Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford Health Policy
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Forum on Contemporary Europe
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Program on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language StudiesNovember 17th, 2009
New paper on Ukraine's geopolitical choice in 2009
In a new policy paper from the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, Steven Pifer, former ambassador to Ukraine, outlines Ukraine's competing geopolitical options as Russia and the West compete for influence with the incoming administration, and assesses foreign policy options for the United States should the next Ukranian president decide to pursue stronger ties with Russia. 
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November 10th, 2009
Josef Joffe: The Wall and the end of history
Op-ed: Newsweek Newsweek"November 9, 1989, deserves a towering monument in every European capital - a marker of something completely new under the European sun," writes FSI Senior Fellow Josef Joffe in Newsweek. "Unlike in 1789, the promise of peace and liberty was truly delivered. Unlike in 1919 ... 1989 brought an end to the worst part of European history." Read more »
November 9th, 2009
Josef Joffe on National Public Radio: "Eyewitness To History: The Fall Of The Berlin Wall"
FSI Senior Fellow and Forum on Contemporary Europe Research Affiliate Josef Joffe (Editor, Die Zeit), spoke with NPR "Talk of the Nation" host Neal Conan on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 6th, 2009
The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years later
November 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The historic event symbolizes the end of the Cold War, and for the Germans living there, 1989 marks a turning point that continues to shape their culture. Amir Eshel, professor of comparative literature and director of FSI's Forum on Contemporary Europe and history professor James Sheehan reflect on the legacy of this important anniversary. Read more »
September 28th, 2009
Call for Papers: "Region, State, Nation, Community: New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic Studies"
AnnouncementAABS welcomes papers, panels, and roundtable presentations for the first joint conference of Scandinavian and Baltic Studies in the United States. The conference aims to highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic space, are equally welcome. Read more »
April 28th, 2009
Former U.N. Special Envoy to Darfur Jan Eliasson addresses global crisis management
Addressing the Forum on Contemporary Europe, Ambassador Jan Eliasson offered a new model for global crisis management of concerns ranging from piracy to global poverty. The former president of the U.N. General Assembly called for concerted action by NATO, the EU, the U.N., and others on pressing security and humanitarian issues. 
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March 18th, 2009
Two new papers on U.S. Relations with Russia and the Ukraine
In the NewsSteven Pifer, former ambassador to Ukraine, has released two important new papers on imperatives for renewing U.S. relations with Russia, and with Ukraine. Read more »
January 22nd, 2009
New Lecture Series: Contemporary History and the Future of Memory
This new series builds on the success of last year's History, Memory, and Politics in Francophone Africa. In 2008-09 the Forum on Contemporary Europe and Division of Literatures, Cultures and Languages expand the subject by bringing together different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, as well as different geographical areas, societies, and communities in which dealing with the past represents an important national and scholarly concern.
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December 17th, 2008
FCE to welcome Professor Astrid Fellner, Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair 2008-2009
The endowment for the Distinguished Austrian Chair Professorship was established in 1977. This year the Forum is pleased to welcome Astrid Fellner (English and American Studies, University of Vienna) as the 2008-2009 Distinguished Austrian Chair. Professor Fellner will teach in the Department of Comparative Literature during the Winter and Spring quarters of 2009. She is preceeded by former Distinguished Austrian Chairs Andreas Wiebe (Law, 2007-2008), and Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl(Music, 2006-2007).
November 26th, 2008
Former Spanish Prime Minister speaks at Stanford
José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004, delivered a public lecture to an overflow crowd at Stanford University on November 17, 2008, entitled, "America and Europe After Bush." This program was sponsored jointly by the Forum on Contemporary Europe, International Law Society, and Stanford Law School.
November 3rd, 2008
Joffe reviews Herring's 'From Colony to Superpower' in NYT
"The strength of this book is the author's Herculean power of synthesis," writes FSI senior fellow Josef Joffe in the New York Times article, "Entangling alliances". "Ours is the age of merciless specialization -- no grand prizes for grand sweeps. Yet Herring recaptures a quarter-millennium of American foreign policy with fluidity and felicity. Wisely or warily, he avoids taking sides in the great controversies; a good teacher, he presents the 'on the one hand' along with the 'on the other,' copious references included." George C. Herring will be giving a lecture at FSI on Nov. 17 titled, "From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776". 
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September 23rd, 2008
Ethnicity in today's Europe
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) is sponsoring long-term research on questions of European integration. This year FCE has conducted a series of seminars and international conferences to bring European authors and policy leaders together with forum researchers and Stanford centers to investigate the challenges of social integration. The series has combined the study of European Union (EU) policy toward its newest members, East-West and trans-Atlantic relations, crime and social conflict, and European models of universal citizenship. 3 papers available
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July 1st, 2008
Austria and Central Europe Since 1989: Legacies and Future Prospects
This conference on Austria and Central Europe Since 1989: Legacies and Future Prospects is the third in the series of biannual international conferences to study the political and cultural landscape of Austria and Central Europe since 1945. Audio transcript available paper available
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June 2nd, 2008
Transatlantic Academy project on 'Turkey and Its Neighbors: Prospects for the Transatlantic Relationship'
The Transatlantic Academy is seeking candidates to serve as resident fellows. A joint project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation, the Transatlantic Academy is located at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington DC. The Academy brings together scholars from Europe and North America to work on a single set of issues facing the transatlantic community. It is an interdisciplinary institution which is open to all social science disciplines. Fellows will be resident for ten months beginning in October 2009. The Academy welcomes applications from scholars working on the theme of 'Turkey and Its Neighbors: Implications for the Transatlantic Relationship.' Read more »
May 5th, 2008
Fellowship on European identity and cultural studies at University of Bonn Center for European Integration Studies
The Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn invites applications for the ZEI Fellowship from researchers with expertise in European Studies in all disciplines. The fellowship is awarded for a period of up to 12 months starting October 1st, 2008. Read more »
March 13th, 2008
The Failures of Identification and Response to Trafficking of Women in Eastern Europe
Madeleine Rees, Head of the Women's Rights and Gender Unit, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will address "The Failures of Identification and Response to Trafficking of Women in Eastern Europe."
December 14th, 2007
Save the Date: Trafficking of Women in Post-Communist Europe conference, April 18, 2008
This international conference will examine the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation, a trade that has rapidly expanded since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. The conference will bring together scholars, policy experts, government officials and NGO analysts to discuss the issue from the economic, legal and human rights perspectives. Special attention will be devoted to strategies to combat the problem and address the needs of the victimized females.
December 1st, 2007
Questions of integration: social, political, and economic incorporation of New Europe in a globalized world
During 2007-2008 the forum on contemporary Europe launched the second phase of its comprehensive, multi-year analysis of Europe and the EU's global relations in the context of an expanding European Union. What began last year with analysis of political membership this year added a focus on implications of expanded membership in key areas, including social integration of immigrant communities. Forum researchers and invited scholars addressed questions central to understanding the process of European integration and areas of concern it raises. Read more »
August 1st, 2007
Problems of membership: Seeking solutions to expansion, integration, and intervention in globalized Europe
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) achieved two major goals in 2006-2007, by developing FCE into a trans-Atlantic hub for policy and academic leaders and guiding research affiliates to answer pressing questions about European Union membership. To do so the forum launched and greatly expanded research and public programs on Europe's Eastern, Scandinavian, and Iberian regions and addressed dramatic change and instability in the west in governing coalitions and the social fabric of Europe's traditional powers. Read more »
June 1st, 2007
Program on Sweden, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Region
The Forum on Contemporary Europe is pleased to announce the inauguration of its research and public dissemination program on Sweden, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Region. With generous support from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Forum's Program on Sweden, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Region is able to act on long term plans to launch research and public programs on Sweden and the pressing issues of the Scandinavian and Baltic region. Special emphasis will be placed on developments in Sweden and the region's trans-Atlantic relations, and on the evolution of domestic and international policy, culture, science, trade, and law in emerging global relations.
Anna Lindh Fellowship
The Forum on Contemporary Europe, at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the study of Scandinavia, the Baltic region and northern Europe's role in trans-Atlantic relations. The fellowships are part of the Forum's new Program on Sweden, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Region whose aim is to promote research on this region. The Anna Lindh Fellowship is designed to bring fellows from Sweden to Stanford University for short periods of research, library and archive consultation, and collaboration with Stanford faculty and community. The Forum on Contemporary Europe is now accepting applications for the Anna Lindh Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year.
May 15th, 2007
Laporta touts Barca activism
Joan Laporta, the president of Futbol Club Barcelona, talked to an overflowing crowd at the Arrillaga Family Sports Center on May 7, 2007 about his organization's role in global sports and society. Audio transcript available flyer available
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February 23rd, 2007
Advanced Graduate Student Fellowships
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) is pleased to announce the availability of advanced graduate student fellowships to support short-term research at the University of Vienna in Austria. The FCE graduate student fellowships are part of the Stanford-Austria scholarly exchange and public event program hosted jointly by FCE at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and the University of Vienna. Read more »
February 21st, 2007
FSI Director Blacker discusses trans-Atlantic relations at Vienna's Renner Institut
On February 7, in Vienna, FSI Director Chip Blacker gave a distinguished scholar lecture on "U.S.-European Relations after the Iraq War." The talk, which was held at the Renner Institut and co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, focused on critical relations between Europe and the U.S. that extend beyond the current administration in Washington. paper available
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January 1st, 2007
Multiyear study of the challenges to European Union integration and crisis intervention
The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) continues a multiyear study of the challenges facing European Union integration and global crisis intervention. The increasingly complex demands straining Europe and its trans-Atlantic relations--labor migration, spending on welfare economies, globalized cultures, and threats of terrorism, coupled with Europe's struggle to ratify a single constitution--underline the need to measure prospects for unification and the EU's ability to function as a coordinated international actor. This year, FCE is broadening its work to assess the role an integrated EU can play in addressing the world's most troubling crises. Read more »
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