On Tuesday, October 9, the Center for the Study of Europe, in cooperation with the Center for International Relations and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University and the Goethe Institut Boston, hosted a presentation by prolific German blogger Kübra Gümüsay, an active member of the Muslim blogosphere and […]
The Center for the Study of Europe co-sponsored last week’s visit of Bulgaria’s president, Rosen Plevneliev, to Boston University. Plevneliev was on campus for the opening celebration of “The Power of Civil Society: the fate of Jews in Bulgaria during the Holocaust, 1940-1944,” at the Hillel House gallery. The exhibit He was introduced by Boston […]
On Tuesday, September 18, the Center for the Study of Europe hosted David Vogel, Professor in the Haas School of Business and in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. The subject of Vogel’s talks was his new book,The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety and Environmental Risks in Europe and […]
We’ve received notice of a unique award within the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program that might be of interest to BU faculty. Applications for the 2013-14 academic year are currently being accepted from all levels of faculty and professionals, including early career. Unique within the Fulbright Scholar Program worldwide and of special note is the following […]
On Saturday, May 12, the Center for the Study of Europe welcomed Nobel Laureate Herta Müller to Boston University. Nearly a hundred people gathered in BU’s Barrister’s Hall to hear the acclaimed author, who was in the United States to promote a new translation of her Nobel Prize winning book Atemschaukel (The Hunger Angel, translated […]
On Thursday, April 19, it was our great honor and pleasure to host renowned filmmakers Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke for a special screening of The System (Das System – Alles verstehen heißt alles verzeihen). The duo’s first feature film had its US premiere at the Disappearing Act Film Festival in New York City just a […]
On Tuesday, April 17, the Center for the Study of Europe, in cooperation with BU Study Abroad, hosted the French Consul General Christophe Guilhou, for a talk on “France Today.” William Keylor, Professor of International Relations and History and a member of the Center’s executive board, introduced the Mr. Guilhou who, though unable in his […]
On Thursday, April 12, the Center for the Study of Europe hosted a luncheon discussion with Luís Miguel Poiares Maduro, Visiting Professor of Law and Gruber Global Constitutionalism Fellow at Yale Law School and Professor and Director of the Global Governance Programme at European University Institute. Maduro served as Advocate General at the European Court […]
On Tuesday, March 27, we hosted a reading and conversation with two of our favorite poets: Don Paterson and Dan Chiasson. Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1963. He moved to London in 1984 to work as a jazz musician and has been writing poetry ever since. His first collection, Nil Nil (1993) won […]