Jean Monnet in the U.S.A. Collaborative Lecture Series (#JMintheUS)

The Jean Monnet in the U.S.A. Series (#JMintheUS) is an initiative of several EU-funded Universities across the United States. The world has shifted to virtual events, making new kinds of collaborations possible. Co-sponsors of the #JMintheUS initiative can better share programming related to the European Union and European Union studies, increasing access to more communities throughout the country.

The following events are open to all audiences. Details will be updated as they become available, so please check this page regularly. Virtual attendance may be limited, so early registration is recommended. For more information about the events and details about how to register, follow the link to see information on the primary organizer’s website. University of Wisconsin-Madison European Studies is proud to host this page for information purposes, but is not responsible for the events being organized by partner institutions.

Scheduled Events (links to registration pages will be posted as they are made available)

April 25, 2023
Russian Invasion Forum with Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Wisconsin-Madison

February 8, 2023
Milada Vachudova | Ethnopopulism and Authoritarian Rule in the European Union
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh

November 16, 2022
Insights into European Elections: Sweden, Italy, and Denmark
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh

April 20-22, 2022
12th Illinois EU Studies Conference: Sustainable Europe
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Illinois

September 30, 2021
11:00 EST
Valdis Dombrovskis | Trade, Technology, and the Transatlantic Relationship
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh

January 11, 2021
Noon PST
Niko Switek | A True Parliamentary Democracy in the EU? The Potential and Role of Transnational European Party Organizations (part of the EU Democracy Forum series)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Washington

January 27, 2021
Noon EST
Walter Memorial Lecture with Federica Mogherini, Rector, College of Europe, and former High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, interviewed by Prof. John Torpey
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: CUNY

February 3, 2021
Noon PST
Justin Greenwood | EU Trialogues: Challenges for Democracy? (part of the EU Democracy Forum series)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Washington

February 4, 2021
Noon EST
MFJMCE LECTURE: “Brexit Update” featuring Professor Anand Menon (King’s College London)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh.

February 23, 2021
10:30am EST
PANEL: The EU policy on Digitization of Art Collections with Antoinette Maget Dominice (Ludwig Maximillian University), Ewa Manikowska (Institute of Art Polish Academy of Sciences), Arianna Traviglia (Center for Cultural Heritage Technology University ca’Foscari)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida

March 2, 2021
12pm EST
LECTURE: Europe’s Green Deal with Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of European Commission
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh European Studies Center

March 24, 2021
9 am – 2:30 pm EST
Conference: European Union-Middle East Relations in a Changing World
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University

April 15, 2021
Noon PST
LECTURE: Kristina Weissenbach | New Parties in Europe: Formation and Institutionalization of New Parties in EU Member States (part of the EU Democracy Forum series) https://events.uw.edu/d/4jq7zr/
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Washington

April 20, 2021
10:30 am EST
PANEL: Eastern virtual moderated panel “Success and Challenge for the EU External Cultural Relations” with Guillaume Decot (European External Action Service), Damien Helly (Culture Solutions), Elke Selter (SOAS)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: CES-University of Florida

May 20, 2021
Noon PST
LECTURE: Pride Amid Prejudice: The Impact of the First Pride in Sarajevo (part of the EU Democracy Forum series) with Phillip Ayoub
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Washington

Co-sponsors of the Jean Monnet in the USA Series:

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Previous Events in This Series

Previous Events in This Series

July 29, 2020
2:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: Rising Autocrats and ‘Freedom Fighters’: How the Populist Radical Right in Germany and Europe Responds to the Corona Pandemic, with Marcel Lewandowsky (DAAD)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)

July 30, 2020
11:30 a.m. EDT
VIRTUAL TALK & DISCUSSION: Regional Integration & Relations between the EU and Latin America under the impact of COVID-19
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Miami, European Union Center and Jean Monnet Chair
PARTNER ORGANIZATION: Universidad de los Andes (Chile)

September 9, 2020
10:00 a.m. EDT
VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION: Legislating Sustainability: Public Policy and the Environment in the EU
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
For more information and to register, click HERE.

September 11, 2020
12:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: Talk with Cecilia Malmström, former EU Trade Commissioner
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for European Studies (CES)
For more information and to register, click HERE.

September 15, 2020
12:00 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series – European Solidarity Tracker, a discussion with the European Council on Foreign Relations on how the coronavirus crisis tested European solidarity and what the data shows.
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)
For more information and to register, click HERE.

September 16, 2020
3:00 p.m. EDT

VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION: Europe at a Crossroads: Dialogue with the EU, French, and German Ambassadors
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: American University, Transatlantic Policy Center
For more information and to register, click HERE.

September 29, 2020
12:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: “Overview of Upcoming CEUCE Events and Opportunities by Felicia Naranjo Martinez, Executive Director”
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado
For more information and to register, click HERE.

October 6, 2020
11 a.m. EDT
MFJMCE ROUNDTABLE: Populism and Democratic Backsliding in Europe
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Floriday International University
To register, click HERE.

October 16, 2020
12 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series – Crisis Signaling: “How Italy’s Coronavirus Lockdown affected incumbent Support in Other European Countries” with Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)

October 20, 2020
12 p.m. EDT
VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES: Pandemics in Europe: Political and Social Responses Series – “The historical legacies on the EU’s Free Movement of Persons: Our Human Mobility Rights in a post COVID-19 context” with Cristina Blanco Sio-Lopez (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Visiting Fellow, University of Pittsburgh)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Florida, Center for European Studies (CES)

October 22, 2020
11 a.m. CDT
VIRTUAL MODERATED TALK: The German Presidency of the EU at Mid-Point: Ulrike Guérot (Founder and Director of European Democracy Lab/Professor of European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University, Krems)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Florida, European Studies
PARTNERS: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University, Jean Monnet EUCE, CGES, and the German Marshall Fund

October 27, 2020
11 a.m. EDT
MFJMCE LECTURE: Regional Integration & European-Latin American Relations under the impact of COVID-19
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University
For more information and to register, click HERE.

November 12, 2020
12 p.m. EDT
ROUNDTABLE: Virtual Briefing on the Transatlantic Relationship after the US Elections
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: University of Pittsburgh, European Studies Center (ESC)
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS: American University, Georgia Tech University

November 16, 2020
10 a.m. EDT
Virtual Seminar: Reconstructing and Rethinking Social and Racial Justice Post-Covid-19: A Transatlantic Dialogue, featuring Congressman Jamie Raskin, and MEPs Maria Walsh and Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Transatlantic Policy Center at American University
For more information and to register, click HERE.

November 17, 2020
12:30 p.m. EDT
MFJMCE ROUNDTABLE: “An Update on EU-Iran Relations” with Shireen Hunter (Georgetown University), Eldar Mamedov (European Parliament), Eric Lob (FIU), and Mohammad Homayounvash (FIU)
PRIMARY ORGANIZER: Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida-International University
For more information and to register, click HERE.