Center for West European Studies & EU Jean Monnet Center

Dr. Sarah Lohmann presents her lecture, "Balancing Green Energy, Energy Security, and Geopolitical Security" on Aug. 17, 2021. This lecture was part of the 2021 EU Policy Forum for Educators--Master Teacher Workshop. More information about the workshop, as well as the visual Presentation Slides accompanying this lecture can be found here: https://jsis.washington.edu/euwesteurope/educator-resources...

Phillip Ayoub presents his lecture "Pride amid Prejudice: The Impact of the First Pride in Sarajevo" on May 20, 2021. This lecture is part of the EU Democracy Forum, a lecture series addressing actors, institutions, and policies in the European Union and its neighborhood. Phillip M. Ayoub is Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College and Alexander von Humboldt Foundat...

Petra Ahrens presents her lecture "Gender in the European Parliament" on May 13, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. Petra Ahrens is Senior Researcher in the ERC-funded research project EUGenDem at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. She previously held p...

Elżbieta Korolczuk presents her lecture "Anti-Gender Politics and Right Wing Populism in Poland" on April 27, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. Elżbieta Korolczuk, PhD is an Associate professor in sociology working at Södertörn University in Stockholm and American Studies Center,...

Amy Mazur presents her lecture "Gender Parity in France" on April 22, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. Amy G. Mazur is CO Johnson Distinguished Professor in Political Science at Washington State University and an Associate Researcher at LIEPP, Sciences Po, Paris. Her recent book...

Dr. Laura Dean presents her lecture, "Political Ethnography with a Gender Lens in the Latvian Parliament" on March 1st, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. The European Union has set impressive standards on gender equality, providing legal frameworks for equal pay, investing in wor...

Dr. Niko Switek presents his lecture, "A True Party Democracy in the EU? The Potential and Role of Transnational European Party Organizations" on Jan. 11, 2021. This lecture is part of the EU Democracy Forum, a lecture series addressing actors, institutions, and policies in the European Union and its neighborhood. The EU Democracy Forum is sponsored by the Lee and Stuart Scheingold European Studie...

Dr. Joyce Mushaben presents her lecture "Women Leaders in the European COVID-19 Response" on Aug. 18, 2020. This talk is part 4 of 4 lectures from the 2020 virtual EU Policy Forum for Educators “Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Public Health, Social Solidarity, and the Role of Government in a New International Environment.” The EU Policy Forum for Educators is an annual workshop on contemporary Euro...

Phillip Shekleton presents his lecture "Crisis and the Limits of European Solidarity" on Aug. 18, 2020. This talk is part 3 of 4 lectures from the 2020 virtual EU Policy Forum for Educators “Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Public Health, Social Solidarity, and the Role of Government in a New International Environment.” The EU Policy Forum for Educators is an annual workshop on contemporary European...

Dr. Eva-Maria Maggi presents her lecture "The Role and Popular Expectations of Government in Europe" on Aug. 18, 2020. This talk is part 2 of 4 lectures from the 2020 virtual EU Policy Forum for Educators “Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Public Health, Social Solidarity, and the Role of Government in a New International Environment.” The EU Policy Forum for Educators is an annual workshop on contem...

Dr. Niko Switek presents his lecture "European Policy Responses to Covid-19" on Aug. 18, 2020. This talk is part 1 of 4 lectures from the 2020 virtual EU Policy Forum for Educators “Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Public Health, Social Solidarity, and the Role of Government in a New International Environment.” The EU Policy Forum for Educators is an annual workshop on contemporary European and tran...

Ambassador Jan Store presents his lecture, "A New Beginning for Europe? The European Union in a Time of Turbulence and Uncertainties" on Nov. 20, 2019 at the University of Washington, Seattle. This talk is hosted by the UW Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School of International Studies, in celebration of 25 years of European Studies at the University of Washington. This lecture...

Phillip Shekleton | Twenty Years of the Euro (08.13.2019) by The Center for European Studies and EU Center

University of Washington Ph. D. Candidate Beatrice Magistro discusses populist and nationalist currents in the European Union amid contemporary globalization and migration. This presentation took place at the 2019 educator policy forum at UW and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

University of Washington Scandinavian Studies Professor Christine Ingebritsen discusses the European approaches to climate change. This presentation took place at the 2019 educator policy forum at UW and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

The full title of University of Washington DAAD fellow Niko Switek's lecture is "The EU after the European Elections 2019: How Strengthened Far-Right Forces, the Demise of the Spitzenkandidaten and Continuing Tensions with the US Threaten European Integration." This presentation took place at the 2019 educator policy forum at UW and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

University of Washington Lecturer Phillip Shekleton discusses Great Britain's efforts to leave the European Union. This presentation took place at the 2019 educator policy forum at UW and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

In this podcast, Dr Salay discusses the impact of climate legislation in the EU, including the bloc's cap and trade policy, as well as others. Dr. Salay also lectures on the domestic environment surrounding climate change legislation, and areas for further improvement both in the EU and US.

Among its many other crimes, the Nazi State carried out modern history's most deadly persecution of men accused of having sex with men. Until the 1980s, little was known about the anti-homosexuality campaign. Since then, there has been an explosion of scholarship. Yet there are many unanswered questions. Recently, a wide-ranging, heated public debate among historians about the extent and nature of...

Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment: Breaking Gender Barriers and Advancing Equity Investing in women’s economic empowerment sets a direct path toward gender equality, poverty eradication and inclusive economic growth. Women make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs and employees, or by unpaid work in the home. Women also remain disproportionatel...

Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University, speaks at UW Kane Hall about ways to resist and create change in times of political trouble in On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

Session 1 of the Undergraduate Conference on the European Union at Scripps Colleges. In this section titled Extremism and Populism, Lauren Barnes (Baylor University), Austin Hudgens (University of Washington), and Austin Prather (Pamona College)discussed their research on party politics and populism. The podcast begins with Lauren Barnes' presentation on, "The Significance of the Trends Shown in T...

Dr. Jürgen Salay welcomes student participants for the 2018 West Coast Model EU. He reflects on his experiences and conceptions of Europe, while describing the benefits and accomplishments of the European Union.

Former US Ambassador to Cyprus, John Koenig, delivers a humorous and insightful speech to this year's Model European Union participants. His speech covers the state of US-EU relations, US Diplomacy, and his time spent working in Europe.

In 1937, 3,000 Americans traveled to Spain as volunteers in the war against Francisco Franco and fascism. Nearly 1,000 of them were Jews. Why did these Americans choose to risk their lives in a faraway conflict – and why did so many Jews make this choice? Professor Joe Butwin of the University of Washington explains his findings in his project Salud Y Shalom. For more information check out the Str...