Conversations On Europe

The EUCE/ESC lauches new speaker series: Conversations On Europe.    

EUROPE at 8:00

Short Films from 54 film directors
Starting February 2, 2012
4130 Posvar Hall 8:00-9:30pm 

2012 Graduate Student Conference

2012 Graduate Student Conference

Crisis, Cooperation, and Change in the European Union

March 30-31, 2011

University of Pittsburgh

EUCE GRANT RENEWED

EUCE GRANT RENEWED

In July 2011, the EUCE at Pitt was re-designated as a European Union Center of Excellence by the Delegation of the EU to the United States.  As a result of success in this national competition, the EUCE will receive support for a variety of EU-related programs for the next three years. 

Certificate Themes

The EUCE/ESC is pleased to announce that two new themes of German Studies and Modern European Humanities are available in the West European Studies Certificate.  These new options are ideal for students interested in complementing their major with coursework on the history, politics, or society of Germany or European literature, theater, and music.

Exploring the EU and European Studies

 

The European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center are  constituent units of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), identified by the United States Council on Learning as one of the exemplary international studies programs in the United States.  The EUCE/ESC has responsibility for coordinating and developing scholarship, teaching, and community events related to Europe.  The Centers do so in cooperation with academic departments, schools, and research units throughout the University.  The Centers support development of new courses, sponsor lectures, symposia, and conferences with international participants, offer faculty and graduate student grants, and provide an intellectual community for students and faculty studying all aspects of contemporary and historical Europe.

Understanding the hopes and problems of the 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 developed, and how history has shaped current political and economic issues in European Integration.  Contemporary Europe can be best understood by expolring how history, culture, law, politics, and economics intersect.  Two centers at the University of Pittsburgh, the EUROPEAN UNION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE and the EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTER encourage such interdisciplinary thinking--forming the EUCE/ESC.

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