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- Please see below for a list of language courses and area studies courses with EU/European Studies content that will be offered in Spring 2026. 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 Spring 2026 Courses in European Languages and Area Studies
- The European Union Center (EUC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was awarded its fourth Jean Monnet Center of Excellence grant under the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission, for the period of 2025 to 2028. The project supported by this grant, “Democratic Opportunities,... Read full story EUC Awarded Two European Union Grants for Research, Teaching, and Outreach
- 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
Paula Mae Carns
Paula Mae Carns is the head of the Literatures and Languages Library. What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? My research focuses on the material culture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England and France. One vein of scholarship looks at how aristocratic and royal patrons fashioned personal, familial, and social identities through commissioning illuminated manuscripts. Another vein considers the role of domestic objects, particularly carved ivories, in transmitting courtly and social values as well as literary tales. An emerging project...
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.