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Illinois Global Institute European Union Center

Faculty Spotlights

  • Brett Ashley Kaplan is a Professor of Comparative and World Literature and Director of the Initiative in the Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is also an affiliate faculty of the European Union Center. What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? I am currently working...
  • Brian Gaines is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an affiliate faculty of the European Union Center. What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? What do publics in established democracies regard as "fair" levels of taxation? What classes do you teach? What are some of the topics of those...
  • Helga Varden is a Professor in the departments of Philosophy and Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is also an affiliate faculty of the European Union Center.
  • Judith Pintar is Teaching Professor at the iSchool and Director of Game Studies & Design & Faculty Affiliate at the EU Center.  What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? I study propaganda, persuasion, and suggestibility, and have a regional interest in south-eastern and central Europe. I have ongoing research and design...
  • David O'Brien is a Professor of Art History at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an affiliate faculty of the European Union Center. What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? Currently I am writing a book about how Napoleon was remembered through objects (relics, clothing, accessories, knick-...
Illinois Global Institute European Union Center

205 Coble Hall, MC-429

801 S. Wright St

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 265-7515

Email: eucenter@illinois.edu

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