The European Union Center would like to congratulate Raquel Castro Goebel (Director of the Portuguese Language Program and Portuguese Instructor), Dr Florencia Henshaw (Director of Advanced Spanish and Interim Director of the Foreign Language Teacher...
- EU Center Director Emanuel Rota recently interviewed Jonah D. Levy, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of California - Berkeley on his takeaways from the results of the first round of the 2022 French presidential elections and what we may expect from the second round on April 24.
- The European Union Center leadership wants to express its gratitude to Barbara Hancin-Bhatt and Carol Leff, two members of our Executive Committee who have announced their retirement from our university.
- The University of Illinois team won the third place award at the Midwest Model EU at Indiana University representing Greece this weekend. Illinois students also received several individual awards.
- The European Union Center is proud to announce the 2022 Schuman Challenge team from the University of Illinois. On April 6-8, the team will travel to the Delegation of the European Union to the United States in Washington DC to compete in the EU’s annual foreign policy ...
- The intensity of Ukrainian popular resistance to the Russian invasion and their support of the Zelenskyy government continue to stymy the Russian invasion and impress the global community. Yet, the strength of this "rally round the flag" effect must not obscure areas marked dissatisfaction before the war, like healthcare. How do pre-existing healthcare issues amplify the effects of the continued...
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed an application for Ukraine to join the European Union. Citing Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky has requested immediate accession into the EU under a special procedure, Reuters reported on February 28.
- The EU Center and International and Area Studies Library at the University of Illinois are very pleased to open a physical and virtual book exhibit on populism and gender in comparative perspective.
- The European Union Center at the University of Illinois invites participation in its 12th Illinois EU Studies Conference, scheduled to take place during the afternoons of Wednesday, April 20 through Friday, April 22. We particularly encourage proposals that might speak to the theme of this year’s conference: “Sustainable Europe.” This theme can be...
- The European Union Center invites University of Illinois faculty to submit proposals for registration fees for conference presentations or for workshops that offer training directly relevant to their teaching and research at the university.
- The European Union Center is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 Illinois High School Translation Competition. Thirty-five students from 23 schools in Illinois participated in the competition and translated a 450-700-word text from Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, or Swedish into English. The EU Center would like to commend the participants for their interest in language study and...
- Colleen Murphy is a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, Acting Executive Director of the Illinois Global Institute, and Faculty Affiliate to the European Union Center. On October 6, 2021 Colleen will be invested as the Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law. The Roger and Stephany Joslin Professorship in Law was established in 2011 by...
- The European Union Center would like to congratulate the 30 recipients of the Presidential Medallion, the highest honor that the University of Illinois system president can bestow. Among the recipients is William Sullivan, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Smart, Healthy Community Initiative.
- The European Union Center invites Illinois faculty, departments and units to submit proposals in anticipation of a forthcoming broader institutional call for proposals in early 2022 from the US Department of Education Title VI area studies program. Proposals must be received by October 1, 2021.
- The European Union Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites high school students from Illinois to take part in a translation competition featuring five Less Commonly Taught Languages: Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, and Swedish.