Director General European Commission Jean-Eric Paquet is the Director-General of DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission. He began his career in the European Commission in 1993 in the Directorate-General for Transport. In 1999 he joined the Cabinet of the Commissioner for Enlargement. In 2002 he became the Deputy Head of Cabinet of the

On August 13, 2019, the Jean Monnet Center hosted the EU Summer Workshop Policy Forum for Educators, “Crisis, Challenge and Change in the European Union” at the University of Washington. Marking the 30th anniversary of Jean Monnet activities, this year’s teacher workshop was co-sponsored by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, the European Union Center

On this Flashback Friday, we celebrate the exciting and thought-provoking 2019 West Coast Model EU event organized by the University of Washington’s Jean Monnet Center of Excellence with the generous support of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme. Joao Rodrigues, the senior legal advisor from the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington D.C., launched the event

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 begins on June 7. Let’s cheer on the teams from CWES countries:  England  France  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Scotland  Spain  Sweden Find out more about time and schedule below.

Dear Euro students, fellow faculty, and dear Friends of Europe, I would like to welcome you to an exciting academic year 2019-2020 for European Affairs. As we embark on celebrating 25 years of European Studies at UW as well as a quarter century of our Center for West European Studies, we have several events that

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