Join the European Studies Center at Pitt for a Virtual Book Club to explore recent works by European authors. Our first book is Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. Discussion dates are December 6 and December 10. Those who RSVP by 10/22 can receive a FREE book and the event is open to ALL.
For Year 3 of our faculty development workshops for community colleges and minority-serving institutions, we are offering a series of monthly webinars focused on technology. The first of the webinars will examine Technology and Privacy: The Right To Be Forgotten with particular focus on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its global impact. Register here
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel to Brussels for the Brussels Study Tour in Summer 2020 was cancelled. To fill this educational gap for the educators already selected for the 2020 cohort, virtual programming was implemented.
In this second session, the 2020 educator cohort engaged in a moderated conversation with David O'Sullivan, former Ambassador of the European Union to the United States (2014-2019). Through this conversation, educators learned more about EU foreign relations, particularly with the U.S., and current issues.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel to Brussels for the Brussels Study Tour in Summer 2020 was cancelled. To fill this educational gap for the educators already selected for the 2020 cohort, virtual programming was implemented.
In this first session, Brianna Howell, a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, will present an Introduction to the European Union to the 2020 educator cohort followed by an interactive Q&A.
This event, hosted by the EU Delegation to the U.S., invites teams of college students to present their policy solutions to an important issue facing the European Union and the United States.
As part of our Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence grant, Dr. joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor and Director University of Miami European Union Center of Excellence, will make a presentation on Europe and Latin American Relations under the impact of COVID-19.
On June 15th 2020, the EU officially reopened its inner borders, effectively lifting the travel restrictions put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Schengen Agreement’s ‘Free Movement of Persons’ —considered as one of the most meaningful, and also the most popular accomplishments ever of European integration— was then back in force.
