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/2156In 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.]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/2156?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/2148"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."]]>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/2148?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/2147FSI 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.]]>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/2147?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/2145November 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.]]>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/2145?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/2097AABS 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.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/2097?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1925Addressing 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.]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1925?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1879Steven Pifer, former ambassador to Ukraine, has released two important new papers on imperatives for renewing U.S. relations with Russia, and with Ukraine.]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1879?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1809This new series builds on the success of last year's History, Memory, and Politics in Francophone Africa. In 2008-09 we 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.]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1809?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1785Astrid Fellner, Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, will serve as Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair at the Forum on Contemporary Europe, and as visiting professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, from January - June 2009.]]>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1785?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1764Former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar delivered a public lecture to an overflow crowd at Stanford University on November 17, 2008. This program was sponsored jointly by the Forum on Contemporary Europe, International Law Society, and Stanford Law School.]]>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1764?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1738"The strength of this book is the author's Herculean power of synthesis," writes FSI senior fellow Josef Joffe in the New York Times. "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."]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1738?http://fce.stanford.edu/news/1657The 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.]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://fce.stanford.edu/news/1657?http://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?