Cities as Actors in the EU Policy towards China

Book Talk by Andrea Muehlebach: "A Vital Frontier: Water Insurgencies in Europe"

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• Towards a European Green Deal: Green Central Banking and the Strategic Partnership
• Bringing Student Worlds Together
• Adult Education and Learning in Prison: The Example of the Second Chance School of Nigrita

Russia's War in Ukraine: Reimagining the East-West Divide in Europe

Holding Putin Accountable for "Crimes Against Peace"

A Conversation with Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

Q&A with Journalist and Political Analyst Negar Mortazavi on the Protests in Iran

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• A European Union Center Student Interview with Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
• Public Attitudes Toward the Use of Nuclear Weapons in Western Countries
• Book Talk: "Blackness as a Universal Claim: Holocaust Heritage, Noncitizen Futures, and Black Power in Berlin"
• Independence in the European Union
• Fascism and the Project of European Unity in the Interwar Period
• Ukraine and Europe in the Inceptive Aspect: Notes from a Liminal State
• Challenges and Lessons for the Social Inclusion of Migrants in the 21st Century
• Before Osimhen: Notes on the Circulation of Blackface in Naples, Italy
• Europeans Before Europe: The Idea of Europe in the Context of the EU
• Toward a Socially Sustainable Artificial Intelligence
• Smart City Technologies
• The City of Vienna as Your Classroom
• Exploring Smart City Vienna via Online Instruction
• Where to Begin? Tips and Tools for Integrating Virtual Reality into Your Language Classroom
• How to Deal with a Bilingual Class (and Not Die Trying)

20th Annual European Union Day Keynote: "Academic Freedom in Europe: Threats Within and Without"

Nuclear Energy, Economy, and Democracy: The European Policy Debates

What is the Future of the Island of Ireland after Brexit?

The Australian Arms Affair: Assessing the Impact of Competition in Asia for U.S.-European Relations

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• NGOs at Work in Ukraine: Spotlight on Soleterre
• Designing a Gender-Equal City: Perspectives from Vienna, Barcelona, and France
• Why is Roma Education Still Separate and Unequal?: Employing Dis/Crit to Explain the Enduring Overrepresentation of “Gypsies” in Special Education
• Understanding the First Round of the 2022 French Presidential Elections: An EU Center Interview with Jonah D. Levy
• Making Sense of Macron's Re-election Victory: An EU Center Interview with Emiliano Grossman (Sciences Po)
• Guest expert lecture by Sierra Club Illinois Downstate Organizer, Sally Burgess and Illinois People’s Action Representatives, Dawn Dannenbring and Rev. Tony Pierce
• Q&A with WWF CEE CEO Andreas Beckmann
• Guest expert Lecture by EUC Senior Policy Analyst, Günter Hörmandinger and Brookings Institute Nonresident Senior Fellow, Barry Rabe
• Guest expert lecture by Dr. Christina Voigt, Co-Chair, Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee
• How Do You Like My Work? Children with Special Needs in Education: Characteristics and Challenges
• Teachers' Well-Being and Resilience 
• Growing Financial Literacy / Global Understanding through Group Dynamics & Social Interaction 

19th Annual European Union Day: Keynote Address by Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States

19th Annual European Union Day: A Conversation with Swedish Hip-Hop Artist Jason "Timbuktu" Diakité

When States Come Out: Transnational Movements and the Diffusion of LGBTI Rights in Europe

Race, Human Rights, and Populism in Poland: A Symposium

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• The Success of Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Importance of Trust
• Vandervelde Downs: Fiction Speckled with European History
• Making European Skin in the Early Modern World, 1450-1750
• Using Drawings as Tools for Travelers to Express Transformation
• Restaurant Disclosures of Food Allergens in the Tourism Context: A Croatian Case Study
• Safer Illinois: A Transatlantic Conversation on Privacy and Technology During an Epidemic
• 'Tolerance is the Soul of Europe': Christendom, Religious (In)Tolerance, and the Birth of Europe
• The New Speed of Politics: Is Gender Equality Accelerating or Shutting Down?
• The New Speed of Politics: Technology and Sustainability in the EU
• 2020 U.S. Elections: Where Do We Go From Here? Global and Local Perspectives
• A Brave New World? Discussing the EU and the U.S. after the Rise of Nativist Populism, COVID, and Brexit with Kostas Kourtikakis, Carol Leff, and Brian Gaines
• Refugees between Africa and Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Greece and Uganda (11th Illinois EU Studies Conference)
• Moving Dreams through Space and Time (11th Illinois EU Studies Conference)
• Next Directions for EU Studies (11th Illinois EU Studies Conference)

18th Annual European Union Day Keynote: "The New Cold War: Liberal Democracy vs. Authoritarianism — Why the EU is Today More Important Than Ever"

Interview with Baroness Ruth Deech, Member of Parliament

On the Essential Partnership between the European Union and the United States: A Conversation with Anthony Gardner, U.S. Ambassador to the EU 2014-17

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• The Black Death: What We Know Now
• Reading Contagion in Boccaccio's Decameron  
• Life After [the Black] Death
• Plague, Politics, and Napoleonic Propaganda c. 1800
• Trolls at Play: Teaching Propaganda, Media Manipulation, and Election Interference through Role-play (Online)
• Interview with Nihad Bunar, Professor of Special Pedagogy, Stockholm University
• Interview with Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labor Law, University of Cambridge
• Interview with Kacper Dziekan, European Projects Senior Specialist, European Solidarity Centre