Info Session: Washington, DC & Brussels
PS 1349 Transatlantic Governance and Policy - 3 Credits
MAY 5-23, 2024

Students will be introduced to the history and primary policy areas of the United States’
relationship with Europe while participating in site visits to think tanks and government
organizations in both Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium. Site visits will include the US
Department of State, the European Parliament, the US Dept of Defense, and NATO.

The annual Brussels-Lux Study Tour is a week-long opportunity for educators across the U.S. to learn more about the European Union. With funding from the EU Delegation and the U.S. Department of Education, K-12 educators and faculty teaching at community colleges and minority-serving institutions (Title III- or Title V-eligible) are able to gain first-hand knowledge and experiences to further their understanding of Europe and the European Union. Visits to EU institutions and other organizations provide an inside look at the issues facing Europe and the EU.

The High School Model European Union is an annual event for area high school students. The goal of the Model EU is to give high school students a chance to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation. Playing the roles of presidents and prime ministers, students spend a day engaged in intense negotiations over conflicting issues about the EU. The objective is to simulate a specific European Council meeting that focuses on recent current events impacting the EU.

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Welcome Remarks
Croghan Schenley Nationality Room, 1st Floor, Cathedral of Learning

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Aggregators, Centripetors, or Stickers? Party Responsiveness to the Public
Opinion in a Multi-Dimensional Policy Space" (Jonathan Polk)
Discussant: Lawrence Ezrow
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Government Supporter Responsiveness"(Lawrence Ezrow) Discussant: Jonathan Polk

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Welcome Remarks
Croghan Schenley Nationality Room, 1st Floor Cathedral of Learning

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Party Branding in Europe: A Long-Term Perspective (Endre Borbáth)
Discussant: Matt Avina

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM The Transnational Brand: Ideological Distance from the Party Family and
Voter Perceptions (Jeffrey Nonnemacher) Discussant: Endre Borbáth

Shell for AY24 Toolkit Series

Director: Martin Repka

The film tells the story and of an older poetry club, Lonely Runners. But it is mainly about the great friendship between Ivan, Peter and Ivan. At the beginning of this road movie, Peter leaves Offenbach am Main, his current residence, to go to see Ivan in Bratislava and then to go together to Liptovský Mikuláš to visit another Ivan. They want a meeting between Lonely Runners and Lonely Runners. But the main motto and inspiration behind is their friendship.

82 min.; 2019; Genre: creative documentary
Slovak version; Subtitles: English

Consul General Gerebtzoff was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He started his career in the private sector as a bioengineer specializing in earth observation before joining the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005. His roles in foreign affairs have included postings in Switzerland and China, and a role as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Brussels. Michel took office as Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta on August 1, 2020. He is married and is the father of two daughters.

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Anne-Laure Desjonquères is a career diplomat who joined the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEFA) in 2006.

A student of the French National School of Administration (ENA) and of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), she graduated from Sciences Po in Paris and from the University of Paris-IV Sorbonne (Master’s Degree in History of International Relations).

EU ENLARGEMENT LECTURE SERIES: 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement

As part of our continued efforts to bring together experts with diverse perspectives to discuss contemporary issues facing Europe, the European Studies Center/European Union Center of Excellence (ESC/EUCE) along with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a new lecture series to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the EU Enlargement. This virtual lecture series will be held on the last Thursday of each month.