Vanessa Quince, a UW Ph.D. student in political science, is a recipient of the Jackson School Center for European Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS). With this funding, she has spent the summer tackling something only the French language is able to unlock: the impact of race in France’s trade agreements dating back

The Center for European Studies and the EU Center partnered with World Affairs Council (WAC) to facilitate a mock Euro Challenge at the International Community School of Kirkland (ICS) on September 8th. Over one hundred students came together to discuss economic issues surrounding the euro-crisis and financial stability within the 19 member states of the Eurozone. The

On Friday, September 2nd, the Center for West Europe Studies sent Modern Greek Language professor Heracles Panagiotides to the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island to present to 200 Naval Officers as they prepared to take troops overseas. In addition to this discussion, Dr. Panagiotides was joined by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a Rice University’s Baker Institute

UW Political Science PhD student, Jonathan Beck, was recently awarded the Jean Monnet Chair EU Graduate Research Grant from the EU Center (EUC) for a two-week research project in Berlin, Germany. Beck traveled to Berlin in order to explore the question “Why have students in Germany been so relatively successful in their fight against tuition

This year’s Summer Teacher Workshop hosted by the Center for European Studies, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies was a success. With a full house that included a waiting list, the 24 attendees represented a wide range of academics including a UW ROTC instructor, several local community

On August 18, the Center for European Studies (CES) and EU Center (EUC) sent UW PhD students Andreu Casas Salleras and Kevin Aslett to Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) to present on current and historical concepts of Europe and the EU as part of a series on diversity at the complex. CES and EUC Managing Director, Andrea Brocato and Outreach

Name: Paulina Klemm Hometown: San Diego, CA Major: European Studies and Political Economy double major, Professional Sales Certificate Hobbies: Skiing, hiking, traveling   I have always been interested in European studies as I was born in Germany and lived there for five years. After my sophomore year I had the opportunity to spend six weeks

About my time as a Euromasters Transatlantic Track student at UW in Seattle First I wondered, then I learned and now I understand better. By:  Julia Schütze It was December 2014 when I found out that I was accepted for the Euromasters Transatlantic Track program and that my US destination would be Seattle. I had never

Name: Jessica Pickering Hometown: Born – Auckland, New Zealand; Raised – Issaquah, WA Major: International Studies General Major – Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Peace and Security Track Minor: European Studies Hobbies: Traveling, yoga, hiking, volleyball   My interest in Europe first developed when I spent the spring quarter of my freshman year at the University of

The Center for European Studies welcomes Professor Sabine Lang as its new director as of July 1st. Professor Lang’s research focuses on European politics and brings in a wide variety of interests, such as multilevel governance, gender politics, and civil society; and has been an active member of the CES and EUC community during her