On Wednesday, April 24, the Center for the Study of Europe hosted Henrik Enderlein, Professor of Political Economy at the Hertie School of Governance and Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at Harvard University, for its final luncheon discussion of the semester. In his presentation, entitled “Federalism by Exception: The Future of Economic Governance in the Euro-area,” […]
On Monday, April 22, we hosted a screening of the 2011 Czech animated feature film Alois Nebel. The film, directed by Tomáš Luňák, is based on Jaroslav Rudiš’ and Jaromír 99’s trilogy of comic books about the character Alois Nebel: White Brook, Main Station and Golden Hills. Luňák’s feature film debut has been shown at […]
On Thursday, April 18, with Monday’s Boston marathon tragedy still weighing heavy on people’s minds, over 100 poetry lovers gathered for the penultimate event in our “Irish Voices” series: a reading and conversation with Paul Muldoon. Muldoon’s visit was funded in part by a grant to the Center for the Study of Europe from the […]
On Thursday, April 8, Daniela Schwarzer, Fritz Thyssen Fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center and Head of Research Division on EU Integration at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, gave a lunchtime talk provocatively titled “Why Germany Will Not Run the EU?” In her remarks, Schwarzer offered an assessment of […]
On April 8, 2013, continuing our “Irish Voices” series, we welcomed the Irish poet and novelist Ciarán Carson to Boston. Carson, who plays the tin whistle, was accompanied by his wife Deirdre Shannon, an accomplished fiddler. The event, which was funded largely by a grant from the European Commission Delegation in Washington to the Center […]
On Monday, April 1, in conjunction with Center Director Vivien Schmidt’s class on “Critical Moments and Memory,” the Center hosted a screening of Snovi, a 15-minute fictional account of a Bosnian composer, struggling to cope with the aftermath of the Serbian aggression in the 1990′s. “His memories interweave in fragments, forming a mosaic of a […]
On Thursday, March 28, we hosted our second luncheon discussion of the semester: “The Economics of the Eurozone Crisis” with German political economist Stefan Collignon, ordinary professor of political economy at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, since October 2007, and International Chief Economist of the Centro Europa Ricerche (CER), Roma, since July 2007. Collignon […]
On Wednesday, March 27, we were thrilled to host Denmark’s “Chief Happiness Officer” Alexander Kjerulf. Almost 150 people turned out for the presentation on “Happiness at Work,” a phenomenon for which the Danes have coined a word. Alexander Kjerulf has introduced hundreds of thousands of people to the Danish word “abejdsglaede” through his popular blog, […]
Reprinted from BU Arts & Sciences by Jeremy Schwab Boston University has always had one eye turned outward, one inward. From the outset, the school defined itself as an urban institution, building connections with Boston residents, neighborhoods, and organizations. Over the years, BU also developed a reputation for depth and breadth of research, and academic […]
On March 19, the Center for the Study of Europe and the Center for Finance, Law, and Policy welcomed Žygimantas Pavilionis, Ambassador of Lithuania to the US, and Olexander Motsyk, Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, to a snowy Boston for the second event in a series of conversations with European Ambassadors taking place as […]