The Illinois High School Translation Competition is back for 2023-24! If you're a high school student who knows Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Swedish, or Ukrainian, we encourage you to participate in this competition for the chance to win a prize and a certificate.
- As the EU Center embarks on a year of transition and reinvention, Associate Director Markian Dobczansky would like to take this moment to greet all of you and share some important news.
Are you interested in learning a new language or practicing your skills in a language? If so, please check out the following Language Conversation Tables on campus! Arabic: The Arabic Program organizes various events such as but not limited to conversations, tutoring sessions and movie night. These sessions aim to provide a great opportunity for language enthusiasts to...- Congratulations to the students who received Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for the Academic Year 2023-2024! We wish you all a productive and rewarding year of language study! Graduate Students Mearieta Clemente (Italian) – European Union Studies Samantha Hendrickson (Czech) – Architecture & Urban Planning Deniz...
- The European Union Center (EUC) is searching for an Academic Coordinator. This position will provide specialized intellectual instruction to the students in the Master's program in European Union Studies and coordinate the European Union Center's academic programs, including the M.A. in European Union Studies, the Graduate Minor, the 5-year BALAS/MAEUS track, and related academic activities.
- Congratulations to the students who received Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for summer 2023! We wish you all a productive and rewarding summer of language study.
- Check out our latest LibGuide on sustainability and Europe, providing resources for researchers studying the ties between sustainability and agriculture, art, business, feminism, migration, and more.
- On June 16-17, the European Union Center will co-host a workshop in Pavia, Italy to discuss the current U.S.-centric hegemonic paradigm of racialization in light of alternative spaces and temporalities. We invite you to visit the newly-launched project website and to reach out to us if you are interested in getting involved.
- The European Union Center is seeking applications for two research assistants with interest in research, outreach activities, and academic development. The deadline to apply is Monday, May 8 at 12 P.M. CDT.
- The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago announces the U.S. Tour of Inferno 1911, which will come to Urbana on Sunday, May 7. Don't miss this screening of the groundbreaking 1911 silent film L’Inferno, accompanied live by Stefano Maccagno (piano) and Furio Di Castri (double bass).
- Please join us in Coble Hall 306 on April 13-14 for the 13th Annual EU Studies Conference: "Who is European? Inclusion and Exclusion within and without Europe."
- York Community High School (Elmhurst, Ill.), St. Joseph High School (South Bend, Ind.), and International Academy Central (White Lake, Mich.) are advancing to the semi-final round in New York!
- The European Union Center is pleased to announce the results of the 2022-23 Illinois High School Translation Competition. Forty-three students from 24 schools in Illinois participated in the competition and translated an intermediate- to advanced-level text from Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Swedish, or Ukrainian into English. The EU Center would like to commend all of the participants for...
- The European Union Center at the University of Illinois invites proposals for the 13th Illinois EU Studies Conference, scheduled to take place Wednesday, April 12 to Friday, April 14.
- Current and recent University of Illinois graduate and undergraduate students are invited to attend the Illinois Global Institute Career Day on Friday, March 3. Make sure to register by Monday, February 20 at 5:00pm CST to schedule an information interview with a panelist.