The Jean Monnet in the U.S.A. Series, #JMintheUS is an initiative of several EU-funded Universities across the United States. The world has shifted to virtual events, making new kinds of collaborations possible. Co-sponsors of the #JMintheUS initiative can better share programming related to the European Union and European Union studies, increasing access to more communities throughout the country.
The following events are open to all audiences. Details will be updated as they become available, so please check this page regularly. Virtual attendance may be limited, so early registration is recommended. For more information about the events and details about how to register, follow the link to see information on the primary organizer’s website. The European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh is proud to host this page for information purposes, but is not responsible for the events being organized by partner institutions.
Scheduled Events (links to registration pages will be posted as they are made available)
SPRING 2021
12:00 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: Brexit Update with Anand Menon
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
Recording of the Event (Youtube)
February 23, 2021
11 a.m. MST
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: "Refocusing EU Tourism Post Brexit and COVID-19" with Robert Evans
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado
10:30 a.m. EST
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: The EU policy on Digitization (of Art Collections) with Antoinette Maget Dominice (Ludwig Maximillian University), Ewa Manikowska (Institute of Art Polish Academy of Sciences), Arianna Traviglia (Center for Cultural Heritage Technology University ca'Foscari)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES) WATCH HERE
February 24, 2021
11 a.m. MT
VIRTUAL TALK: A conversation with Austrian Ambassador Martin Weiss
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: American Univeristy Transatlantic Policy Center, WATCH HERE
February 25, 2021
3 p.m. CT
VIRTUAL TALK: A Conversation with Swedish Hip Hop Artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Union Center, University of Illinois
12:30 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL TALK: Republican Realism and Ideology in EU Politics
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Center for European Union, Transatlantic, and Trans-European Space Studies, Virginia Tech
February 26, 2021
12 p.m. CT
VIRTUAL TALK "Rights, Representation, and Resources: Gender Equality in Sweden and the EU" | EU Day keynote address by Swedish Ambassador to the US Karin Olofsdotter
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Union Center, University of Illinois
March 2, 2021
12 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL TALK: Europe's Green Recovery with Frans Timmermans
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
March 4, 2021
1 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: EU Human Rights promotion: going beyond Europe?
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University, WATCH HERE
March 9, 2021
8 a.m. CT
VIRTUAL Symposium: Race, Human Rights, and Populism in Poland: A Symposium
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Union Center, University of Illinois
March 10, 2021
1 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL LECTURE: The European Democracy Action Plan and Beyond: What Does the Future of EU Disinformation Policy Look Like?
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Union Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
March 12, 2021
8 a.m. EST
WORKSHOP: How to Research EU Cultural Policy
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
March 16, 2021
March 24, 2021
9 a.m. EST
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: European Union-Middle East Relations in a Changing World’
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University
11:00 p.m. MDT
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: Re-inventing the Transatlantic Relationship for the 21st Century
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado
March 25, 2021
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: The Struggle for Democray and Human Rights: The Role of Technology and Social Media
March 30, 2021
11 a.m. EST
VIRTUAL TALK: Capitalist Transformations in East Central Europe since the Great Recession: What Do We Know? What Have We Missed?
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Center for European Union, Transatlantic, and Trans-European Space Studies, Virginia Tech
12 p.m. EST
VIRTUAL LECTURE: Crisis Decision-Making: How COVID-19 Has Changed the Working Methods of the EU Institutions
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
April 6, 2021
10:30 a.m. EST
VIRTUAL MODERATED PANEL: The Human Dimenion of Heritage in the EU with Karolina Nikielska-Sekula (University of South-Eastern Norway), Andreas Wiesand (ERICARTS), Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University London)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
April 15, 2021
2 p.m. PST
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: New Parties in Europe: Formation and Institutionalization of New Parties in EU Member States
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Center for West European Studies, University of Washington
April 20, 2021
10:30 a.m. EST
VIRTUAL MODERATED PANEL:Success and Challenge for the EU External Cultural Relations with Guillaume Decot (European External Action Service), Damien Helly (Culture Solutions), Elke Selter (SOAS)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
May 20, 2021
12 p.m. PST
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Phillip Ayoub | Pride Amid Prejudice: The Impact of the First Pridein Sarajevo
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Center for West European Studies, University of Washington
FALL 2020
September 9, 2020
10:00 a.m. EDT
VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION: Legislating Sustainability: Public Policy and the Environment in the EU
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
September 11, 2020
12:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: Talk with Cecilia Malmström, former EU Trade Commissioner
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for European Studies (CES)
September 15, 2020
12:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series - European Solidarity Tracker, a discussion with the European Council on Foreign Relations on how the coronavirus crisis tested European solidarity and what the data shows.
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
September 16, 2020
3:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION: Europe at a Crossroads: Dialogue with the EU, French, and German Ambassadors
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: American University, Transatlantic Policy Center
September 29, 2020
12:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: "Overview of Upcoming CEUCE Events and Opportunities by Felicia Naranjo Martinez, Executive Director"
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado
October 6, 2020
11 a.m. EDT
MFJMCE ROUNDTABLE: Populism and Democratic Backsliding in Europe
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University
4:00 p.m. EST
Regional Integration & Relations between the EU and Latin America Under the Impact of COVID-19
PRIMARY ORGANIZERS: University of Miami Jean Monnet Chair and EU Center and Center for European Union, Transatlantic & Trans-European Space Studies (CEUTTSS) at Virginia Tech
October 16, 2020
12 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series - Crisis Signaling: "How Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown affected incumbent Support in Other European Countries" with Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
October 20, 2020
EU Political and Economic Plans
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Miami Jean Monnet Chair/EU Center
12 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series - "The historical legacies on the EU's Free Movement of Persons: Our Human Mobility Rights in a post COVID-19 context" with Cristina Blanco Sio-Lopez (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Visiting Fellow, University of Pittsburgh)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
Briefing and Lecture on Regional Integration in the Americas
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Miami Jean Monnet Chair/EU Center
October 22, 2020
11 a.m. CDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: The German Presidency of the EU at Mid-Point: Ulrike Guérot (Founder and Director of European Democracy Lab/Professor of European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University, Krems)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for German and European Studies
PARTNERS: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University
11 a.m. EDT
MFJMCE LECTURE: Regional Integration & European-Latin American Relations under the impact of COVID-19
PRIMARY ORGANIZERS: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University and University of Miami Jean Monnet Chair/EU Center
View Recording (Youtube)
9:30 a.m. EST
"(Internal and External) Challenges of the EU after Brexit and the US Elections"
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Miami Jean Monnet Chair/EU Center
November 12, 2020
12 p.m. EDT
ROUNDTABLE: Virtual Briefing on the Transatlantic Relationship after the US Elections
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh, European Studies Center (ESC)
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS: American University, Georgia Tech University
Watch the video
November 17, 2020
12:30 p.m. EDT
MFJMCE ROUNDTABLE: "An Update on EU-Iran Relations" with Shireen Hunter (Georgetown University), Eldar Mamedov (European Parliament), Eric Lob (FIU), and Mohammad Homayounvash (FIU)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida-International University
Topic: The Brussels Effect, By: Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia University View Flyer
November 19, 2020
Topic: The Role of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EUROLAT) By: Javi Lopez, Member of the European Parliament View Flyer
SUMMER 2020
July 29, 2020
2:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: Rising Autocrats and 'Freedom Fighters': How the Populist Radical Right in Germany and Europe Responds to the Corona Pandemic, with Marcel Lewandowsky (DAAD)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
11:30 a.m. EDT
VIRTUAL TALK & DISCUSSION: Regional Integration & Relations between the EU and Latin America under the impact of COVID-19
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Miami, European Union Center and Jean Monnet Chair
PARTNER ORGANIZATION: Universidad de los Andes (Chile)
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For details on the JMintheUS initiative, please contact irm24@pitt.edu