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UW Center for West European Studies and European Union Center

Devoted to the study of Western Europe and the European Union at the UW. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

The Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet EU Center are both housed in the Henry M. The Center for West European Studies (CWES) was founded in 1994. Our mission is to enhance the quality of teaching and research on West European politics, society, and culture through outreach to universities, community colleges, business, the general public, and the K-12 community. The Center’s prog

rams are uniquely interdisciplinary, fostering collaboration between Europeanists from twenty different departments and professional schools on campus. The Center for West European Studies is housed in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, which features one of the largest collections of area studies centers in the United States. Generously funded by a prestigious grant from the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme, the CWES-affiliated EU Center is a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. Established in 1998 with a grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States, the EU Center is well-known for its activities that promote meaningful teaching, outreach, and research programs in the study of European Union institutions and policies, and transatlantic relations. More information on this Center can be found here. The UW EU Center also hosts a Jean Monnet Chair in Civil Society, Inclusion, and Diversity in the European Union (CIDEU) funded by the Erasmus+ Programme.

04/28/2025

TALK | Co-Designing the Future of Cultural Heritage: Interactive Technologies and Museum Collaborations in Northern Europe by Siiri Paananen, University of Lapland (Finland)

02/26/2025

TALK | Weaponizing Exceptionalism: Policing Blackness in the Nordic Welfare State by Jasmine Kelekay, Howard University. Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025, 3:30 – 5 p.m. at the University of Washington in Thomson Hall, Room 125. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/41ezac1

02/26/2025

TALK | Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership by Tuomas Forsberg, Tampere University (Finland). Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Thomson Hall, Room 317 at the University of Washington. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/43gfkzM

02/26/2025

TALK | A Planetary Approach to Arctic Politics, by Dr. Sanna Kopra, University of Helsinki. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m in Thomson Hall, Room 317 at the University of Washington. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3ESBEFJ

02/01/2025

Call for Proposals open until Feb 17! REECAS Northwest, the northwest regional conference, will take place in Seattle at the University of Washington on April 10-12, 2025. Individual papers & panel proposals are welcome. Learn more & apply! bit.ly/3g5Dnb2

07/30/2024

Announcing the 2024 EU Policy Forum Educator Workshop! Join us on August 13 at the University of Washington for a day of expert lectures and a Model EU roleplay on this year's theme "20 Years after the EU’s Big Bang: Enlargement, Prosperity, the Far Right, and the Russian Threat." Teachers will earn WA clock hours, and both lunch and parking are included in your registration. Learn more and register today! https://bit.ly/EUTeacherWorkshop

11/17/2023

EVENT: JSIS MEET THE ADMIRAL | PREPARING FOR RADICAL SHIFTS GLOBALLY WITH REAR ADMIRAL HEIMBIGNER (RET.)
DATE: Nov. 28, 2023
TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM
LOCATION: Thomson Hall Room 317

Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.) is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for West European Studies and 1987 graduate of the JSIS and the University of Washington’s Naval ROTC Unit. Admiral Heimbigner spent the majority of his 30-year military career as an intelligence officer deploying globally and living overseas mostly in Europe and the Middle East. His wide-ranging roles included extensive combat intelligence special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Middle East and African terrorist concentrations. He also served three tours in Europe (London, Cambridge and Brussels) including one as the Director of Intelligence and Warning for the NATO Headquarters during the initial phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine from 2014-2016. The Admiral briefed the NATO North Atlantic Council (NAC) and supported the Secretary General directly on regular basis while chairing the Military Intelligence Committee which included over 70 Allied intelligence and security services. He also has significant U.S. national security and interagency experience gained from two U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA headquarters detailed assignment. The Admiral is currently a Director for the Raytheon Company addressing North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) missile defense requirements in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington

11/17/2023

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.).

TALK: THE BALTIC STATES: THREATENED ALLIES OR PROVACATEURS?
DATE: Nov. 28, 2023
TIME: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
LOCATION: Thomson Hall Room 317

Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.) is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for West European Studies and 1987 graduate of the JSIS and the University of Washington’s Naval ROTC Unit. Admiral Heimbigner spent the majority of his 30-year military career as an intelligence officer deploying globally and living overseas mostly in Europe and the Middle East. His wide-ranging roles included extensive combat intelligence special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Middle East and African terrorist concentrations. He also served three tours in Europe (London, Cambridge and Brussels) including one as the Director of Intelligence and Warning for the NATO Headquarters during the initial phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine from 2014-2016. The Admiral briefed the NATO North Atlantic Council (NAC) and supported the Secretary General directly on regular basis while chairing the Military Intelligence Committee which included over 70 Allied intelligence and security services. He also has significant U.S. national security and interagency experience gained from two U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA headquarters detailed assignment. The Admiral is currently a Director for the Raytheon Company addressing North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) missile defense requirements in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington

11/08/2023

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Dr. Daunis Auers, University of Latvia.

TALK: EUROPE'S NEW NORTH? STEREOTYPES AND REGIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORDIC / BALTIC REGION
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
TIME: 1:30 P.M.
LOCATION: THOMSON HALL ROOM 317

This event is free and open to the public.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington
Ellison Center UW

10/30/2023

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Dr. Max Lemke, EU Commission Head of Unit of Internet of Things.

TALK: GREEN TRANSITION, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AND THE NEW EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY - A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023
TIME: 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: THOMSON HALL ROOM 317

This event is free and open to the public.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington
Ellison Center UW

09/27/2023

2023-24 TALKING GENDER IN EUROPE LECTURE SERIES

12:00-1:00 PM (PDT) | Oct. 18, 2023 - April 11, 2024
Online via Zoom

Free & open to the public. Registration is required! Please use this link to register: https://events.uw.edu/zEAZ73
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