its style, thematic concerns, and circulation in film festivals such as Cannes.

  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.  

The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) by Agata Kowalewska, CES & IFAS   What to Eat When Not in Italy   This presentation will give you a taste of a few European countries from a perspective of food and food customs. Among others we will talk about Czech Republic, Turkey, and Poland.

  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 …

The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) by Shannon Butts, Ph.D. candidate, English   Mobilizing Paris: Mapping History and Art Through New Media   This talk examines the art, history, and geography of Paris as part of a digital walking tour that connects the spread of images with the spread of people and protest.

  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 …

  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.  

The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) by Ralf Remshardt, Theater & Dance   No Show Business as Usual: European Theater in the Age of Populism   This presentation will discuss the effect of the rise of European populism on modern theater.

  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 …

  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.   …

  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 …

The Institute of Learning in Retirement (ILR) by Michael Leslie, Telecommunication   Victims, Villains, or Heroes: Images of Europe's Black Immigrants in Film   Film is a powerful vehicle for shaping both consciousness and behavior. This talk explores how key films by both African and European filmmakers are shaping our political imagination, and their potential …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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   …

  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 …

  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, …

  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 …