CES serves as a university resource and central hub for Europe-related activities and events on campus. The Center regularly hosts lectures and workshops for faculty to network with colleagues in the field, Lunchtime Symposium for graduate students to present research, and extracurricular events and tabling for undergraduate students to learn about Europe-related opportunities on campus.
European Studies Because Lecture Series
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
| March 26, 2024 | Contemporary Slovak Poster Art a Review | Adrián Kobetič, curator |
| March 21, 2024 | Greece in the Early 20th Century, and its Influence on Greek Music and Culture in America | Meletios Pouliopoulos, Greek Cultural Resources |
| November 16, 2023 | Russian Plebiscitarian Regime in Times of Peace and War | Greg Yudin, University Center for Human Values |
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Lunchtime Symposium
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
| April 18, 2024 | Identity and Language in Wartime Ukraine | Volodymyr Kulyk, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine & Columbia University |
| April 3, 2024 | Witnessing War: Real Stories of Russian Aggression in Ukraine | Oleksii Babynets, Fulbright Scholar, University of Florida |
| January 31, 2024 | Greening of Greenland: Connecting Vegetation, Nutrients, Landscape, and Streams: An African’s Experience Conducting Research in the Arctic | Izuchukwu Ezukanma, Ph.D. candidate, University of Florida |
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Co-Sponsored Events
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) | Speaker(s) From | Hosted By |
| May 9, 2024 | Rimas de Resistencia: Narrativas del Hip Hop en Comunidades de Inmigrantes en Europa | Armin Langer | UF | University of Puerto Rico |
| May 8, 2024 | Estereotipos y Prejuicios: Orígenes y manifestaciones del Antisemitismo y la Islamofobia | Armin Langer | UF | University of Puerto Rico |
| April 9, 2024 | Conversations on Europe: Elections 2024: European Parliament Elections Across the 27 Member States | Kai Arzheimer, Catherine DeVries, Jan Rovny, Jae-Jae Spoon, Zeynep Somer-Topcu | U of Mainz, Bocconi U, Sciences Po-Paris, U of Pittsburgh, U of Texas at Austin | European Studies Center at University of Pittsburgh |
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Other Events
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| April 3, 2024 | The 2024 European Parliament Elections | Thomas Biebricher, Goethe University |
| April 2, 2024 | JMCE Forum: The Ethics of AI: EU and US Approaches to the Rapidly Expanding Use of AI | Anne Elisabeth Corrier, Emory; Jasmine McNealy, UF; Sandra Wachter, Oxford; Hina Shaikh, UF |
| April 2, 2024 | Savoring Europe Culinary Enrichment Course: Poppy Seeds | Agata Kowalewska, UF; Beth Gankofskie, UF |
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