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The Center for European Studies-European Union Center (CES-EUC) is a multi-disciplinary research, education, and outreach program dedicated to improving understanding of modern, integrated Europe at the University of Michigan and in the United States. In 2001, CES received a grant from the European Commission to establish a European Union Center; since 2005, U-M's EUC has been one of a handful of Commission-designated European Union Centers of Excellence at leading research universities in the U.S. In collaboration with academic and research units across U-M, other EU Centers of Excellence, and institutions of higher education in Europe, CES-EUC offers an array of public programs, funding opportunities, and innovative curricular outreach on Europe and administers the Netherlands Visiting Professorship, a partnership between U-M and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences initiated in 1950. Since 2008, CES-EUC also works alongside the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies in association with the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

 

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CONSIDER A GIFT TO THE CENTER FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES 
If you have been thinking about making a gift to CES-EUC, supporting the center is now easier than ever on our brand new online giving page.

IN THE NEWS

LSA WIRE article on Jan Svejnar: "Campaigning for Economic Stability."

EUROPE AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: Michigan High School Students take on the EURO CHALLENGE. The International Academy Central, in Bloomfield Hills, MI has placed 4th in the final round of the EURO Challenge 2009 national competition in New York City on April 29, 2009.This year, a total of 70 high school teams from nine states (Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania) participated in the Euro Challenge competition. Congratulations on the great achievement!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

JEAN MONNET POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Call for Proposals
Deadline: September 30, 2009

MINOR IN MODERN EUROPEAN STUDIES
CES-EUC congratulates Modern European Studies minors who are graduating in 2008-09: Samantha Bernstein (BA Sociology, Winter 2009), Jennifer Cunningham (BA Anthropology/Creative Writing, Summer 2009), Kathryn Kelner (BA German, Fall 2008).

Students interested in the Minor in Modern European Studies should e-mail ces-euc@umich.edu to schedule an advising appointment. 

CES-EUC ANNOUNCEMENT BLOG
See the CES-EUC announcement blog for CFPs, job and funding postings, events, and more.

 

Upcoming Events

Conversations on Europe: Andrei S. Markovits Arthur F. Thurnau and Karl W. Deutsch Professor of German and Political Science, to  kick off a semester of lectures and other events organized by the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Come and see us in September. Have a great summer!

MULTIMEDIA

CONVERSATIONS ON EUROPE
Lectures available in audio and video format
Conversations on Europe at U-M album at itunes.umich.edu under the "International" topic.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
"Towards a European Higher Education Area: Bologna Process and Beyond"
Presentations available in video format at itunes.umich.edu under the "International" topic.

CES-EUC End-of-Semester Luncheon. “The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on European (Dis)Integration and on Europe's Economies.”
A roundtable discussion. Wed, Apr 22, 2009. (audio ) 

Conversations on Europe. "Memory Wars: Debating the Past in Twentieth-Century Italy." John Foot, Professor of Modern Italian History, University College London. Thu, Apr 9, 2009. (audio ) 

EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. “A Europeanization from Below? Social Movements and Europe.” Donatella della Porta, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, European University Institute, Florence. Thu, Mar 26, 2009. (audio ) (video )

Conversations on Europe. "Europe’s Political and Economic Challenges."
Jan Svejnar, Director of the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.Wed, Mar 25, 2009. (audio )