Welcome to the European Union Center of California

Upcoming Events

Considering International Internships

Tuesday, January 31 | 5:30 – 7:00pm
Career Planning & Resource Center, Malott Commons, Scripps College
CP&R and the EU Center have invited a panel of students to talk about their international experiences. Join the conversation to find out how they did, and what resources are available to you through the EU Center and Career Planning & Resources.
Panelists Include: Chelsea Carlson ’14, Ellie McElvain ’14, and Emmy Perez ’13.

Application Deadline for Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the EU

Wednesday, February 15

The primary purpose of this conference is to enhance undergraduate training in and knowledge of the European Union and US-European relations. In addition, the aim of the conference is to allow students with expertise in different areas to interact with each other as well as with faculty, foster intercampus cooperation, and recognize the excellent work achieved by students.

The conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, 2012 at Scripps College, Claremont, CA. Applications for the 2012 Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the EU must be submitted via online registration. For more information or to apply please visit: http://eucenter.scrippscollege.edu/student-resources/claremont-uc-undergraduate-research-conference

The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe are Alike

Wednesday, February 22 | 12:00 – 1:15pm
Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College
Peter Baldwin, one of the world’s leading historians of comparative social policy, will give a talk about his recent book “The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe are Alike.” Drawing on the latest evidence from sources such as the United Nations, the World Bank, IMF, and other international organizations, Baldwin offers a fascinating comparison of the United States and Europe, looking at the latest statistics on the economy, crime, health care, education and culture, religion, the environment, and much more. It is a book filled with surprising revelations. For most categories of crime, for instance, America is safe and peaceful by European standards. But the biggest surprise is that, though there are many differences between America and Europe, in almost all cases, these differences are no greater than the differences among European nations.

Peter Baldwin is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS, Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930, and The Politics of Social Solidarity: Class Bases of the European Welfare State, 1875-1975.

Application Deadline for Summer Internships in Europe

Thursday, March 1 by 5:00pm

The European Union Center of California will sponsor one or two summer internships each at the Assembly of European Regions (AER) in Strasbourg, France, and at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin, Ireland. The interns will be awarded a $4,000 stipend* for spending approximately 2 months at the internships. For more information on 2012 summer internships and how to apply, please go to the following link: http://eucenter.scrippscollege.edu/student-resources/internships

EU Environment Policy – Present Directions and Challenges

Friday, March 23 | 12:00 – 1:00pm
Oldenborg Dining Hall, south side, Pomona College

Featuring Anne Burrill, Deputy Head of Unit in DG Environment of the European Commission, and presently visiting EU Fellow, Jackson School, University of Washington. The presentation will review the development of EU Environment Policy from end-of-pipe regulation in the 1970s to an approach today that aims to focus on drivers of environmental degradation. It will then consider how the policy is addressing the challenges of today’s world, including its relationship to other EU policies.

Anne Burrill is a Visiting EU Fellow in the Jackson School’s European Union Center of Excellence, for the academic year 2011-2012. She comes to us from the European Commission’s Environment Directorate General, where she is Deputy Head of Unit for International Relations and Enlargement. Her work particularly concerns environmental relations with those neighbours of the EU which aim eventually to become EU Member States, or which have taken on commitments to progressively converge their national policies with EU standards and norms in the context of the EU Neighbourhood Policy. Her previous responsibilities in the Commission include
development of the EU’s policy on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, serving as the EU’s focal point to the Barcelona Convention, policy research on water management, and agro-meterological modelling.

Co-sponsored by: Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium of Pomona College, and Pomona’s Department of German & Russian

10th Annual Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Thursday and Friday, April 12-13
Scripps College, Claremont, CA

The purpose of this conference is to enhance undergraduate training in and knowledge of the European Union and US-European relations. Having completed individual projects, students from each participating institution and their faculty mentors will gather for an interactive conference focusing on European issues and student research. Students will present and discuss their research in a panel format, each panel being composed of three to four students. At the conclusion of the conference, faculty participants will nominate and select the ‘best papers’ of the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special volume of conference proceedings.

Euro Crisis: From Muddling Through to Getting Through?

Friday, April 13 | 1:00-2:00pm
Hampton Room, Malott Commons | Scripps College

Brigid Laffan is a professor of European politics at University College Dublin and has spent the last six years as vice president of the university. She has worked on the dynamic of European integration and has published in the Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics, and the Journal of European Public Policy. Dr. Laffan will deliver the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address on the Euro Crisis.

Concert of Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano) and Marcia Hadjimarkos (fortepiano)

Sunday, April 15 | 7:30pm
Garrison Theatre, Scripps College

Featuring Dame Emma Kirkby, soprano and Marcia Hadjimarkos, fortepiano. Music by Schubert, Haydn, Dussek and Marie Antoinette. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Anne Harley, Assistant Professor of Music at Scripps College, (909) 607-1880.

Co-sponsored by: Scripps Harper Lectureship; Scripps Music, French and German Departments; Pomona Music Department; Pomona German and Russian Departments; Scripps Office of Alumni Relations; Claremont Graduate University Music Department; European Union Center of California.