European Union Center
Friday, November 13, 2026
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What does the return of tariffs mean for the liberal international order? This interdisciplinary conference examines trade policy as a meeting point of economics, politics, and history. Bringing Atlantic and Pacific perspectives into conversation.
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About Laia: Laia Balcells is the Christopher F. Gallagher Family Professor of Government at Georgetown University. Her research sits at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations and examines civil war, political violence, nationalism, displacement, transitional justice, and the legacies of conflict.
Monday, November 16, 2026
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
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This presentation leverages the life history of an individual whose multiple displacements and emplacements in, out of, and beyond Europe in the last decade of the 20th century offer opportunities to explore the lived and experiential of dimensions of seeking and finding refuge in modern times.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Monday, January 25, 2027
Thursday, February 4, 2027
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In this CAS/MillerComm event, documentary photographer and filmmaker Louie Palu discusses distinct representations of the Arctic in literature and the visual arts, exploring this often-misunderstood region as both imagined otherworld and real-life landscape.
Tuesday, February 9, 2027
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Join us for talks by Sameh Tawfick (Mechanical Science & Engineering) and Pollyanna Rhee (Landscape Architecture.)
Tuesday, March 9, 2027
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Join us for talks by Shelley Weinberg and Josue David Cisneros.
Monday, March 22, 2027
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The Poet as Seismograph: Ukrainian and Yiddish Poetry of the 1920s and Beyond” explores the intersections between Ukrainian and Yiddish literature through the metaphor of the poet as sounding board and listening device.
Tuesday, March 23, 2027
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The Poet as Seismograph: Ukrainian and Yiddish Poetry of the 1920s and Beyond” explores the intersections between Ukrainian and Yiddish literature through the metaphor of the poet as sounding board and listening device.
Thursday, March 25, 2027
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Join us for talks by Liviu Mirica and Cristian Proistosescu.
Friday, March 26, 2027
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Learn more about the conference here: https://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/
Saturday, March 27, 2027
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Learn more about the conference here: https://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/
Monday, March 29, 2027
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Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Session with Jacob Thomas as he talks about his book, "Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate."
Friday, April 2, 2027
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The symposium will explore the timely field convergence of posthumanism and environmental design, especially with regard to how the posthumanist perspective can challenge, guide and even inspire new ways of thinking about the environment and the life that is dependent on it.
