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- Please see below for lists of language courses and area studies courses with EU/European Studies content that will be offered in fall 2025. These lists are meant to be comprehensive but not exhaustive. If you are teaching a course that you think should be included, please contact... Read full story Fall 2025 Courses in European Languages and Area Studies
- The European Union Center congratulates Jessica Greenberg (Professor of Anthropology and EUC Acting Director) and Ariana Traill (Professor of Classics and EUC affiliate faculty) on being named LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year. The LAS Dean’s... Read full story Two EUC Affiliate Faculty Named 2025-26 LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholars
- The European Union Center is pleased to announce that Havva Karakas Keles has joined the Center as its new Associate Director. Before joining the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Havva was the Assistant Director of the International Relations Program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and... Read full story Announcing New EUC Associate Director Havva Karakas Keles

Carla Santos
Carla Santos is the Head of the Department of Recreation, Sport, and Tourism. What is the focus of your current work? My research program is focused on the examination of communicative practices (from mass mediated narratives to interpersonal communication) as a means of addressing the socio-political and cultural impact of tourism on the world’s people and cultures. Central to my research, and a source of inspiration for my theoretical work, is the notion that to understand the impact of tourism we have to explore the ways in which we talk about and make sense of...