We’re thrilled to announce the 11th Annual European Conference at Harvard Kennedy School on January 31 and February 1 at the Harvard Kennedy School. The European Conference is one of the most important events focused on Europe in the United States and brings together political leaders, CEOs, world-class experts, and practitioners from both to explore […]
Please join us on Friday afternoons in the spring semester for the 45th BU Translation Seminar Lecture Series. This year’s series is curated by Margaret Litvin and includes eleven literary translators working in Turkish, Bulgarian, Kurdish, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Korean, and Japanese. All lectures take place on Fridays at 2:30 in […]
This lecture by Michal Smetana took place on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Smetana is Associate Professor at the Institute of International Studies, Director of the Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP), and Head Researcher at Experimental Lab for International Security Studies (ELISS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. The event was moderated by Sanne […]
What do the 2024 electoral shake-ups mean for the Transatlantic Security Relationship? In the context of increasing security competition with China and Russia, how will the NATO alliance endure? What will American and European partners do to continue support for the War in Ukraine? What role will nuclear weapons play in this relationship? What are […]
Applications for the next round of traineeships at the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC are open. These are paid, full-time traineeships for US graduates from March 1st – May 31st, 2025, with the possibility of extension until end of July, 2025. The traineeship requires office presence in DC with the option of working […]
Welcome the holiday season with European Studies friends and colleagues. A solo recital by Latvian violinist and chamber musician Aija Rēķe, DMA candidate at BU’s School of Music, will be followed by a festive reception. RSVP using form below. Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • 5 to 6 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay […]
The BU Center for the Humanities has sponsored paid summer internships for undergraduates in the humanities at important Boston institutions since 2018. In summer 2025, interns will work at The Boston Globe, Brattle Film Foundation, Beacon Press, BU CAS Communications, and BU Mugar Library Prospective applicants are encouraged to read reflections by previous summer interns to learn […]
Join us for a lecture by Emily Greble, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History; Professor and Chair, Department of History; and Professor of German, Russian and East European Studies at Vanderbilt University. Moderated by Aimee Genell, Assistant Professor of International History, Pardee School of Global Studies. Tuesday, November 19 • 4:30 to 6 PM […]
Please join us for a lecture by Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations. Moderated by Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies. Thursday, November 14, 2024 • 5 to 6:30 PM Kilachand Honors College • 91 Bay […]
On Tuesday, October 1, we were delighted to welcome French author Patrick Autréaux back to the Center for the Study of Europe. Autréaux, currently a writer-in-residence at BU’s Department of Romance Studies, read the English translation, by Tobias Ryan, of a new essay on friendship, literary creation, death and time entitled “The Moors of Time.” […]