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The events for the 2018-21 Jean Monnet Center of Excellence encompass workshops, round tables, conferences, and lectures. Each event includes EU scholars, offering a broad range of perspectives from the EU and US on topics including integration, Brexit, environment, intersectionality, populism, labor rights, and global supply chains. More information, including links and readings, will be added as events occur.

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Lecture Series: The European Alternative

February 21, 2019

The Making of a European Alternative: Cooperation and Integration in Western Europe after 1945 | Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel

September 29, 2020

The Future of Europe: An American Perspective | Roger Cohen, NYT

Note: This event was originally scheduled for March 17, 2020, and was rescheduled for September 29, 2020.

April 15, 2021

The Crises in the European Union and Germany, 2008–2020 | Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kaelble

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Panel: The Political Divides that are Transforming the EU

March 20, 2019

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Conference: Global Brexit and the Lost Futures of European Empires

April 4-5, 2019

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Conference: Partisan Divides

May 3-4, 2019

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Populism, Eastern Europe, & the EU

October 3-4, 2019

Workshop and Panel: Democracy, European Integration and the Populist Turn

April 7, 2022

Panel: Russia’s War Against Ukraine and Ukraine’s Challenge to the EU

April 19, 2023

Graduate Student Workshop: The EU in the Face of Populism & War

April 19, 2023

Panel: The EU in the Face of Populism & War

May 5, 2023

EUSA Panel: Russia’s War Against Ukraine

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Encountering Difference, Embodying Boundaries, and Unsettling Borders: Middle Eastern Refugees and Immigrants in the European Union

October 9–November 6, 2020

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Environmentalism, Fantasy and Intersectionality: A Comparison Between the US and the EU

November 5-6, 2020

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European Union Supply Chains and Trade: Improving Worker Rights?

May 4, 2021

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Race, Human Rights, and Populism in Poland: A Symposium

Maech 9, 2021

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Beyond Europe 2020: Inequality, Skills, and Social Investment Workshop

October 7-8, 2022

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Contemporary European Studies and TransAtlantic Masters Program: EURO-TAM Alumni Panel

April 5, 2022