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. 

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois is pleased to offer summer funding to support ongoing curricular innovation involving European studies in the 2023-24 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 14.

The recording of EUC Director Emanuel Rota's guest lecture at University of Pittsburgh's European Studies Center, on the topic of race and racism in the early modern period in the Mediterranean region, is now available on YouTube.

The European Union Center invites high school students from Illinois to take part in a translation competition featuring six Less Commonly Taught Languages: Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. The deadline to send in submissions is Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:59 P.M. CST.

As part of the European Union Center's series of Q&As with experts on current events, EUC Director Emanuel Rota recently conducted an interview with Negar Mortazavi on the role of women and athletes in Iran's political opposition movement, the potential for U.S.-EU solidarity on relations with Iran, policy strategies for helping the opposition while confronting the issue of nuclear...