News & Events
Here you will find recent news items, highlights of recent events at the Center for the Study of Europe, and announcements of selected upcoming events. For a complete list of upcoming events at the Center for the Study of Europe, please visit our Calendar, where you will also find listings of Europe-related events organized by other departments on campus, as well as a wide selection of off-campus events of possible interest. We add new events to the calendar throughout the semester, so check back frequently. Or, sign up for our Newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay apprised of our ongoing activities.
The Strongest Link: Rape as Strategy, From Kosovo to Today’s Wars – Anna Di Lellio (10/29/26)
Anna Di Lellio (New York University) is joined by literary translator Ellen Elias-Bursac for a discussion of The Strongest Link, Read more
The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective (09/09/26)
Please join us at 4 PM on Wednesday, September 9, as we celebrate the release of The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Read more
Inner Zone: The Untold Violence of Retribution in Besieged Sarajevo (11/04/26)
Join us for a book talk by Jelena Diab Golubović, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at. Previously, she Read more
Controlling Immigration: A Comparative Perspective with James Hollifield (08/31/26)
Join us for a conversation around Controlling Immigration: A Comparative Perspective with James Hollifield, editor. James F. Hollifield is the Ora Read more
The Future of NATO and US Alliances: A Conversation with Amb. Jeff Flake (10/06/26)
Join us for The Future of NATO and US Alliances: A Conversation with Amb. Jeff Flake. Amb. Flake spent eighteen Read more
Workshop in International Theory and History (Fall 2026)
The goal of this workshop is to put BU's historians, political theorists, and theory-oriented comparativists into closer conversation - please Read more
Event Highlights: Building Technological Capacities in the Bipolar World of AI
This discussion with Joseph Jerome, Senior Public Policy Manager at DuckDuckGo, and Erik Peinert, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Read more
Can the EU Achieve Technological Sovereignty? (05/04/26)
Join us for a conference exploring how economic and geopolitical developments have led the European Union to identify technological sovereignty Read more
Elsewheres: Migration and Narration (04/30/26)
Join us for a conversation with Aleksandar Hemon and Velibor Božović. Please register on Eventbrite. Aleksandar Hemon is the author Read more
Strategic Autonomy in the Age of AI: State Power and Technological Transformation in Türkiye (04/24/26) [Rescheduled]
Join us for a presentation by BU CSE visiting researcher Duygu Özlük. Register on Eventbrite. This event was originally planned Read more
A Reading and Conversation with Marie NDiaye (04/22/26)
Join us for a reading and conversation with esteemed author Marie NDiaye! Register on Eventbrite. Marie NDiaye was born in Read more
War and Ecocide in Crimea, Then and Now (04/14/26)
Join us for an examination of the role of the environment in shaping the course of the Crimean War of Read more
War and Peace: The Results of Four Years of War (03/31/26) [Rescheduled]
Join us for a presentation by General David McKiernan and Ambassador Mark Storella, moderated by Asst. Prof. Sanne Verschuren. Please Read more
Protest in the Provinces: Coming to Terms with Capitalism in Russia’s Company Towns (03/25/26)
Join us for a book talk by Dr. Allison D. Evans. Register here! Dr. Allison D. Evans' book Protest in Read more
Transatlantic Relations in a New World Order (03/16/26)
Join us on March 16, 2026 for a presentation by Tormod Heir and Eugene Chausovsky about transatlantic relations in a Read more