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- The European Union Center participated in the inaugural TANDEM Dialogue at the University of Victoria on May 14, 2026. EUC Director Emanuel Rota and Associate Director Havva Karakas Keles represented the Center in thought-provoking discussions on two central issues on the EU-North America agenda.... Read full story
- The European Union Center congratulates EUC affiliates at large, José Luis Gómez-Barroso and Raquel Marbán-Flores, and their co-authors, A. Rodríguez-Sánchez and C. Miragaya-Casillas, on the publication of their new article, "Delineating the Profile of the... Read full story
- Lauren Turk, a graduate of our Master of Arts in European Union Studies (MAEUS) program, has been selected as the Winter 2025 Convocation speaker for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She will address graduating students at the LAS Winter... Read full story
Marshall Janevicius
Marshall Janevicius is a 2018 graduate of the MAEUS program. He was a two-time FLAS fellowship recipient for Arabic and wrote a thesis on supranational systems and cross-national online communication in Wallonia and Quebec. Currently he works as a director of strategic partnerships at TayCo Brace, Inc. What did you do after graduating from the MAEUS program? After the MAEUS program, I attended the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where I received my JD and LLM in International Business & Trade. Throughout law school I clerked at a family law firm...
EURO 385: Politics of the European Union
Considers the history of the European Union and its current functions and operations. Focuses on the ongoing process of political and cultural integration. Consists of sections in Illinois and abroad, interacting extensively via the worldwide web.
EURO 500: Dialogue on Europe
This seminar is a roundtable exploring a variety of topics related to Europe, transatlantic relations, the European Union, and the peripheries. Students will have an opportunity to participate in regular conversations about current issues ranging from cultural policies, migration, economic policies, bureaucratic politics, international security, sports, popular culture, and other topics of high salience to Europe and the European Union. Opportunities for guest speakers and readings on professionalization. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
EURO 501: EU Institutions and Governance
A graduate-level introduction to the European Union, its history, decision-making processes, legal framework and economic effects.