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European Studies Program

Center for Global & International Studies
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Paris café life by night.

A quiet moment on a Venetian canal.

The Watkins Museum of History hosted the event "The Great War at 100: The KU WWI Centennial Commemoration" in fall of 2016. Presenters included (from left to right) Dr. Lorie A. Vanchena, Professor of German and Academic Director of the European Studies Program; Drew Burks, PhD candidate in History; Dr. Nathan Wood, Professor of History. More about the KU WWI Centennial Commemoration here.

Colorful architecture in Bayreuth, Germany.

The Alhambra Palace in Granada,Spain is a stunning example of Moorish architecture.

The Spanish Steps in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome are a popular social gathering space.

Sweets for sale outside a cafe in Gothenburg, Sweden.

"As an undergraduate in European Studies I was able to combine my interests in English and Italian Renaissance literature with majors in English and Italian with the co-major in European Studies. I will use the valuable cultural, social and political context the EURS program provided me to enhance my graduate studies in literary criticism." -Bernadette Myers, European Studies Co-Major, class of 2013.

European Studies recently presented a scholarly panel discussion on the recent "Brexit" decision. This was the inaugural "Global Headline Series" event co-sponsored by the Center for Global & International Studies.

A research project at KU will create a digital archive of World War I poetry, supported by a seed grant through the KU Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities. Read more here.

A colorful selection of "Trabi" cars line a Berlin street. In the former East Germany, these were the single model of car available. Today they are refurbished and serve as a fun attraction.

KU's Spencer Museum of Art holds a rich collection of European Masterworks, such as this stunning Pre-Raphaelite painting, La Pia de' Tolomei by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1868-1880.) Detail shown above.

The European Studies Program

The European Studies Program provides a vibrant community for research, teaching, and related activities that explore historical and contemporary European cultures, societies, states, economies, natural resources, and environments. Seeking to serve students, faculty, and staff at the University of Kansas as well as the broader local, regional, national, and international communities, the European Studies Program generates grant activity and develops research, curricular, and outreach projects that support the mission of the University.

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