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2009-10
Conversations on Europe. "Kosovo from NATO's Intervention to Independence: An Appraisal." Veton Surroi, journalist and publicist from Kosovo. Thu, Nov 5, 2009. (audio 
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Conversations on Europe. "Where are Europe's Borders." Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005). Thu, Oct 8, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Law, Outsiders, and the Municipal Hospital in Late Nineteenth-Century France." Sylvia Schafer, associate professor of history, University of Connecticut. Thu, Sept 24, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "1989: A Twenty-Year Balance Sheet of that Annus Mirabilis." Andrei S. Markovits, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, U-M. Thu, Sept 17, 2009. (audio )
CES-EUC End-of-Semester Luncheon. "The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on European (Dis)Integration and on Europe's Economies." A roundtable discussion. Moderator: Dario Gaggio, Director CES-EUC and Associate Professor, History. Speakers: Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Professor of Economics, La Sapienza University, Rome; Alan Deardorff, Associate Dean of the Ford School, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Public Policy; and Jean-Marie Viaene, Professor of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Wed, Apr 22, 2009.(audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Memory Wars: Debating the Past in Twentieth-Century Italy." John Foot, Professor of Modern Italian History, University College London. Thu, Apr 9, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "From the Netherlands in the Golden Age to European co-operation and a global world." H.E. Frans Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Wed, Apr 8, 2009. (audio )
International Law Workshop."Buying Equality: Some Recent Developments from Europe." Susanne Baer, Professor of Public Law and Gender Studies, Humboldt University Law Faculty, Berlin and Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union and Employment Law, University of Cambridge. Mon, Mar 30, 2009. (video)
EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. “A Europeanization from Below? Social Movements and Europe.” Donatella della Porta, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, European University Institute, Florence. Thu, Mar 26, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Europe’s Political and Economic Challenges." Jan Svejnar, Director of the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration, and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan; and former candidate for president of the Czech Republic. Wed, Mar 25, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture." Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, Sicily, and current Italian MP. Mon, Feb 9, 2009. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Posocialist Europe." Nina Bandelj, assistant professor, University of California, Irvine. Thu, Feb 5, 2009. (audio )
CES-EUC End-of-Semester Luncheon. "The World of the Roma: A Minority One and Many in the New Europe." Convener: Dario Gaggio, Director, CES-EUC and Associate Professor, History.Presenters: Alaina Lemon, Associate Professor, Anthropology; Jean Hébrard, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and Visiting Professor of History and LACS;and graduate students: Luciana Aenäsoaie, Elana Resnick, and Heather Tidrick. Wed, Dec 10, 2008. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Communicating the Meaning of the Marshall Plan." David W. Ellwood, associate professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna. Thu, Nov 20, 2008. (audio )
Lecture (In Italian): "Outlet Italia. A Conversation with Aldo Cazzullo." Aldo Cazzullo, correspondent for the Corriere della Sera, main Italian daily newspaper. Part of the 8th Week of the Italian language in the World (VIII Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo). Thu, Oct 30, 2008. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Mediterranean Entrepreneurial Diaspora Networks during the Long Nineteenth Century." Gelina Harlaftis, associate professor, Department of History, Ionian University, Corfu. Thu, Oct 30, 2008. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Political Institutions of the EU." George Tsebelis, Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, U-M. Thu, Oct 16, 2008. (audio )
CES-EUC Luncheon. "The French Presidency of the European Union." Sidy Diallo, Deputy Consul General of France in Chicago.Thu, Oct 15, 2008.(audio )
International Law Workshop. "ICTY and ICJ in the Conflict and Post-conflict in the Former Yugoslavia: An Appraisal." Vladimir Djeric, attorney, Mikijelj, Jankovic & Bogdanovic, Belgrade, and former advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro. Mon, Sept 22, 2008.(video 
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WCEE/WCED Inaugural Lecture. "Promoting Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe." Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland, 1995-2005; and Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University. Fri, Sept 19, 2008.
(Video available at http://itunes.umich.edu/).
2007-08
Conversations on Europe. "Simply Sonata: Reflections on Beethoven's Transformation of a Musical Genre." With U-M music faculty Steven Whiting, Kevin Korsyn, and Alan Gosman.Thu, Oct 4, 2007. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "From Revolution to Reintegration: Romania's Return to Europe." Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timisoara, Romania. Thu, Oct 11, 2007. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Redefining the Boundaries of Democratic Legitimacy: Hannah Arendt and the Origins of Euro-Republicanism." Lars Rensmann, DAAD visiting professor, Department of Political Science. Thu, Nov 1, 2007. (audio )
Symposium. "New Lines of Tolerance and Intolerance in Europe." With Agnieszka Graff, University of Warsaw; Joshua Cole, U-M; Hadley Renkin, Albion College; and Brian Porter-Szucs, U-M. Thu, Dec 6, 2007. (audio )
End of Semester Luncheon. "Freedom's Articulation in Europe and Eurasia." With U-M faculty: Michael D. Kennedy, CES-EUC/CREES; Dario Gaggio, History; Anna Grzymala-Busse, Political Science; Gerard Libaridian, Armenian Studies Program. Co-sponsored with CREES. Wed, Dec 12, 2007. (audio )
EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. "Europe: Heir to the Ages or Pregnant Widow." Neal Ascherson, distinguished journalist and author. Co-sponsored with LSA, Copernicus Endowment, CREES, Department of History, EIHS and International Institute. Thu, Jan 17, 2008. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "The Role of Greece in the Discourse of Modernity." Maria Koundoura, associate professor, Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing, Emerson College. Thu, Jan 31, 2008. (audio ) (Due to some technical difficulties this lecture was not recorded in its entirety. We apologize for any inconvenience.)
International Law Workshop. "Social Justice, Solidarity, and Economic Development: Preparing Europe's Regions for the 21st Century." Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director-General for Regional Policy of the European Commission. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law. Mon, Feb 4, 2008. (audio ) (video )
Conversations on Europe. "Europe: The Tragic Continent" Jos de Mul, professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; and CES Winter 2008 Netherlands Visiting Professor. Thu, Feb 7, 2008. (audio )
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Distinguished Lecture/ Conversations on Europe. "Sticks and Stones: The Limits of Verbal Violence." Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, Bard College. Co-sponsored with EIHS, Institute for the Humanities and other U-M units. Part of an II Series on Religious Claims and Crossings. Thu, Mar 20, 2008.
The following two lectures were part of the Onassis Foundation University Seminars Program, Mar-Apr 2008.
ISR Brown Bag Lecture. "The Future of the European Union: from 6 to 27 and beyond." Professor Dusan Sidjanski, founder of the Department of Political Studies at the University of Geneva and professor emeritus in the faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the European Institute in Geneva; President of the European Cultural Centre and Member of the Board of Directors of the Latsis Foundation, Geneva. Special adviser to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. Thu, March 27, 2008. (audio )
CES-EUC Luncheon lecture. "From the Treaty of Lisbon to EU Common Foreign Policy. A federalist perspective." Professor Dusan Sidjanski, President of the European Cultural Centre and Member of the Board of Directors of the Latsis Foundation, Geneva. Special adviser to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. Fri, Mar 28, 2008. (audio )
International Workshop. "The Cultural Politics of European Union Energy Security." May 8-9, 2008. Introduction and Session I, May 8: Technological Challenges; Session II, May 8: Technological Infrastructures; Session III, May 9: Theorizing Russian Energy Power; Session IV, May 9: Figuring European-Eurasian Energy Relations; Closing remarks, May 9. (audio )
2006-07
Conversations on Europe. "Which Form of Government for the European Union?" Walter van Gerven, former Advocate General of the European Court of Justice; professor of law, Katholieke University, Leuven; and visiting professor of law. Thu, Sept 18, 2006. (audio )
Polish Student and Faculty Seminar. Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland, 1995-2005. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan's Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Office of the President. Tue, Oct 24, 2006. (audio )
Seminar. "The Transformation of Europe," with University faculty and students. Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland, 1995-2005. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan's Center for European Studies-European Union Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Office of the President. Thu, Oct 26, 2006. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Putting the French Riots of 2005 into History: What Historical Context for the 'crise des banlieues'?" Joshua Cole, associate professor of history. Thu, Nov 9, 2006. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Sounds of Islam on Dutch TV: The Current Situation and Its Colonial Antecedents." Bernard Arps, 2006-07 Netherlands Visiting Professor from the University of Leiden. Thu, Feb 15, 2007. (audio )
Conversations on Europe. "Cover-up: French Gender Equality and the Islamic Headscarf." Joan Wallach Scott, Harold F. Linder Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ. Mon, Mar 12, 2007. (audio )
EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. "Redefining the European Union: Why it Matters to the US." Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, 1998-2005. Wed, Mar 14, 2007.
Conversations on Europe. "Marie Antoinette, Queen of Fashion." Caroline Weber, Associate Professor, Department of French and Romance Philology, Barnard College and author of "Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution." Thu, Mar 15, 2007.
Conversations on Europe. "Models of Church-State Condominium: The Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia." Sabrina Ramet, professor of political science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Thu, Mar 22, 2007. (audio )
International Law Workshop."Passion and Reason in European Integration." Luis Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law. Apr 12, 2007. (audio) (video) RealPlayer
CES-EUC End of Semester Luncheon. "Europe's Future: After 50 years, what's next?." Daniel Halberstam, Professor, U-M Law School and Geoff Eley, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History and Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, U-M. Tue, Apr 17, 2007. (audio )
2005-06
Conversations on Europe. "Revaluing the Transatlantic Alliance: Foundations and Challenges for EU-US Relations." H.E. John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the US. March 6, 2006. (Video available at http://itunes.umich.edu/).
2004-05
EUC Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe/WDI Lecture. “Managing the Global Firm: Applying the lessons of a Transatlantic Merger.” Dr. Dieter Zetsche, President and CEO of Chrysler Group. March 8, 2005. (video )
Conversations on Europe. “The Moderns between the Greeks and the Romans: Tony Blair’s Athenian Birthday.” Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. January 20, 2005.
2003-04
EUC/WDI International Conference. "Politics and Business as Usual? Europe and the US after EU Enlargement." Opening remarks by Madeleine Albright, Former US Secretary of State March 24, 2004.Washington, DC. (video )
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