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- 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
- Dr. Emanuel Rota, Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian, recently authored a White Paper (government or authoritative informational report) on the topic of political trust in the context of the European Green Deal and the 100 Cities Project. This White Paper emerged from a... Read full story New White Paper: Political Trust, the European Green Deal, and the 100 Cities Project
- On April 1, the European Union Center hosted the Midwest preliminary round of the Euro Challenge, an economic policy competition for high school students. Funded by the EU Delegation to the U.S., the Euro Challenge involves teams of 3-5 students giving a 15-minute presentation during which they... Read full story 2025 Euro Challenge Midwest Preliminary Round Results
Monika Stodolska
Monika is Brightbill/Sapora Professor in the department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? My research focuses on issues of cultural change, quality of life, and their relationship to leisure behavior of ethnic and racial minorities. In 2022-2023, I collected data for the study on the refugee experiences, adaptation, and coping with the war trauma through leisure among Ukrainian war refugees in Poland. I am currently working on two research projects. The first one explores access to and...
EURO 385: Politics of the European Union
Considers the history of the European Union and its current functions and operations. Focuses on the ongoing process of political and cultural integration. Consists of sections in Illinois and abroad, interacting extensively via the worldwide web.
EURO 500: Dialogue on Europe
This seminar is a roundtable exploring a variety of topics related to Europe, transatlantic relations, the European Union, and the peripheries. Students will have an opportunity to participate in regular conversations about current issues ranging from cultural policies, migration, economic policies, bureaucratic politics, international security, sports, popular culture, and other topics of high salience to Europe and the European Union. Opportunities for guest speakers and readings on professionalization. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
EURO 501: EU Institutions and Governance
A graduate-level introduction to the European Union, its history, decision-making processes, legal framework and economic effects.