Join the European Studies Center at Pitt for a Virtual Book Club to explore recent works by European authors. We will be reading "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell and discussion the book Thursday, May 12. This event is open to all.

The AIU's biennial Social Studies Symposium, with the theme "Engage!" this year, brings 120 teachers, school leaders, and other educators from schools across western Pennsylvania to engage in professional development and connect to various resources. The UCIS TVI Engagement Team hosted a booth in the exhibit hall, including representation from the European Studies Center, to share programs and resources with the attendees.

Over the past decades, Western democracies have experienced dramatic change. In Europe, the most obvious is the decline of the mainstream parties, particularly those on the center-left, that long anchored and defined politics in the region. This talk will examine the reasons for the decline of center-left or social democratic parties in Europe, stressing the role played by these parties changing ideas about the nature of the economy and society.

This panel considers several aspects of the current state of democracy in Europe, with special attention to the rise of right-wing populism, illiberal forms of democracy, declining party loyalty, and evidence of increasing disenchantment with the current state of democracy in Europe. The panel will seek to discuss these issues with the help of a broad comparative and historical perspective.

Professors Mohammed Bamyeh and John Markoff, Department of Sociology, Pitt, will moderate a panel discussion on "The State of Democracy in Europe."

The panel members include:

Decarbonizing the economy requires a dramatic transformation of the global economy. Phasing out fossil fuels implies the reallocation of millions of workers who will need to find new jobs. Unions and other policymakers have therefore called for a “just transition”: a clean energy transition that takes into account the challenges faced by those whose jobs are at risk. The European Union has recognized the problem and is implementing a Just Transition Mechanism which is expected to raise 55 billion euros (about $58 billion).

Panelist: Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London, Jane Green, University of Oxford, Robert Ford, University of Manchester and Robert Johns, University of Essex
Moderator: Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

In this brief presentation, Willem Noe, European Commission Official and former EU Fellow at GSPIA, will give a brief overview of working at the European Commission as an international organization, and his own career path as an economist at the Commission dealing with globalization, European Union Enlargement (entry of new Member States into the EU), and the economies of several Member States.

Join the Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet EU Center to continue the Talking Gender in the EU Lecture Series, with Christina Fiig on "EU Gender Policies in a Context of (Quasi) Permanent Crisis," on May 17, 2022 at 12:00pm PDT/3:00pm ET.

This is presented by the University of Washington Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet EU Center.

This is a part of JMintheUS.

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How have the electric vehicle markets evolved in Europe and Asia in the past decade? How do these changes impact energy choices and consumption in the 21st century? Join us as we explore these questions and more in our BETH series on Energy.

Speakers: Dr. John Helveston, George Washington University; Dr. Marianne Ryghaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dr. Maciej Mazur, AVERE--The European Association for Electromobility.

Register at https://tinyurl.com/PittElectric