EUCE NEWS

  • Educational Trip for Two Wisconsin High School Teachers (22-25 June 2009)
    The Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S. organized its first educational trip to Brussels, Belgium from June 20-25, 2009. The UW-Madison's EUCE invited two Wisconsin high school teachers, William Gibson (Madison East) and Brigitte Musallam (Lincoln High, Wisconsin Rapids), to join 25 secondary school teachers and university students from across the U.S. for the week-long program. The trip allowed our Wisconsin teachers to develop a better understanding of the European Union, its institutions, and the current issues facing the Member States, and to bring fresh information back to their World History and AP Modern European History courses. More information about this trip, including testimonials and photos, will be available here!

  • Euro Challenge 2010 Open for Registration!
    The High School Euro Challenge, a national academic competition targeting grade 9- and 10- students, is now open for registration. Supported by the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, the Euro Challenge is designed to develop and expand students' knowledge of the EU, the European economy, and the euro. For more information, contact the European Studies Alliance Assistant Director, Csanád Siklós, at siklos@wisc.edu or 265-4766.

    Visit the Euro Challenge website.

    Click here to download the Euro Challenge Registration Package.

  • Teacher Workshop (Friday, November 20, 2009)
    Bringing the Euro and Europe into the Classroom is a half-day teacher orientation session hosted by the Chicago Federal Reserve. The workshop will discuss aspects of the European economy and how to prepare for the Euro Challenge.

    If you are interested, please RSVP by Tuesday, November 10 to Csanád Siklós (European Studies Alliance Assistant Director) at siklos@wisc.edu or 265-4766.

    Visit the Teacher Workshop Page for more information.

  • Fall 2009 New Course! 675/901 Seminar: Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the ‘Knowledge Economy’
    Kris Olds, Professor of Geography and EUCE faculty affiliate will offer this new course in the Fall of 2009 designed for both upper level undergraduate and graduate students (MA/MSc/PhD). The course examines an array of issues related to the globalization of higher education and research. Visit Course Website.

  • EUCE Director Jeremi Suri Launches New Blog
    Jeremi Suri, Professor of History and Director of the European Union Center of Excellence has teamed up with the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) in launching a new blog on Politics, Global Affairs & the 2008 Election. Visit the blog.
  • New Publication from EUCE Faculty
    The EUCE is pleased to announce the recently published work edited by Jonathan Zeitlin, founding co-director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison EUCE and Professor of History, Political Science, Sociology, and Public Affairs and Martin Heidenreich, Professor of Sociology, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany):

    Changing European Welfare and Employment Regimes: The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms (London: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of Welfare, 2009).

    Professor Zeitlin is theme leader of the on-going EUCE research collaborative Exporting EU Governance, investigating the external projection of EU governance and regulation beyond the Union's borders. Click on the link above to preview the first 30 pages of this new publication.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 20-21 , 2009
Madison, WI

Transatlantic Conference on New Governance and the Transformation of Law

The purpose of the conference is to explore the impact of new forms of governance on the theory and practice of law. The conference is designed
to explore the nature and extent to which these developments in "new governance" may transform areas of law, and debate its broader implications for theory and practice. This conference is by invitation only. Interested persons should contact Pam Hollenhorst at pshollen@wisc.edu. Click on the following link for a more detailed conference description, or visit the conference website.

 

SAVE THE DATE!

December 9 , 2009
Madison, WI

Sverker Lindblad Lecture: "Transnational Governance of Higher Education: On Globalization and International Ranking Lists"

Sverker Lindblad, Professor of Education at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, will be on campus to give the lecture "Transnational Governance of Higher Education: On Globalization and International Ranking Lists." Click here for more information.

 

RECENT EVENTS

November 16 , 2009
Madison, WI

Two Events with Sally Kenney

Sally Kenney, Humphrey Institute, served as a consultant to the US Congress's House Education and Labor Committee on discrimination resulting from fetal protection policies. She will be giving two talks, "Making the Case for Women Judges" and "Teaching and Writing Case Studies on Women and Social Change."

November 9, 2009
Madison, WI

"The New Turkey in the New World"

Professor Mustafa Özel from Fatih University in Istanbul will be giving a lecture about contemporary Turkey. This event is free and open to the public. Download a poster for the event.

November 5-7, 2009
Madison, WI

Wisconsin Workshop: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (with Keynote Speaker Konrad Jarausch of UNC-Chapel Hill)

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 42nd Wisconsin Workshop aims to assess how German culture came to terms with national and political division. Click here for a description and conference agenda.

November 5-6, 2009
Madison, WI

Two Events with Peter Feaver: Lecture and Seminar

Join Peter Feaver, Special Advisor at the National Security Council, who will share his insights as one of the participants in the famous internal review that led to the "surge" decision in Iraq. Part of the 2009 Dr. Richard H. Zeitlin Distinguished Lecture Series. Click on the following links for a description of the November 5 lecture and the November 6 seminar with students. Download the seminar poster for more information.

October 28 , 2009
Madison, WI

Politics, Economics, and Compulsory Military Service

Lindsay P. Cohn, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa, will be on campus to discuss the structural economic factors that may make military conscription economically rational in many cases. Download the poster for more information.

October 23-24 , 2009
Madison, WI

Extending Experimentalist Governance Workshop: From the European Union to the World?

Building on the efforts of a previous project on experimentalist governance in the EU, this workshop explores how far, through what modalities, and with what consequences new forms of experimentalist governance developed within the European Union are being extended to the wider world. Download the project description and schedule.

October 9 , 2009
Madison, WI

Interdisciplinary Symposium - Smart Regulation: Can New Types of Governance Improve Health?

This symposium promotes dialogue among researchers focused on clinical and transnational research and researchers focused on the system-level structures and policies that facilitate or inhibit health system improvement and the promotion of population health outcomes. Visit the symposium website for more information or download a symposium flyer/agenda. Click here to stream the various presentations online.

October 9 , 2009
Madison, WI

Conference: Transatlantic Culture and Social Activism from the 1960s to 2009, Featuring Guest Speaker Staughton Lynd

Staughton Lynd is a renowned peace activist, historian, and attorney. Click here for an official flyer and conference program.

September 24, 2009
Madison, WI

Frank Gavin, "Bridging the Gap Between Scholarship and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century"

Frank Gavin is the Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, and director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Click here for more information on this event.

 

For recent publications by EUCE affiliated faculty, click here.

2009-2010 Events

For more details on EUCE events, see the EUCE Calendar

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