The EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels offers advanced undergraduates the opportunity to study the emergence of a united Europe in its dynamic core and is intended for students interested in the politics of the European Union. The five week program features lectures nd seminars, as well as meetings with European officials and site visits to major EU institutions and organizations.

Dr. Michael Shackleton will present a lecture discussing The UK and its relationship to the European Union. Dr. Shackleton is the Head of the European Parliament Office in London, having worked for more than 25 years in the Secretariat of the European Parliament in Brussels. He has published widely on EU issues, with the seventh edition of the co-authored book "The European Parliament" published in June 2007. http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/pils/strminfo/shackleton_2011l.mov (Quicktime required)

The EUCE/ESC would like to welcome students, faculty, and friends of the Center to the start of a new year. Please join us for refreshments and conversation on Wednesday September 14 at 4:00pm in 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

Dr Anthony R. Zito, Reader in Politics and Joint Editor of Environmental Politics, Co-Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Newcastle University will present a lecture entitled “Can Environmental Agencies Manage their Environment”.

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/pils/strminfo/zito_2011l.mov

A professional ACTFL trainer will present this four-day workshop on administering and rating Oral Proficiency Interviews to assess students' foreign language proficiency. Following the workshop, participants will be prepared to complete the ACTFL certification process for OPI testers. Please note that this event is open to invited language instructors only.

The French Immersion Institutes are designed for middle and high school teachers to broaden their cultural awareness and understanding with regard to French-speaking countries, to strengthen their French listening and speaking skills, and to share strategies for the teaching of the French language and culture.

Elyes Ghanmi wrote his PhD in Political Science on the role and strategies of the European Commission in the EU-Tunisian Partnership (1995-2010). His current research interests include the EU and U.S. approaches to Libya.

This is the 6th annual graduate student conference on the European Union. The conference participants are graduate students from a wide variety of universities in Europe, Canada and the U.S. with an EU related research focus.

Piers Ludlow of the London School of Economics makes the case for including knowledge of the past development of the European integration process in any discussions about its present state and future course. In particular, he will stress that several of the Union's most distinctive features can only properly be understood by knowing more about their development over the integration process's 60-plus year history.

This conference has been intellectually organized by Political Science Professor Michael Goodhart. The papers represent the work of an American Political Science Association task force focusing on the conference's theme.