The Center for West European Studies, in partnership with the Hellenic Studies Program at the University of Washington, is proud to announce the opening of the annual Eleftherios and Mary Rouvelas Endowed Writing Prize in Hellenic Studies. This competition, which began in 2010, is open to any UW student. Its purpose is to fund outstanding writing and research in

We would like to welcome you to an exciting academic year 2018/9 for European Affairs. As we restructure the Center and combine forces with REECAS (the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies), we have several events that you should mark on your calendars. For students, we will organize another round of

A workshop series for K-12 teachers of Spanish heritage learners Nov. 3, 2018 | Feb. 23, 2019 | Apr. 27, 2019 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Teachers should plan to attend all three workshops. Registration fee is $45 (covers the cost of all 3 workshops). A certificate of completion and 12 clock hours awarded by the UW

The European Union Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington has received a prestigious three-year Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence grant from the European Union Commission. The award will fund the Center’s flagship programs and support EU studies at the UW and throughout the Northwest. The UW

A Nordic film series exploring the dreams, challenges, and struggles of immigrants both then and now, from the time of the Great Migration to contemporary Scandinavia. Fridays – July 20, July 27, August 3 | 5:30 pm Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Avenue N. FREE ADMISSION with suggested $5 donation. Everyone welcome! All films are in

WINNERS – 2018 Summer Photo Competition  We asked UW students traveling abroad in Europe to send us their favorite photos from their travels. We received so many wonderful submissions, and had a really difficult time picking only three! We’ve featured our favorite submissions below, with a little information about where they were taken. Please feel

What are your reflections on the program?  I was so impressed with how the European Union functions together as one entity while consisting of 28 different countries, with 24 different languages and different currencies as well.  I really enjoyed learning from our speakers at the European Union External Action Service (EEAS), about its formation in 2011 and its

This year, the Center for Western European Studies hosted Dr. Jürgen Salay as our 2017-18 EU Fellow. Jürgen works as a civil servant for the European Commission where he monitors EU Member States compliance with their obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and by 40 % by 2030. Jürgen had a busy

On June 11, Jürgen took the train to Vancouver, British Columbia for the last outreach trip during his stay at the Center for West European Studies and EU Center.  He was invited by Kurt Huebner, the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and Global Political Economy, to give a talk at the Institute for European

Between the 19 and 21 of March,  Jürgen was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area and the University of California, Berkeley, where he was once a graduate student.  He was there to interview researchers and experts on climate and renewable energy policy in California. The state of California has been leading climate action in the