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...

 The European Union Center congratulates Jessica Greenberg (Professor of Anthropology and EUC Acting Director) and Ariana Traill (Professor of Classics and EUC affiliate faculty) on being named LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year. The LAS Dean’s...

The European Union Center is pleased to announce that Havva Karakas Keles has joined the Center as its new Associate Director. Before joining the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Havva was the Assistant Director of the International Relations Program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and...

Dr. Emanuel Rota, Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian, recently authored a White Paper (government or authoritative informational report) on the topic of political trust in the context of the European Green Deal and the 100 Cities Project. This White Paper emerged from a...

On April 1, the European Union Center hosted the Midwest preliminary round of the Euro Challenge, an economic policy competition for high school students. Funded by the EU Delegation to the U.S., the Euro Challenge involves teams of 3-5 students giving a 15-minute presentation during which they...

On March 10, Prof. George Gasyna traveled to the Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago to give a presentation and lead a Q & A session about the 1958 classic film Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament, Dir. Andrzej Wajda). The film screening was part of the...

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois is pleased to offer summer funding to support development of courses related to European/EU studies for the 2025-26 academic year. Awards are earmarked for faculty at community colleges (CCs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign cordially invites you to "SMAART Symposium: Climate Justice and Climate Futures" on March 7-8 in 210 Levis Faculty Center.

The European Union Center is thrilled to announce a new European Studies Graduate Student Conference award. This award is funded by the Comenius EU Center Student Support Fund, which was established by Carol Leff in 2022. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2025.

The European Union Center is excited to announce the results of the 2024-25 Illinois High School Translation Competition. Fifty-seven students from 30 schools in Illinois participated this year.