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The European Union Center congratulates Alicja Szczepkowska (M.A. in European Union Studies, expected 2022), who has recently been awarded a Chicago Society Foundation James and Lillian Kulze Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. This scholarship is awarded to U.S. residents of Polish descent who have demonstrated financial need and are pursuing academic studies in...

The European Union Center invites University of Illinois faculty to apply for course development grants addressing the topic of eco-criticism. This grant from the EU Center will be offered on a competitive basis in the amount of $2,500. Applications are due May 3, 2021.

The European Union Center is offering summer funding to support ongoing curricular innovation involving European studies in the 2021-22 academic year. These grants may support online, in-person, or hybrid instruction on topics having to do with Europe, international studies, or the instruction of a language of Europe. Awards are earmarked for faculty at Community Colleges (CCs) and Minority-...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon and Dr. Nils Ringe have been selected for the 2020 Larry Neal Prize for Excellence in EU Scholarship for their edited volume, The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).

The European Union Center is pleased to publish the full schedule for its 11th Illinois EU Studies Conference ("Community, Immunity, and the Limits of Mobility") on April 15-16, 2021. The conference will cover a variety of timely topics ranging from the implications of COVID to migration.

The European Green Deal is a new major initiative of the European Union to address climate change while helping Europe recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU Center at the University of Illinois offers itself as a hub for conversations ranging from the politics, to the science, to the cultural implications of this project of generational significance.

Please join us for our 19th Annual European Union Day celebrations on February 25-26 and March 5, 2021.

What is it like to be a politician in a body that aims to transcend national interests? What skills are learned serving as a legislator in a body that has had to negotiate the terms of its own influence across twenty-seven countries and nearly half a billion people? This semester, come get an insider's view on the European Parliament through conversations with Former MEPs.

The Center for Global Studies (CGS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is excited to announce the 2021 International Studies Research Lab (ISRL), an initiative that promotes the internationalization of community colleges nationwide.

The EU Center is issuing a call for professional development grants of up to $500. We invite 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 deadline to apply is February 5, 2021.

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois is excited to announce a call for nominations for the Larry Neal Prize for Excellence in EU Scholarship. Nominations are due by January 1, 2021.

The European Union Center extends big congratulations to Eda Derhemi, Teaching Associate Professor of Italian and EU Center affiliate faculty, and Francesco Ferrari, PhD candidate in Italian, who recently received a literary translation award from the Albanian Ministry of Culture and the National Center for Books and Reading for “Miele sul coltello” (Besa Editrice, 2020), an Italian...

LAS International Programs and the European Union Center are looking to fill a 25% graduate assistantship for the spring 2021 semester (renewable).

In December, the European Union Center will be offering three virtual information sessions for university students of all levels interested in learning more about student funding opportunities, our MA in EU Studies (MAEUS) program, our graduate minor, and other student programs.

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is sending a team of three students — Angitha Bright (Philosophy, Political Science), Hannah Buzil (Political Science, Statistics), and Alicja Szczepkowska (Global Studies, Sociology) — to compete in the Schuman Challenge this year. The team will present and defend a transatlantic policy initiative before a panel of judges with expertise in...