European Union Center Events

Friday, November 13, 2026

• "How Concessions to Minority Groups Affect Public Opinion. Evidence From Spain"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Room 404 David Kinley Hall

  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.

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Thursday, November 19, 2026

• Brown Bag Series - Seeking (and making) refuge in, out of, and beyond Europe: An ethnography of world-making

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  108 Coble Hall

  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.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Roundtable on European Responses on US Elections

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall 1065

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Monday, March 29, 2027

• Brown Bag Series- Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  404 David Kinley Hall

  Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Session with Jacob Thomas as he talks about his book, "Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate."

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