Sharon Kinoshita,works in Mediterranean Studies with Brian Catlos (History, UCSC), she co-directs the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies as well as the University of California Multicampus Research Project Initiative in Mediterranean Studies (http://mediterraneanseminar.org).

Three sessions will be presented: Texts in Context; Deferral, Other, Boundary; and Subjects in Crisis.

Lecture given by Jarmila Curtiss, Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany, Center Associate, Center for International Studies (European Union Center of Excellence and Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies) University of Pittsburgh, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Duquesne University

Through an analysis and dialogue of the theories of space and place outlined by Michel De Certeau, Michel Foucault, Henri Lefebvre, and Edward Soja, Ms. Jonsson will examine how the 'other spaces' (both public and private) are re-coded with informal and invisible meanings and rituals. This allows for a new lens through which we can read Francophone texts from different regions and time periods such as Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Magnifique, Assia Djebar's Les femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement, and Azouz Begag's Le Gone du Chaaba.

The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2010-11 Faculty European Grant Competition is December 3, 2010. Application forms and grant information are available from the EUCE/ESC Web site:

Philipp Gassert has recently taken over as Chair at the University of Augsburg. His research focuses on 20th century international history, the history of transatlantic relations, National Socialism, and post-1945 contemporary German and European History. He received his PhD from the University of Heidelberg. He is the co-founder of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies and was a DAAD Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Pieter Judson is a professor at Swarthmore College and currently serves as editor of the Austrian History Yearbook. He is the author of Exclusive Revolutionaries: Liberal Politics, Social Experience and National Identity in the Austrian Empire 1848-1914.

Arpad von Klimo, Carolyn Warner and Francois Foret will present this panel discussion. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m.

This colloquium will feature Dennis Looney, Nancy Glazener and John Beverley.

Andrea Aldrich is a PhD student in the Political Science Department. Her lecture will explore whether the institutionalization of the European Parliament has led to an increase in supranational party power that reflects representation on a higher level than the national party. It seeks to determine when and to what extent supranational parties are able to influence individual Members of Parliament on issues of European integration and concludes that the strength of party influence varies across groups in accordance to party size, ideological preference and access to power.