Model NATO – Model NATO is a simulation of a North Atlantic Council meeting. During the 2-day conference which occurs each March, students from across the US play the role of national ambassadors to NATO from one or more of the 26 member states and work to resolve issues facing the Alliance.
Academic Requirements:
There are three Certificate requirements
1) European Union Studies (content) Courses
2) Language Courses
3) Co-curricular Activity
1) European Union Studies (content) Courses
The EUCE/ESC offers two certificates for undergraduate students regardless of school or major. The Certificate in West European Studies (WES) provides students with strong interests in predominantly Western European history, culture, politics, and languages to complement their major with a regional specialization.
The Regional Advisory Board is designed to advise the Director regarding the outreach efforts of the EUCE/ESC to the regional academic community. Its forty-one members include faculty from thirty-one institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
The EUCE/ESC Faculty Advisory Board is chaired by Professor Alberta Sbragia and comprised of University of Pittsburgh faculty selected for their regular contributions to the activities of the Center. The twenty-nine current members include faculty from eleven humanities and social science departments, six professional schools, as well as the University Library System and University administration.
Recent Awardees
Dissertation FellowshipsAli Ashraf – GSPIA, “Global Counterterrorism Cooperation: U.S. Counterterrorism Policy and Responses from the European Union and the Islamic World”
The affiliated faculty of the EUCE/ESC are faculty from the various schools, departments, and campuses of the University of Pittsburgh.
Center Associates are formally appointed regional and international scholars and practitioners who come to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research.
Understanding the hopes and problems of Western Europe and the European Union in the twenty-first century requires an awareness of the achievements and disasters that Europe has undergone in earlier centuries. It also requires an appreciation of how identities and cultures were established, how collective memory has developed, and how history has shaped current political and economic issues in European integration. Contemporary Europe can be best understood by exploring how history, culture, law, politics, and economics intersect. Two centers at the University of Pittsburgh encourage such interdisciplinary thinking – the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and European Studies Center (ESC) forming the EUCE/ESC.
