PAUL HEYNE SEMINAR: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BREXIT November 30 | 6:00pm-7:00pm | SAV 264 Ice cream social to follow from 7:00pm – 8:00pm Join the UW Economics Undergraduate Board for their quarterly Paul Heyne Seminar! This quarter’s topic is The Political Economy of Brexit: Causes, Consequences, and Alternative Futures. This event will be led

The Durham University Fellowship Scheme is opening applications for several of their fantastic internship programs for the 2017-2018 school year! Applicants have many programs to choose from, including the International Junior Research Fellowships which is offered to postdoctoral students between July 1, 2017 through October 1, 2017, with applications due by December 02, 2016. Other programs include

Transatlantic Discussion on Thursday, November 17 from 1:30-3pm in Thomson Hall 317 Understanding the future of transatlantic relations is becoming more important as the future outcomes of Brexit and the rise of populism across Europe and Russia forever change the landscape of international policy. Join us in welcoming German scholar Martina Timmermann and Derek West,

The Center for European Studies and EU Center are excited to feature a new volume edited by EU Center Director and Jean Monnet Chair James Caporaso and University of Denver Professor Martin Rhodes. The Political and Economic Dynamics of the Eurozone Crisis provides a detailed account of the politics and economics surrounding the Eurozone Crisis. In the chapter, “States Choose but

The Arctic: A Region of Opportunities and Challenges November 9 1:30pm-2:15pm Gould Hall 322 Join us for an opportunity to participate in discussions and research on climate change in the Arctic with Mr. Kåre Aas, Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. “The Arctic covers about 8% of the Earth’s surface, or four times the area of all

On Tuesday, November 1, Dr. Joyce Mushaben visited Europe Today – Euro 301, as part of the Germany Embassy’s “German Campus Week“. Her presentation, titled “We Can Do It!”, looked at the reasoning behind Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to increase the integration efforts for refugees, and the response from the far right political movements in Germany.

“We must prevent life from being so bleak, that risking death is preferential.” These words from Assistant Secretary Anne Richard, in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, have stuck with MAIS Student Alexander Kuehl. A/S Richard delivered these remarks at a World Affairs Council (WAC) event, where Kuehl worked for

This year, CES/EUC hosted a Greece Photo Challenge which was open to all students in the Greece Study Abroad Program. Entry requirements were broad, and allowed students to focus on which part of Greece was most beautiful to them. This year’s winner was Dylan Tizon, who took the top three spots on this list with amazing

Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Suzan LeVine, visited the UW campus and gave a presentation in the course Europe Today. The discussion focused on the day-to-day life of an Ambassador and then moved toward all the ways in which LeVine works to ensure business, technology, and ideals are shared between the US and Switzerland. “The Swiss are neither

Conference: A Conversation on the Global Migration Crisis and Human Rights Friday, October 14, 2016: 8:30am – 4:30pm, in Kane Hall   Using an interactive workshop with a live illustrator and actual stories from immigrants and specialists in the field, this workshop seeks to bring the needs of migrants, government organizations and NGO’s together to