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Congratulations!
Congratulations to European Studies
senior, Stephanie Kirmer, graduating May 21, 2006 with Honors. Stephanie
defended her Honor Thesis in November on “The Function of
Art in Emotional Reactions to World War I: Otto Dix, Käthe
Kollwitz, and George Grosz” (thesis
advisor, Dr. Leonie Marx). We wish her much success
next fall when she begins graduate school at Portland State
University.
Congratulations as well to senior Emily Kenagy, who finishes
her B.A. in European Studies and Art History this summer,
2006. She is completing research for her Senior Thesis on “Challenges
to European Identity.”
Finally, congratulations as
well to rising senior, Kevin Baker, who is next year’s
European Studies recipient of the Harley S. Nelson Scholarship
for AY 2006-2007 ($1400).
- Alexander von Humboldt in Literature and Culture
Thursday, April 20th 2006
Max Kade Center, Reception will follow
Project Workshop/ Conference
Friday, April 21st 2006
9:30am – 3:00pm (Contact German Dept. for more info.)
Max Kade Center (Sudler House)
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, The Hall
Center for the Humanities, and The Max Kade Center for German-American
Studies present Dr. Oliver Lubrich, Freie Universitat, Berlin: Fascinating
Voids – Alexander von Humboldt and the Chimborazo
- U.S.-European Relations: Looking Ahead
Ambassador Avis Hohlen, Public Policy Scholar
at the Woodrow Wilson International Center
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
4:00- 5:30 pm
The Pine Room, Kansas Union
University of Kansas
Sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian
Studies, KU; the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth;
and the Department of European Studies, KU.
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The 18 student participants enrolled in the European Studies
summer program 2006 will leave shortly for Berlin, Brussels,
Prague, Strasbourg and Paris with Professors Stephen Grabow
(Architecture and Urban Design) and Diane Fourny (European Studies)
for a months stay May 26-June 23. Bon Voyage!
- Photos from the 2005 trip to Brussels/Paris and Budapest/Vienna are
now available!
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Conference, September 23-24, 2005
The Problematic Legacies of Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860): German Nationalism, European Visions, and his American Progeny. For detailed information or full program please click here.
European Studies is co-sponsoring the Mid-American Conference on History, September 22-24, 2005.
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Tournèes KU French Film Festival
Organized by the KU Department of French and Italian
Oct. 5 – Bon Voyage
Oct. 19 – Pas Sur La Bouche
Oct. 25 – Moolade
Nov. 2 – L’esquive
Nov. 15 - L’autre Monde
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Thomas Freidman Video: “Does Europe Hate Us?” sponsored by CIBER with discussion moderated by Dr. Michael Mosser, Assistant Dean, Graduate School and International Programs, Kansas Union, Pine Room, level 6, 7:00-9:00 p.m. November 15 th.
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Annual Peace and Conflict Studies Distinguished Lecture
Gillian Sorensen, a Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation (former Asst.
Secretary-General for External Relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan) will speak at KU on Nov. 29th (Tuesday) 7:30 pm Woodruff Auditorium on "The United Nations and the United States: Controversy and Opportunity . . . Where do we go from here?"
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