The first of the EUCE/ESC’s 2013-2014 interactive Conversations on Europe Virtual Roundtable Series will explore the outcomes and impact of the German Elections (which will take place the Sunday before). Experts on contemporary Germany will give their assessment of the results. Audience participation is encouraged. Presenters include Patrick Altdorfer, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh; Myra Marx Ferree, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nils Ringe, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David Crew, Department of History, University of Texas – Austin; Per Urlaub, Department of Germanic Studies, UT-Austin and Peter Rehberg, Department of Germanic Studies, UT-Austin. The moderator will be Dr. Steven E. Sokol, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.