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SUMMARY:Transnational Social Protection and the Future of the Welfare State
DESCRIPTION:Traditional models of the welfare state are bounded by place or nationality: social protection is conceived as something that we are eligible for based on where we live and what passport we may carry. This talk\, based on a co-authored book by Prof. Dobbs with Prof. Peggy Levitt (Wellesley)\, Ken Sun (Villanova) and Ruxandra Paul (Amherst)\, offers a alternative model for understanding social protection\, one that transcends international borders and recognizes transnational lives. In doing so\, it also reflects on questions of precarity and the future of welfare state policy – particularly within Europe. \nAbout the Speaker: Erica Dobbs is Assistant Professor of Politics at Pomona College. Her teaching and research focus on the comparative politics of social and political citizenship within the context of mass migration in Europe and North America. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/transnational-social-protection-and-the-future-of-the-welfare-state
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023951Z
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SUMMARY:The Bosniaks: Post-Genocide Identity Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina
DESCRIPTION:For the first time in nearly two centuries\, one ethnic group now constitutes an absolute majority of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s population: the Bosniaks. It is an unlikely development given that\, scarcely thirty years ago\, they were targeted for extermination and expulsion by Serbia’s Slobodan Milošević. Even as the Bosniak community fought to survive these atrocities\, it simultaneously came under attack from militants led by Croatian president Franjo Tuđman\, who attempted to partition Bosnia and Herzegovina between Zagreb and Belgrade. Improbably\, the Bosniaks and the Bosnian state survived these campaigns. But the country’s fractious sectarian post-war order has produced the world’s most convoluted constitutional regime\, always teetering on the brink of collapse. This talk will examine the sources of contemporary Bosniak political identity\, tracing the evolution of a religious community into a secular nation\, the idea of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the ‘national homeland of the Bosniaks’\, and how narratives of genocide influence self-identity. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Jasmin Mujanović is a political scientist specializing in the politics of post-authoritarian and post-conflict democratization. His publications include two books: Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans and The Bosniaks: Nationhood after Genocide. Additionally\, his analyses have appeard in numerous think tanks and leading global media such as the New York Times\, Foreign Affairs\, and more. Originally from Sarajevo\, he is currently a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy based out of Washington\, D.C. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-bosniaks-post-genocide-identity-politics-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240108T202518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023932Z
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SUMMARY:Green Gridlock: Resolving the Transatlantic Disconnect on Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 22 TO MARCH 6. \nClimate action is increasingly intertwined with geopolitical risk — even among transatlantic allies. Both the US and EU are implementing landmark climate agendas laced with green industrial policies like subsidies and carbon tariffs that have raised concerns over competitiveness and trade fairness. Recent US-EU tensions over climate may preview a new era\, in which even close partners and allies vie for dominance over clean energy supply chains and increasingly employ trade tools\, putting at risk the energy transition itself. Achieving a better outcome that accelerates clean investment across markets without fragmenting trade will require adroit policymaking to reflect today’s reality of green industrial policy and climate tariffs. What form might climate cooperation take if one country’s progress might come at the expense of another’s? \nAbout the Speaker: Sagatom Saha is an Adjunct Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA. He previously worked on cleantech competitiveness at the International Trade Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce and served as a special advisor in the Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. In this role\, he was chief of staff to Secretary Kerry’s clean energy and innovation team and led on cleantech competitiveness\, nuclear energy\, industrial decarbonization\, Ukraine and Eastern Europe\, and India. Sagatom was also a Fulbright researcher in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, where he advised the Ukrainian Parliament and cabinet ministries on strategies to advance energy reform.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/green-gridlock-resolving-the-transatlantic-disconnect-on-climate-action
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240402T172803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T172803Z
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SUMMARY:2024 URCEU Thursday Night Keynote: INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed significant concern about democratic backsliding. Resulting from the actions of duly elected governments\, the incremental deteriorations of democratic institutions\, rules\, and norms have affected democracies around the globe\, including some of the oldest in the world. Dr. Schneider will discuss the current challenges to democracy\, with a focus on the international liberal foundations of democratic backsliding and its implications for the United States\, the European Union\, and the international liberal order. \nAbout the Speaker: Christina Schneider is Professor of Political Science at the University of California\, San Diego\, and Co-Director of the Future of Democracy Initiative at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Professor Schneider is an expert in research on the domestic politics of international cooperation\, studying how international cooperation affects and is affected by democratic politics and representation. She is the author of two books\, including The Responsive Union: National Elections and European Governance (Cambridge University Press). The book presents a comprehensive account on when and how EU governments are democratically responsive to public opinion when they cooperate at the European level. The book was awarded the Best Book of 2019 and 2020 by the European Political Studies Association. She has published widely on these and other research subjects\, including bargaining in international organizations\, globalization and democratic representation\, challenges to democracy and the liberal international order\, and democratic backsliding. \nRSVP required.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/2024-urceu-thursday-night-keynote-international-liberal-challenges-to-democracy-in-the-21st-century
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240405T123000
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SUMMARY:2024 URCEU Friday Noon Keynote: THE EU AND NATO TAKE LEADERSHIP IN EUROPE: RESPONSE TO U.S. INDECISION ON UKRAINE
DESCRIPTION:Since the U.S. Congress has been dithering over providing funds to assist Ukraine\, the European Union and NATO alliance have stepped forward. While the EU is looking for ways to pay Ukraine out of frozen Russian assets\, NATO countries have found 800\,000 rounds of ammunition that they are looking to purchase for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Although these initiatives cannot replace the vital role of the United States in European defense\, they are a welcome sign of European leadership at a time of great crisis. \nAbout the Speaker: Rose Gottemoeller is a Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and its Center for International Security and Cooperation. Before joining Stanford\, Gottemoeller was Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016-19. Prior to NATO\, she served in the U.S. State Department as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. Department of State. In 2009-10\, she was the chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation\, an experience captured in her memoir\, Negotiating the New START Treaty\, published in May 2021 by Cambria Press. \nRSVP required.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/2024-urceu-friday-noon-keynote-the-eu-and-nato-take-leadership-in-europe-response-to-u-s-indecision-on-ukraine
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240411T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240411T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240409T181056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023908Z
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SUMMARY:Frodo Baggins… the Fascist? Using and Abusing Middle-Earth in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy
DESCRIPTION:Giorgia Meloni is Italy’s first female prime minister and its furthest-right political leader since the fall of Italian Fascism. She is also a widely-noted enthusiast of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy epic\, The Lord of the Rings\, even going so far as to cosplay as a hobbit during her youth. This talk explores the complicated relationship between Tolkien’s fantasy\, extremist politics in Italy\, and English-language news media. On the surface\, the attachment of nationalist Italians to the highly-English Lord of the Rings may seem incongruous or inappropriate. For this reason\, the surprising self-identification of far-right political figures with small and inoffensive hobbits provides a fruitful opportunity to think both about contemporary politics and medievalism (the appropriation of medieval symbols and images in contemporary culture). \nAbout the Speaker: Jeffrey Miner is an historian of late medieval Europe. His current book project\, Public Debt and Civic Culture in Fourteenth-Century Genoa\, examines the accidental invention of permanent public indebtedness by medieval Italians. It considers how the fourteenth-century explosion of public indebtedness in Genoa inflected both private and public life\, drawing on a wide variety of methodologies and sources including financial records\, legal privileges\, sermons and poetry. The subject of this talk is the result of an unexpected encounter between studying medieval history and modern medievalism: the study of how moderns apply medieval models to contemporary needs\, or take inspiration from the arts and customs of the Middle Ages. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/frodo-baggins-the-fascist-using-and-abusing-middle-earth-in-giorgia-melonis-italy
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240422T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240422T181500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240419T194032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023844Z
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SUMMARY:The Story of Blue/Yellow in Ukraine: The Role of NGOs in Supporting Ukraine’s Defense
DESCRIPTION:About the speaker: Jonas Oehman is one of the founders of the Lithuanian non-profit Blue/Yellow. The organization has since 2014 provided non-lethal aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for almost 90 million USD. Jonas will talk about the war in Ukraine\, the support provided by non-state actors to Ukrainian defenses\, and his perception of the deeper implications of the war in Ukraine for Europe and the US. \nThis event is organized by the Ukrainian Alliance of the Claremont Colleges\, and co-sponsored by the Keck Center at CMC\, the Mgrublian Center at CMC\, and the EU Center at Scripps College.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-story-of-blue-yellow-in-ukraine-the-role-of-ngos-in-supporting-ukraines-defense
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240419T194344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023812Z
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SUMMARY:The Debate Over Majority Rule in Revolutionary Britain
DESCRIPTION:Since at least the 1980s\, intellectual historians and political theorists have recognized seventeenth-century Britain as the site of an “adversary revolution” in political thinking that had momentous consequences for the shaping of modern political thought. The quintessential expression of this revolution\, understood as a rejection of consensual politics\, was the endorsement of majoritarian decision-making. And yet the debates over majoritarian decision-making that occurred in seventeenth-century Britain remain almost entirely unstudied\, despite involving nearly all the major political writers of the time. This talk will examine some of the particular discursive practices surrounding majority rule that emerged in Britain between the outbreak of the Civil War and the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution. \nAbout the Speaker: William Bulman studies the political\, religious\, and intellectual history of Britain and its empire in the 17th and 18th centuries\, as well as the broader global history of majority rule. His research has been supported by awards from the Mellon Foundation\, the Templeton Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2015.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-debate-over-majority-rule-in-revolutionary-britain
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240426T001500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240426T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240419T195035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023741Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainability in the EU Closing Workshop with Ayam Eskenazi
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about the EU’s environmental law and policy frameworks. Our speaker is a graduate student in Forest and Nature Conservation & Sustainable Development Diplomacy at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/sustainability-in-the-eu-closing-workshop-with-ayam-eskenazi
LOCATION:Balch Conference Room (Balch 133)
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240826T173443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023715Z
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SUMMARY:Barbarian Trespassers? The Transformation of the Countryside in Post-Roman Italy
DESCRIPTION:The dramatic “Fall of Rome” narrative remains the most appealing story about the end Western Roman Empire\, even though scholars have often insisted that it oversimplifies the events of the fifth century\, as well as its consequences in the sixth and seventh centuries. The complexity of scholarly accounts leaves the ordinary observer bewildered and eager to reach for the trusty decline-and-fall narrative. Perhaps part of the problem is that picture emerging from archeology has not been given the attention it deserves. The traditional model continues to color the way we understand rural society in Italy\, but a closer examination of Roman villas after antiquity challenges the notion that Barbarian incursions devastated the Italian countryside. This talk considers what the life—and afterlife—of a specific villa reveals about the shifting landscape of Late Antique Italy following the Gothic Wars and the Lombard conquest. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: Kathryn Jasper is Associate Professor of History and Director of European Studies at Illinois State University. She is also a co-director of the Valle Gianni Archaeological Project. She earned a BA in archaeology and an MA in medieval history from the University of Arizona\, and holds a doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley in history and medieval studies. Her first monograph\, entitled Bounded Wilderness: Landscape and Land Management within the Congregation of Fonte Avellana\, 1035-1393\, studies monastic communities and how individuals relied on Late Antique models to build new institutions – relating to one another and to their physical environment in new ways – to pursue both ideological and political ends. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/barbarian-trespassers-the-transformation-of-the-countryside-in-post-roman-italy
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240926T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240926T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240912T224218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023636Z
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SUMMARY:Strategic Sketches: Russian Foreign Policy & Early Mapping of the Caspian Sea
DESCRIPTION:The Caspian Sea\, the world’s largest inland lake\, was an important point for commercial and strategic reasons. Much of the historiography on the Caspian locates the emergence of this region as a site of competitive tension in the eighteenth century. But a map of the Caspian brought back to Europe by the Dutchman Nicolaas Witsen (1642–1717) in the mid-seventeenth century reveals that many of the dynamics that animated developments in the eighteenth century were afoot decades earlier. Focusing on early efforts to map the Caspian Sea region in the seventeenth-century invites us to consider early modern strategies of the Russian Empire vis-à-vis this important trade node and Western European actors as well. \nAbout the Speaker: Erika Monahan is an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. She specializes in the history of Russian enterprise with a special interest in borders and frontiers. She earned a BA in history from Dartmouth and a PHD in history from Stanford University. Professor Monahan’s first book is titled The Merchants of Siberia: Trade in Early Modern Eurasia (Cornell University Press\, 2016). She is currently working on another book tentatively titled Spinning Russia: Nicolaas Witsen and the Making of Russia’s Image in Europe. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/strategic-sketches-russian-foreign-policy-early-mapping-of-the-caspian-sea
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241010T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241010T174500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20240927T173938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023551Z
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Alliance Shopping: Is the U.S. Still a Better Choice Than Russia or China?
DESCRIPTION:The United States\, China and Russia (at least until recently) stand out as contemporary superpowers able to support allies across the globe. What do each of these countries offer would-be client states and groups in the Middle East\, and how do their approaches differ? Can Gulf Arab monarchies and states such as Iran\, Israel\, Egypt and Syria\, or stateless groups such as the Kurds and Palestinians\, shop around for the best patron? For those that have a choice\, what costs come with choosing one patron over another? \nAbout the Speaker: David Romano holds the Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle East Politics at Missouri State University. His research focuses on nationalism\, social movements\, theories of peace and conflict\, political violence\, politicized Islam\, Middle-East politics (with a special emphasis on Turkey\, Iraq\, the Kurds and other Middle Eastern minorities) and foreign policy. His work has appeared in journals such as International Affairs\, The Oxford Journal of Refugee Studies\, Third World Quarterly\, International Studies Perspectives\, The Middle East Journal\, Middle East Policy\, Ethnopolitics and The Journal of Kurdish Studies. He is the author of The Kurdish Nationalist Movement (Cambridge University Press\, 2006 – also translated into Turkish and Persian) and the co-editor of Conflict\, Democratization and the Kurdish Issue in the Middle East (Palgrave Mamillan\, 2014) and The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics (Lexingtoon\, 2020). \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/middle-eastern-alliance-shopping-is-the-u-s-still-a-better-choice-than-russia-or-china
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20241021T183204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023519Z
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SUMMARY:Citizenship As Political Membership: A Fundamental Strand of 20th and 21st Century European History
DESCRIPTION:An individual’s affiliation to a politically constituted community is decisive for their opportunities in life and often vital to their survival. This talk will argue that the primary signifier of political affiliation in 20th century Europe is “citizenship.” The importance attached to citizenship is what distinguishes the 20th century significantly from previous historical periods and other forms of political affiliation (religious\, political party\, ethnic\, nation-state\, and social class). With the democratization of political regimens\, the expansion of participatory rights\, the development of social welfare rights\, and states increasingly closing themselves off from one another\, citizenship began to grow in importance for individuals. Even the present processes of transnationalization\, Europeanization and globalization can bring on only gradual and non-essential changes to the preeminence of citizenship\, because the delineating political membership and distinguishing it from non-membership remain the primary functions of the state\, even as it is increasingly losing its nation-state character. \nAbout the Speaker: DIETER GOSEWINKEL is a historian and legal scholar at the Free University of Berlin who specializes in the modern history of Europe\, history of citizenship\, civil society\, constitutional law\, and Europeanism. He earned his degrees in law and history in Freiburg/Breisgau and Geneva. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research\, and a Thomas Mann Fellow at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles (www.vatmh.org). He was previously a co-director of the Center for Global Constitutionalism at the WZB Berlin (2011-2021) and the curator of the exhibition “Citizenships: France\, Poland\, Germany since1789” at the German Historical Museum Berlin (2020-2023). \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/citizenship-as-political-membership-a-fundamental-strand-of-20th-and-21st-century-european-history
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241105T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20241030T211719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023459Z
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SUMMARY:POPULISM ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT with Bernard-Henri Lévy
DESCRIPTION:Join French philosopher and humanitarian Bernard-Henri Lévy for a conversation to explore his insights on global conflicts and democracy\, moderated by Pomona professors Mietek Boduszynski and Oona Eistenstadt. Lunch will be provided. Participants can enter a raffle to win a signed copy of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s latest book. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/populism-on-the-left-and-right-with-bernard-henri-levy
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241114T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241114T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20241030T231747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023437Z
UID:5324-1731586500-1731590100@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:Right-Wing Populism in Europe and the USA: A Threat to Liberal Democracy?
DESCRIPTION: Do right-wing populists simply constitute a protest vote in the name of those who feel disenfranchised or are they a political force that radically challenges (liberal) democracy? From a comparative transatlantic perspective\, this presentation will critically examine the rise of populism\, the forces driving its success\, and the implications for democratic rule. One key focus of the presentation will be on what populist actors mean and try to achieve when they claim to represent the ‘people’ in their political mobilization. \nOliver Schmidtke is a Professor in the Departments of Political Science and History at the University of Victoria (Canada)\, where he also serves as the director of the Centre for Global Studies since 2012 and holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics. He received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence and has been a JF Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University\, a researcher at Humboldt University Berlin\, a F. Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute\, a Marie Curie Fellow at Hamburg University \,and a Research Fellow at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests are in the fields of the politics and governance of migration\, citizenship\, nationalism\, memory\, and populism. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/right-wing-populism-in-europe-and-the-usa-a-threat-to-liberal-democracy
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20241119T203743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023346Z
UID:5330-1733141700-1733145300@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:Careers in Foreign Service w/ Kyle Liston\, US State Department
DESCRIPTION:Join Kyle Liston\, Special Assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs\, to discuss his career path and his Foreign Service experience in Morocco\, Tunisia\, Libya\, and Iraq. \nAs a Political Officer\, Kyle specialized in migration issues\, the electoral process\, the constitution\, and civil society. \nBefore joining the State Department in 2013\, Kyle was completing a PhD in Modern Middle Eastern and European History at Indiana University—Bloomington where he focused on Tunisia\, Libya\, and Italy during the colonial period.  As a Fulbright Hays and Boren Fellow\, Kyle completed his dissertation research in Tunisia from 2009-2012.  He holds two Masters Degrees\, one in North African Affairs\, and the other in European History.  Kyle completed his BA in History at the University of Akron. \nKyle speaks Arabic\, including Tunisian and Moroccan dialects\, French\, and Italian.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/careers-in-foreign-service-w-kyle-liston-us-state-department
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250204T211858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T211858Z
UID:5366-1739362500-1739366100@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:PRIORITIES OF THE POLISH PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL
DESCRIPTION:PAULINA KAPUSCINSKA\, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles\, will discuss the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council including border security\, combatting disinformation\, free market\, energy\, food security\, and public health. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/priorities-of-the-polish-presidency-of-the-eu-council
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
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ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250211T214458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T223607Z
UID:5377-1740484800-1740488400@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:The Future of Diplomacy: Preparing the Next Generation of Diplomats
DESCRIPTION:Global diplomacy has faced a combustible mix of unique challenges in recent years that have tested its agility and effectiveness\, and those challenges are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Diplomacy is the world’s best hope\, but it has yet to be widely accepted as a real profession. No country has nearly enough professional diplomats\, and proper training and career development barely exist. \nNICHOLAS KRALEV\, Executive Director\, Washington International Diplomatic Academy\, will reflect on the readiness of U.S. and global diplomacy to navigate and influence today’s complex world\, and on why all countries need a better approach to recruiting and training diplomats. He will also discuss his latest book\, Diplomatic Tradecraft\, the first-ever practical diplomacy textbook\, which was published recently by Cambridge University Press. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER; Nicholas Kralev is the founding executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy\, an independent organization providing practical training in diplomacy. A former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent\, he covered and accompanied U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton\, Condoleezza Rice\, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright on their travels around the world. His books include “America’s Other Army\,” “Diplomats in the Trenches” and the new “Diplomatic Tradecraft\,” the first-ever practical diplomacy textbook. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. \nRSVP HERE. \nIf you’d like a signed copy of Mr. Kralev’s book\, please purchase one in advance and bring it to the event.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-future-of-diplomacy-preparing-the-next-generation-of-diplomats
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2025/02/The-Future-of-Diplomacy-Poster.png
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250403T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250325T204937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T210246Z
UID:5407-1743703200-1743706800@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:2025 URCEU: Will Europe Meet This Moment?
DESCRIPTION:Europe has awoken to a stark new geopolitical reality. The post-Cold War era of European integration\, transatlantic cooperation\, and benign globalization is gone. For over three years Russia has waged a brutal war against an EU aspirant country\, committing heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity. China lurks in the shadows while it props up the Kremlin\, manipulates markets\, and exploits economic dependencies. The lynchpin of European security\, the United States\, suddenly appears willing to walk away from its collective defense commitments and threatens Europe with a trade war. Meanwhile\, internal challenges like oligarchic populism\, de-industrialization\, and over-regulation keep holding Europe back. Can European leaders muster the political will to address today’s internal and geopolitical challenges? And what will it take for them to do so? \nABOUT THE SPEAKER; Ambassador Michael Carpenter served in the Biden administration as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the National Security Council. From 2021-24\, he was the U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)\, the world’s largest regional security organization representing over a billion people across 57 countries. For that role\, he was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent. Previously Ambassador Carpenter was Senior Director and then Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania. In the Obama administration\, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia\, Ukraine\, Eurasia\, and Conventional Arms Control. He also worked as a Special Advisor to the Vice President and as Director for Russia at the National Security Council. Before that Carpenter was a career Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. He served overseas in the U.S. Embassies in Poland\, Slovenia\, and Barbados as well as in Washington. Carpenter received four Superior Honor Awards and three Meritorious Honor Awards from the State Department. He has also received fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation\, the International Research & Exchanges Board\, the American Council of Learned Societies\, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ambassador Carpenter holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University a M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. \nRSVP HERE 
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/2025-urceu-will-europe-meet-this-moment
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2025/03/2025-URCEU-Program-Keynote-1-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250404T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250404T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250325T210148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T210148Z
UID:5410-1743768900-1743772500@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:2025 URCEU: Never Waste a Crisis: How the EU Uses its Digital Policies to Become More Innovative\, Competitive and Safe
DESCRIPTION:The European Union was born out of a crisis. After WWII\, six countries agreed to pull together coal and steel procurement to make war between them “not merely unthinkable\, but materially impossible”. 70 years later\, the European Union pulled together procurement of vaccines to address the pandemic\, and introduced the digital Covid certificate that revolutionised travelling across the EU 27 member states. The EU Single Market rules removed obstacles to the circulation of people\, goods\, services and capital\, allowing businesses to operate more efficiently across national borders. This not only increased consumer choice and lowered prices\, but also improved consumer protection\, ensuring safer and higher-quality goods for all European citizens. With the unprecedented speed of technology developments in the last two decades\, business and communications between people have shifted online\, sparking tremendous opportunity growth while also increasing risks. To help harness opportunities and foster innovation while protecting the fundamental rights of people\, the EU devised a digital policy strategy with one consistent set of rules for 27 countries to allow companies to scale-up easier across the EU. The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act aim to create a safer online environment\, bring more transparency and accountability\, and foster competition in the digital market\, opening up opportunities for smaller companies. The recently signed EU AI Act governs artificial intelligence systems\, prioritizing ethics and trustworthiness. To boost AI innovation\, the EU is investing in supercomputers and established AI factories\, providing researchers and companies access to compute power and data. And somehow\, when you ask people about the EU\, the narrative that Europe is held back by its “over-regulation” still prevails. Will the EU digital policies be enough to help its companies thrive? How can it leverage its strengths to create a unique value proposition in the global tech landscape? \nABOUT THE SPEAKER; Joanna Smolinska is Counsellor for Digital and Deputy Head of the EU Office in San Francisco. She focuses on AI policy and regulation\, online content moderation\, policies promoting digital markets openness and innovation in the context of transatlantic relations\, forging cooperation with California civil society\, business\, academia and government. Before coming to SF\, she had worked for 15 years in the European Commission in Brussels across a wide range of policy areas\, including digital and green transformation\, digital services and copyright regulations\, tech standardization\, blockchain\, and technology start-ups/scale-ups. She was actively involved in the development of the EU Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. Of Polish nationality\, Joanna graduated from Warsaw School of Economics\, holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Geneva\, and a Master’s Degree in European Law and Economic Analysis from the College of Europe in Bruges\, Belgium. Joanna is also a Non-resident Fellow with the Transatlantic Leadership Program and the Digital Innovation Initiative at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a Tech Policy Fellow of the 2024-25 cohort at UC Berkeley. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/2025-urceu-never-waste-a-crisis-how-the-eu-uses-its-digital-policies-to-become-more-innovative-competitive-and-safe
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250408T205448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T023218Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Georgia's Ongoing Protests
DESCRIPTION:Since late 2024\, Georgia has experienced significant social and political unrest\, marked by persistent street protests. For over four months\, Georgians have been taking to the streets daily demanding snap elections. The protests erupted following the ruling Georgian Dream party’s announcement to suspend European Union accession talks until 2028\, a move that contradicted public aspirations for closer ties with the West. In response\, the government has enacted repressive laws and employed excessive force against demonstrators\, leading to widespread human rights concerns. The authorities in Georgia continue to arrest protesters\, imposing harsh sentences\, and enacting laws to increase penalties for protest-related offenses. Reports from human rights organizations detail instances of police brutality\, including beatings and torture of detainees\, as well as the levying of substantial fines against demonstrators. Ms. Chkhikvadze has been covering the protests and following the events closely. She will speak about the underlying causes behind the turmoil in Georgia\, including concerns about democracy\, human rights\, and Russian influence. She will discuss what these protests signify for Georgia’s democratic future and geopolitical positioning. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER; Ani Chkhikvadze is a journalist reporting on international politics\, security\, and U.S. foreign policy\, specializing in European and Eurasian affairs. Her extensive coverage of geopolitical developments has appeared in The Foreign Policy Magazine\, The Washington Post\, The Spectator\, and The Free Press. Ms. Chkhikvadze spent eight years at Voice of America’s Georgian Service in Washington\, D.C.\, reporting extensively on U.S. foreign policy\, transatlantic relations\, wider European affairs\, and developments in the Caucasus and Georgia. Ms. Chkhikvadze holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and is fluent in Georgian and Russian.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/understanding-georgias-ongoing-protests
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250917T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250917T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250905T192213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220626Z
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SUMMARY:The Importance of Endorsing Liberal Democracy for Human Development and Wellbeing in Europe: Insights from the ESS10 in Tumultuous Times
DESCRIPTION:An important question facing European countries and the European Union is whether valuing democracy adds any insight\, beyond basic human values such as benevolence and universalism\, in accounting for variations in critical measures of wellbeing and thriving. Round 10 of the European Social Survey (ESS10) occurred in 2020-2022\, during the tumultuous times of the Covid pandemic and a rise in EU votes signaling support of authoritarian and populist candidates. The ESS10 included a module specifically asking participants which features of democracy they value and endorse as important to democracy in general. Factor analysis resulted in a novel\, scalar invariant\, democracy values scale\, 4Dem\, with factors of Liberal Democracy\, Populist Democracy\, Economic Equality\, and Diverse Voices. Bayesian modeling revealed that basic human values\, as assessed with the ESS10’s Human Values Scale\, did not covary strongly with 4Dem or with measures of wellbeing. Rather\, Liberal Democracy and Diverse Voices both covaried with objective measures of wellbeing. The findings of this study support greater attention to the study of democratic values for the unique insight they provide into human wellbeing in Europe. \nAbout the Speaker: Prof. Spezio is a computational cognitive neuroscientist specializing in valuation\, emotion\, and decision making in interaction. He joined Scripps College after completing postdoctoral fellowships in UC Davis’ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science and in the laboratory of Ralph Adolphs at Caltech. He has edited several interdisciplinary volumes on religion & science and science and virtue. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-importance-of-endorsing-liberal-democracy-for-human-development-and-wellbeing-in-europe-insights-from-the-ess10-in-tumultuous-times
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250930T193315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220609Z
UID:5522-1759768200-1759773600@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:The Representation of Romani People in Renaissance Italian Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Matteo Leta is a scholar of Renaissance Italy at Warwick University where he is working on movements of Roma people across Europe during the Renaissance. Dr. Leta holds a PhD from the Sorbonne University\, co-supervised by the University of Calabria\, with a thesis on magic and alchemy in Renaissance literature. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut for the History of Science\, and is now a researcher at the University of Warwick.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-representation-of-romani-people-in-renaissance-italian-comedy
LOCATION:Humanities 119
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20250925T192219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220552Z
UID:5517-1759839300-1759842900@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:De Bry's America and Merian's France: Taking Stock at Home and Abroad\, 1590-1660
DESCRIPTION:This work-in-progress presentation explores the ways that two popular early modern genres – accounts of travel to distant places\, and the more systematic description of discrete regions\, which were often called “topographies” – were intertwined in conception\, content\, and production. Taking as case studies the descriptions of America published from 1590 by the De Bry press and the topographies of European countries published by their heirs\, the Merian press\, this paper examines the ways in which the authors and publishers approached societies unfamiliar to them in Virginia and in places much closer to home. Significantly\, architecture was a consistent interest\, and treated in broadly similar ways\, whether it was in indigenous settlements in North America or in major European cities. \nAbout the speaker: Kristoffer Neville’s work focuses on the early modern culture in northern Europe\, and particularly on the integration into a more coherent and synthetic history of art of regions and traditions that often been seen as distinct. He has recently completed a book on the cultural history and significance of the courts in Copenhagen and Stockholm within northern Europe ca 1550-1720\, and is beginning work on a new project on topography as a basis for history writing\, with particular focus on its significance for the formation of architectural history. Other ongoing interests include architecture around 1700\, prints and publishing\, and early architectural literature. \nRSVP here
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/de-brys-america-and-merians-france-taking-stock-at-home-and-abroad-1590-1660
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251027T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20251016T193342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220533Z
UID:5531-1761591600-1761600600@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:Tim's Vermeer: Movie Screening and Discussion with Tim Jenison & Farley Ziegler
DESCRIPTION:Movie screening and discussion with Tim Jenison and Farley Ziegler: Tim Jenison\, a Texas based inventor\, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning eight years\, Jenison’s research project takes him to Deitt\, Holland\, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces\, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney\, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen. More information at https://www.sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/. \nRSVP here
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/tims-vermeer-movie-screening-and-discussion-with-tim-jenison-farley-ziegler
LOCATION:Humanities Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20251030T182446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220515Z
UID:5546-1762448400-1762452000@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:Is the EU Foreign Policy Still Relevant?
DESCRIPTION:Since the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty\, the EU managed to have visible accomplishments in virtually all policy areas of the EU foreign policy. From the setting up of the EEAS\, to the 2013 landmark deal between Belgrade and Pristina in the EU-facilitated dialogue\, the contribution to the JCPOA\, the conclusions of the 2014 new generation Association Agreements with Ukraine\, Georgia and Moldova\, the 2016 EU Global Strategy\, PESCO\, the CETA Agreement with Canada\, the 2020 new Africa Strategy\, the 2020 Strategic Partnership with ANSEAN\,  not to mention that the EU Justice and Home Affairs increased role in counter-terrorism and in migration policies. However\, whether that translated in a recognized role in world affairs is a different question. The EU is also tarnished by contradictions\, for instance on human rights and democracy\, holding them as founding principles\, while its member states often forget them in their bilateral relations. If the EU gives up on its soft power\, not having a true military power\, it can only see its credibility and influence vane. \nAbout the Speaker: Prof. Federiga Bindi is Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and at the University of Wyoming. She also teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. for the European University Institute and has published among others\, three editions of The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe’s Role in the World (2022\, 2012 and 2010);  Europe and America: The End of Transatlantic Relations? (2019) The Frontiers of Europe: A Transatlantic Problem? (2011); Italy and the EU (2011)\, and Analyzing European Union Politics (2012). Prof. Bindi has worked at several leading research institutions including the Brookings Institution\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, Johns Hopkins University\, the Women’s Institute for Policy Research in Washington DC\, Sciences Po in Paris\, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs\, the University of Lisbon\, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Dr. Bindi held several policy appointments in government\, including serving Senior Advisor to Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini\, and Fellow in the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee under Sen. John Kerry’s chairmanship. She also advised several international organizations including the European Commission\, the Council of Europe\, UNIDO and OAS and is currently advising the Nobel Prize Laureate AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) on European affairs. Prof. Bindi also headed the international affairs department at the Italian National School of Administration and served as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/is-the-eu-foreign-policy-still-relevant
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20251111T205623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220448Z
UID:5558-1763402400-1763406000@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:The Standpoint of Marx's Capital
DESCRIPTION:Karl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious\, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx’s lifetime\, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself\, the only version that can be called authoritative\, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable\, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx’s thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source. \nAbout the speaker: Paul North writes and teaches in the tradition of critical theory\, emphasizing Jewish thought\, emancipatory strains in the history of philosophy\, and European literatures. \nFor more information\, please visit https://german.yale.edu/publications/capital-critique-political-economy-volume-1
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-standpoint-of-marxs-capital
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260128T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20260126T183140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220423Z
UID:5566-1769602500-1769606100@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:A Cyberspace of One's Own: The New Belarus (App)
DESCRIPTION:“Can democracy be coded into an app? This talk examines how Belarusian IT professionals in exile have attempted to build democratic futures through a bespoke mobile application and reveals the contradictions embedded in that effort. Designed to enable civic participation and national community-building\, the app instead produces what Alana Felton calls “simulated democracy”: a digital environment where citizens become consumers\, political participation becomes user experience\, and national identity becomes a UX problem to be solved. Through close readings of the app’s interface\, promotional videos\, and crowdfunding features\, alongside analysis of interviews with co-founder Pavel Liber\, this presentation will trace how democratic aspirations get translated—and transformed—by technocapitalist platform logics. \nAbout the speaker: Alana Felton is assistant director of college writing at Pomona College\, where she oversees the Center for Speaking Writing and the Image and supports the College’s students through writing and communication instruction. Her interdisciplinary research explores how digital technologies shape political imagination\, resistance and communication practices. Her current book project\, Futurecraft: Technologies of Belarusian Resistance\, examines how oppositional actors—IT workers\, activists\, artists and hackers—use digital tools to organize dissent and envision alternative political futures under authoritarian rule. Alana holds a Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures from Yale University. \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/a-cyberspace-of-ones-own-the-new-belarus-app
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20260127T180438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T180911Z
UID:5585-1770207300-1770210900@www.scrippscollege.edu
SUMMARY:The Red Scare and the Music of Hanns Eisler: Veronika Eberhart on Marxist and Aesthetic Strategies of Composer Hanns Eisler
DESCRIPTION:Veronika Eberhart will share her research from the MAK Schindler Residency in Los Angeles. The session will explore the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings and the work of Eisler\, a close collaborator of Bertolt Brecht known for his politically engaged music. Through archival material\, sound\, and speculative gestures\, Eberhart will highlight Eisler’s compositional strategies alongside her own artistic reception. The talk will also draw on her recent book\, “Garten sprengen” (Spector Books\, 2024). \nVeronika Eberhart is an artist\, musician\, and researcher working at the intersection of sculpture\, text\, sound\, and moving image. Grounded in feminist and class-based theories\, her work draws on a background in sociology (University of Vienna and Copenhagen) and fine arts (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna). Eberhart is currently a PhD researcher in Architecture in Hasselt\, Belgium. Her films have been screened at international film festivals\, including the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Porto/Post/Doc – Film & Media Festival. As a musician\, she has toured extensively with her bands Lime Crush and Plaided. Her recent book Garten sprengen (Spector Books\, 2024) accompanied a solo exhibition at IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art\, Belgium. She was awarded the Schindler Scholarship at the MAK Center Los Angeles (2019) and completed the WIELS residency in Brussels (2020). \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/the-red-scare-and-the-music-of-hanns-eisler-veronika-eberhart-on-marxist-and-aesthetic-strategies-of-composer-hanns-eisler
LOCATION:Hampton Room\, Scripps College
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ORGANIZER;CN="EU Center":MAILTO:eucenter@scrippscollege.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T110323
CREATED:20260206T204713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T204713Z
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SUMMARY:Europe's Many Shades of Migration Diplomacy: Unintentional and Enabling?
DESCRIPTION:This talk highlights Europe’s under‑acknowledged role in shaping migration diplomacy by recentering European agency both historically and in the present. Rather than viewing Europe primarily as a target of pressure from states in the Global South\, the talk argues that Europe has long acted as an introducer of migration diplomacy through imperial systems of population management\, an enabler through externalization and structured cooperation with third countries\, and an unintentional practitioner whose policies create diffuse and often unforeseen diplomatic effects. Efforts to control mobility in North Africa\, the Sahel\, and Turkey repeatedly generate five patterned unintended consequences: greater harm to migrants\, exposure to migration blackmail\, reputational backlash as partners contrast themselves with Europe\, the spread of restrictive EU practices to other regions\, and political erosion when European funding strengthens illiberal actors. By broadening the concept beyond deliberate strategy\, the talk shows how European migration diplomacy operates through fragmented\, indirect\, and sometimes concealed forms of power that raise important questions about agency\, accountability\, and responsibility in global migration governance. \nAbout the Speaker: Juliette Tolay is Associate Professor of Political Science at Penn State Harrisburg. Her research focuses on international migration governance\, migration diplomacy\, and the politics of asylum. Her work combines conceptual and historical analysis with comparative field research (Europe\, Turkey\, Latin America) to examine how migration policies function as instruments of power\, legitimacy\, and international positioning. She has published in leading journals including Millennium\, Review of International Studies\, Journal of Refugee Studies\, and International Migration. Her current research explores temporary protection regimes\, post-imperial mobility governance\, and the evolving limits of migration diplomacy.
URL:https://www.scrippscollege.edu/eucenter/event/europes-many-shades-of-migration-diplomacy-unintentional-and-enabling
LOCATION:Humanities Museum (HUM 225)
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