On January 17th,2012, the European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh will host an interactive videoconference devoted to the current European financial crisis. To be held from 12-1:30 p.m. in 211 David Lawrence Hall, the session is entitled “Is the Future of the Eurozone the Future of Europe?” This is the first in a series of “Conversations on Europe,” in which participants and audiences will be linked across several sites by video. This first session will feature some of the country’s top experts on the European Union, including Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Vice-Provost of Graduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Christiane Lemke, Max Weber Chair in German and European Politics at New York University and Professor of Political Science at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany; and Larry Neal, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Audiences at all three sites will be able to ask questions of the experts. This event is open to the public.