http://fce.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from FCEen-usPublic domainhttp://fce.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/60http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1620This 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.]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1620?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1558The 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.']]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1558?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1527The 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.]]>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1527?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1467Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Stanford Law School.]]>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1467?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1374This 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.]]>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1374?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1315Headlines today blaze with stories about the fate of Europe. There is a sense, both in Europe and around the world, that a sort of "tipping point" has been reached. As the ongoing process of unification redraws Europe's borders, as the populations of major European cities become more and more diverse, the question of ethnicity is at the forefront of many of the most important debates on the continent. The conference "Ethnicity in the New Europe" at Stanford will address this topic in an interdisciplinary manner.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1315?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1236The 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.]]>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1236?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1237The 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 Sweden, Scandinavia, and Baltic region program 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.]]>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1237?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1195Joan 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.]]>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1195?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/993The 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.]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/993?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/988On 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.]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/988?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/895The Forum on Contemporary Europe (FCE) is proud to announce a new program to advance relations between the United States and Austria and Central Europe. In collaboration with the University of Vienna, the Austrian & Central European Program will bring together students and faculty from Stanford University and the University of Vienna to broaden understanding and research.]]>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/895?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/894Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-president of the Greens/Free European Alliance Group in the European Parliament spoke to a crowd of over 150 on the Stanford Campus on November 1, 2006. Cohn-Bendit spoke to the cultural differences facing Europe and the future challenges of uniting nation-states. The Stanford Daily covers Cohn-Bendit's lecture sponsored by the Forum on Contemporary Europe, the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, and the Woods Institute for the Environment.]]>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/894?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/853The European Forum takes the new name Forum on Contemporary Europe.]]>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/853?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/852The Forum on Contemporary Europe announces its new Assistant Director, Roland Hsu.]]>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/852?