- 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 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....
- 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 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...
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...