The European Union center of Excellence and European Studies Center announces the 2010-2011 competition for advanced graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research or internships related to post-World War II European integration. The fellowship is to conduct research in Europe or undertake an internship directly related to their research. Travel to Europe is required to be completed prior to August 24, 2011.

The European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center announce the 2010-2011 fellowship competition for advanced PhD students at the University of Pittsburgh who are writing a dissertation on a topic directly related to the European Unions' development, institutions, policies, identities, external relations and/or relationship with individual member states. The fellowship will support on-site in Europe dissertation research or the writing of the dissertation between May of 2011 and April of 2012.

This conference is for the purpose of reviewing a manuscript of a book that shares the title of the conference. Expert reviewers will provide critiques of major sections of the draft book.

War Child chronicles the shocking, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful odyssey of Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier of Sudan's brutal civil war. He is now an emerging international hip hop star sharing a message of peace for his war-torn land and beloved Africa.

The people of Southern Sudan peacefully voted to secede, after two decades of war failed to bring independence. President al-Bashir has accepted the outcome but great uncertainty lies ahead. The north-south border is in dispute. Oil fields are in the south but export facilities are in the north. Communal disputes in Abyei and the Nuba Mountains could spark widespread fighting. The violence in Darfur remains unresolved and cannot be ignored.

Fabrizio Tonello, Fulbright Visiting Professor from the University of Padua will lecture.

Michael Kaeding, Christine Mahoney, Nils Ringe, and Jennifer Victor will engage in a panel discussion that provides illumination on the role of information and expertise in policy making within the EU Parliament. A reception will follow.

University of Pittsburgh and area/regional undergraduate students will participate in the annual Model EU simulation on Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19. Participation is by invitation only.

The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 EUCE Faculty Grant Competition - Round Two is February 18, 2011. Application forms and grant information are available at the EUCE/ESC Web site:

William Sewell presents and Seymour Drescher responds in this Humanities Center Colloquium.