Fall 2017  |  October 16-20  | e-Weekly Archive

Fri, Oct 20 |  10:30 am
3rd floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
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“State of the European Union Address”

delivered by His Excellency Lauri Lepik,
Ambassador of Estonia to the United States

The welcoming reception will start at 10:00 am prior to the address.

EU Day is a celebration of transatlantic relations and strives to promote a better understanding between the peoples of the US and the EU. The highlight of the celebration is the 'State of the EU Address.' Among potential topics will be current affairs in the EU and future prospects of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of recent elections in Europe and in the era of Trump administration. Every six months, on a rotating schedule, an EU member state becomes the presiding state and is leading the work of the EU Council. Estonia will hold the Presidency for the second half of 2017. This presidency is prioritizing ‘Unity through balance.’
More information is available at our EU Day webpage.

Fri, Oct 20  |  3-5 pm
Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor, 919 W Illinois St, Urbana
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Panelists:
Hannah M. Alarian, Diversity Post-Doctoral Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia
David L. Cleeton, Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Illinois State University
Achim Hurrelmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, Carleton University
Moderator: William Bernhard, Professor, Political Science; Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Followed by reception from 5-6pm.

Organized by the European Union Center. Funded by the European Union Center's Jean Monnet Center of Excellence grant through the European Union.

Free and open to the public!

Weds, Oct 18  |  11:00 am
507 E Green St., Rm 411
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On this 500^th Anniversary of Luther’s 95 Theses, this installment of Conversations on Europe will look back on the impact of the Protestant Reformation on European society, culture, and politics. Experts on early-modern Europe will explore how the Reformation and attendant Counter-Reformation divided Europe, shaped European identities, and was felt in the lives of everyday Europeans.

Panelists:

Jennifer Waldron, English, University of Pittsburg
Allyson Creasman, History, Carnegie Mellon University
Mark Konnert, History, University of Calgary
Moderator: Allyson Delnore, European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

The Conversations on Europe Videoconference series is sponsored by European Studies Center and European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh, along with Center for European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University.

Fri, Oct 20  |  7:30 pm
505 E Armory Ave., Room 101
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Screening of the film "The Commissar."

This event is part of the event series entitled “1917: Ten days that shook the world / 2017: Ten days that shake the campus”. More information is available here.

Co-sponsored by various campus units including the European Union Center.

Thurs, Oct 19 - Sat Oct 21  |  7:30 pm
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
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Schedules performances of the Tom Stoppard play, "Travesties." 

This event is part of the event series entitled “1917: Ten days that shook the world / 2017: Ten days that shake the campus”. More information is available here.

Co-sponsored by various campus units including the European Union Center.

Weds, Oct 25  |  12:00-1:00 pm
Main Library, Room 106
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Speaker: Kostas Kourtikakis, Teaching Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois

A unique element of the European Union’s foreign policy is the creation of civil society networks that connect organizations from EU countries with similar organizations in other countries around the world. The objective of these networks is to strengthen relations between the EU and its international partners through the exchange of policies, ideas and norms. This talk examines the data collection process used to create network maps and assess network properties, and how we can use social network analysis to understand how these networks operate and their impact in foreign policy.

Organized by Center for Global Studies as part of their Brown Bag Series- The Digital Nexus: The Promise and Perils of "Big Data" and Global Informatics. Co-sponsored by the European Union Center.

Thurs, Oct 26  |  5:45 pm
505 E Armory Ave., Room 101
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This event will feature a screening of the 2012 film "Aftermath," followed by a thoughtful discussion on the topic of the film. Pizza will be provided by the Program in Jewish Culture and Society. All are welcome to attend. All films in this series will have English subtitles.

Co-sponsored by various campus units including the European Union Center.

EUC affiliated faculty Dr. Asef Bayat, Professor in the Department of Sociology, has published a new book, "Revolution withhout Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring" with Stanford University Press. Read more from the Illinois New Bureau here. 

The European Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress (EPLO) is pleased to announce the launch of its next round of internships aimed at recent graduates and recent/current postgraduates. Up to six interns will be accepted in our Washington DC office from January 16th – April 15th, 2018, with an option to extend the internship for a further two months at our headquarters in Brussels. Applicants must be US citizens or have other pre-existing authorization to work in the US. The deadline to submit applications is October 31st, 2017. We require a CV in Europass format, a personal statement and two letters of recommendation directly sent by faculty members.

The internship offers a unique opportunity for students and young professionals with an interest in transatlantic policy! Please pass this information on to your relevant student and alumni networks.

Further details: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedstates/en/internships

Queries: epwashington.internship@europarl.europa.eu

EUC Affiliate Teacher Letitia Zwickert, K-12 educator and Fulbright-Schuman recipient, talks about how to be an engaged educator and about the EUC's TED program on this latest piece in the Education Week blog. Read her thoughts here. 

If you would like to announce an event through the EUC e-Weekly,  please send the information by no later than the prior Thursday of the event to: 

AnnaMarie Bliss, EUC Doctoral Research Assistant | arbliss2@illinois.edu