European Union Center Events
Thursday, November 12, 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.

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
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
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.

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."


