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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
Brent Rosenstein
Brent Rosenstein is an alum from the MAEUS program and a two-time FLAS Fellowship Recipient. Did you receive any awards or honors during your time in the program? (FLAS, Fulbright, other scholarships, etc...) FLAS Fellowship in Arabic (Summer 2013), FLAS Fellowship in French (AY 2013-14) What is your current position/job title? Just finished my Ph.D. program. Please provide a brief overview of what you have done academically and/or professionally since graduating from the MAEUS program. Since graduating from the MAEUS program, I've continued my graduate studies at New York...
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.