Whether in the form of round tables, lectures, film series, symposia, or workshops, bring together students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners from units within IU and the world beyond.
Archived Events
Till the Lungs Cave In: Debating Tobacco in the 18th Century
-Talk by Nikos Panou, Stony Brook University
Making Sense of Change: Poland 1918-2018
-Roundtable discussion commemorating the centennial of Polish independence
Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture Since 1918
-Rountable discussion celebrating the publication of a book co-edited by Joanna Niżyńska
Annual Institute for European Studies Valentine's Day Bake-Off
-Join EURO for our annual baking contest!
Cinéma Sans Frontières: Beyond Francophone ‘Realities’
-French film festival sponsored by the Department of French and Italian
How the European Union Legislates in 24 Languages
-Presentation by Réka Somssich, Associate Professor, ELTE University, Budapest
EURO Halloween Movie Night: Shadow of the Vampire
-Join us for pizza, treats, and a horror movie during EURO's pre-Halloween celebration!
EURO-Sponsored Artists @ Lotus Festival
-Come watch European artists perform at this year's Lotus Festival!
Europe’s Overlooked Crisis: Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine
-Presentation by Tania Bulakh, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology
International Conference for Netherlandic Studies
-IU will be hosting the biennial ICNS on June 1st and 2nd
A New History of Catholics in the Second World War: Beyond Resistance and Collaboration
-Talk by Professor Vesna Drapac (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Reconstructing Jewish Lives in Twentieth-Century France: Restitution, Republicanism, and the Meaning of Home
-Talk by Shannon Fogg, Associate Professor of History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology
Midwest Model EU
-Intercollegiate EU simulation, held from April 5 to April 7 in the Bloomington campus
Lorca, Little Presses, and the Politics of Publication in Interwar Spain
-Talk by Melissa Dinverno, Associate Professor of Spanish. Lunch provided!
Backlash: The Rise and Fall of Liberalism in Eastern Europe (and Globally)
-Lecture by John Feffer based on his recent book Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams
Tocqueville Lecture: "A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe"
-Balázs Trencsényi (Department of History, CEU) in dialogue with Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science, IU) on Trencsényi’s recent book
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD): A Case Study in European Right-Wing Populism
-Presentation by Alex Baker, MA candidate in European Studies
Annual Institute for European Studies Valentine's Day Baking Contest
-Come enjoy a sweet Valentine's Day with EURO's annual Bake Off!
Poetics and Politics: The Second World War Museum in Gdansk, Poland
-Lecture by Professor Anna Muller from the University of Michigan-Dearborn
Lecture on Fernando Pessoa and Emily Dickinson
-Horizons of Knowledge Lecture: "Being Blind - Being Nobody - Being a Poet: Emily Dickinson 'Reads' Fernando Pessoa" by Irene Ramalho Santos, Professor Emerita of the University of Coimbra.
EURO Halloween Movie Night: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
-Join us for EURO's Halloween event, featuring pizza, treats, and Werner Herzog's reimagining of a horror classic!
Destination Europe: Global Perspectives on the Refugee Crisis (film series)
-Film series sponsored by the Institute for European Studies, the departments of French and Italian and Spanish and Portuguese, the Center for the Study of the Middle East, and IU Cinema.
Politics, Aesthetics, and Sovereignty at Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art: a 2015 Case Study
-Talk by Edgar Illas, Associate Professor of Catalan
Digital Topologies of Migration in Europe
-Talk by Gabriel Popescu on the interplay between technology and migration.
“Immovable Object, Unstoppable Force: Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin and the New Politics of Containment”
-Presentation by Professor Mushaben, along with faculty respondents, on Chancellor Merkel, the upcoming German elections, and Germany's relationship with Russia.
Polish Studies Center: 2017 Fall Inagural Event
-Traditional potluck followed by a performance by the Gypsy Jazz group "Troika"
Networked Media Government Relations. A European perspective
-Talk by Professor Juliana Raupp from the Freie Universitat Berlin, as part of the weekly Media School colloquium series.
"The Republic of Estonia at 100"
-The prime minister of this important NATO and EU member nation will speak about Estonia’s domestic and foreign policy as it approaches the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Baltic Germans and Comparative Development in the Baltics
-A lecture by Alise Vitola, Free University of Berlin, School of Business & Economics, Institute of East European Studies
Contemporary Polish Cinema: Lives on the Margin
-We will be showing Life Feels Good. A tribute to the endurance of the human spirit, Life Feels Good is an ironic and unpretentious tale of a young man who suffers from cerebral palsy.
The Italian Executioners: Revisiting The Role Of Italians During The Holocaust
-Dr. Levis Sullam's talk argues that, contrary to widely held views, thousands of Italians actively participated in the Holocaust, arresting, depredating and deporting Jews.
Dutch Movie Night - Zus and Zo
-Zus and Zo is a 2001 film directed by Paula van der Oest. Zus and Zo follows three sisters as they attempt to sabotage their gay brother's upcoming wedding so he does not inherit the treasured family estate.
Paul Lucas Conference in History at IU. Reframing the Landscape: Historical Visions of Place
-Graduate History Conference
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