Higher Education

Taking the European Union into the 21st Century: History, Challenges and Debates

Date: 
Sat, 04/09/2011 - 08:30 to 17:00

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.

Location: 
Crown-Mural Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Assoc., 4215 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Person: 
Thomas Allen
Contact Phone: 
412-624-5404
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu

Adding a Historical Dimension to the Study of Today's EU

Date: 
Fri, 04/08/2011 - 12:00 to 13:00

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.

Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Karen Lautanen
Contact Email: 
kal70@pitt.edu

Democracy, Social Justice and Economic Security in a Volatile World

Date: 
Fri, 04/08/2011 - 08:30 to Sat, 04/09/2011 - 17:00

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.

Location: 
4430 Posvar Hall
Cost: 
None
Contact Person: 
Karen Lautanen
Contact Email: 
kal70@pitt.edu

Legal Internship Opportunities in Europe: Reflections from Previous Nordenberg Fellows

Date: 
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 12:00

Three law students who were Nordenberg Fellows during the summer 2010 (Andrew DiSipio, Morgan Kronk and Andrew Vogeler) will share their experiences. The European legal institutions they interned at include the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg, the European Commission's Legal Service, Brussels, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg.

Location: 
Room 113, Barco Law Bldg., School of Law
Contact Person: 
Thomas Allen
Contact Phone: 
412-624-5404
Contact Email: 
tfa3@pitt.edu

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