SPRING 2021 ACTIVITIES January 2021 February 2021 ● Tuesday, Jan. 26 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Thursday, Feb. 4 | 12:00 pm—1:00 pm EDT Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Jean Monnet in the US Webinar The European Union and Youth Employment Update on Brexit Birgit Daiber, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Anand Menon, Prof. of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London ● Tuesday, Jan. 26 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Wednesday, Feb. 10 | 3:00 pm—4:00 pm EDT The United Kingdom’s Foreign Policy in Post-Brexit World Jean Monnet in the US Webinar , UK Ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce Anti-Gender Politics and Rightwing Populism in Poland Elżbieta Korolczuk, Associate professor in sociology ● Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Södertörn University in Stockholm and American Studies Center, Warsaw University Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Transatlantic Relations After the Trump Administration H.E. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy ● Thursday, Feb. 18 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (2014-2019), and Rector, College of Europe Conversations on Europe | Virtual Creating Europe Through the Built Environment Thursday, Jan. 28 | 10:00 am—11:15 am Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Tuesday, Feb. 23| 10:30 am—11:30 am Reinventing Leadership in the Transatlantic Relationship Jean Monnet in the US Webinar H.E. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the The EU Policy on Digitization (of Art Collections) European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy (2014-2019), and Rector, College of Europe Tuesday, Feb. 23 | 1:00 pm—2:15 pm EDT Jean Monnet in the US Webinar | 12:00 pm—1:30 pm Thursday, Jan. 28 Refocusing EU Tourism Post Brexit and COVID-19 Conversations on Europe | Virtual , Former London Member of European Creating Europe Through Crises Robert Evans Parliament. Friday, Jan. 29 | 10:00 am—12:00 pm | 11:00 am—12:00 pm Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Wednesday, Feb. 24 Research Opportunities in Europe MEET EU Webinar - Mary Kavanagh, EU Delegation ot the US An overview of the European Council - Christopher Reynolds, European Commission Kasper Zeuthen, Senior Press & Media Officer of EU - Anthony Lockett, ERC Delegation to the US - Jackson Howards, Euraxess North America Wednesday, Feb. 24 | 4:00 pm—5:00 pm February 2021 Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Conversation with Ambassador of Austria Martin Weiss, Ambassador of Austria to the US Feb. 1-5, 2021 SIPA | Webinar State of the World 2021 Virtual Conference March 2021 ● Wednesday, Feb. 3 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Tuesday, March 2 | 12:00 pm—1:03 pm EDT EU Trilogues: Challenges for Democracy? Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Justin Greenwood, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe’s Green Recovery Europe’s campuses in Belgium and Poland, and an Emeritus Frans Timmermans, European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Professor at the Aberdeen Business School, UK For Additional Information: Christine I. Caly-Sanchez -Tel: 305-348-5949—E-mail: [email protected] - miamieuc.fiu.edu / europe.fiu.edu SPRING 2021 ACTIVITIES March 2021 March 2021 Thursday, March 4 | 10:00 am—12:00 pm ● Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 pm—2:15 pm EDT MEET EU Webinar: European Expert Career Panel Jean Monnet in the US Webinar International Careers in European Diplomacy: Re-inventing the Transatlantic Relationship for the 21st European Perspectives Century David O'Sullivan, Former EU Ambassador to the U.S. - Michael Curtis, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to the USA Washington D.C Thursday, March 25 | 3:00 pm—4:15 pm , Spokesperson and Head of Press & Public - Maria Belovas EESP Webinar Diplomacy, Delegation of the European Union to the USA The Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights: Washington D.C. The Role of Technology and Social Media - Joseph Dunne, Director, European Parliament Liaison - H.E. Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France to Office in Washington D.C. (EPLO) the United States. - Laurent Gallissot, Consul General of France in Miami - David J. Kramer, Director, European & Eurasian Studies - Rebecca Kimbrell, Diplomat in Residence South Florida Program and Senior Fellow, Václav Havel Program for Human Rights & Diplomacy, FIU - Markus Thiel, Associate Professor, Politics & International Relations; Director, MFJMCE, FIU Tuesday, March 30 | 1:00 p.m.—2:15 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 4 | 1:00 pm—2:15 pm Jean Monnet in the US Webinar MFJMCE Roundtable Webinar Politics as a Tool for Freedom and Education as a EU Human Rights promotion: going beyond Europe? Commitment for Equality - Steven D. Roper, Professor of Political Science Liliana Rodriguez, Former Portuguese Member of Florida Atlantic University European Parliament - Karen E. Smith, Professor of International Relations Head of the Dept. of International Relations April 2021 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit Tuesday, April 6 | 10:30 am—11:30 am EDT - Markus Thiel, Associate Professor, Politics & International Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Relations; Director, MFJMCE The Human Dimension of Heritage in the EU - Karolina Nikielska-Sekula, Thursday, March 18 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm University of South-Eastern Norway Conversations on Europe | Virtual - Andreas Wiesand, ERICARTS Creating Europe Through Multilingualism - Alexandra Xanthaki, Brunel University London Saturday, March 20 | 2:00 pm—5:00 pm Thursday, April 8 | 2:00 pm—3:30 pm French Embassy’ Cultural Services Webinar MEET EU Webinar: European Expert Career Panel Online French Language Job Fair The Role of lifelong learning languages in a transatlantic Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 am—2:30 pm work context MFJMCE Conference | Virtual - Lisa Arias Rodriguez, Education Advisor of European Union-Middle East Relations the Embassy of Spain in a Changing World - Katrin Gebhard, Higher Education Attaché - Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill French Embassy in the United States - Juan R.I. Cole, University of Michigan - Terrence G. Peterson, FIU - Claudio Pastor, Executive Director - Eugene Rogan, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford Società Dante Alighieri in Miami - Jessy Abouarab, FIU - Maida Watson, Professor of Spanish - Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University’s Berkeley Center Florida International University - Mohammad Homayounvsh, Miami-Dade College, FIU, UM - Sarah Wolff, Queen Mary, University of London - Markus Thiel, Associate Professor, Politics & - Antonella Caruso, Lamedina Institute International Relations; Director, MFJMCE, FIU - Robert E. Hunter, Ambassador Partnership - Tugrul Keskin, Shangai University Thursday, April 15 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Costanza Musu, University of Ottawa Conversations on Europe | Virtual - Markus Thiel, Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Eric Lob, Naisy Sarduy, FIU Creating Europe Through Creative Europe For Additional Information: Christine I. Caly-Sanchez -Tel: 305-348-5949—E-mail: [email protected] - miamieuc.fiu.edu / europe.fiu.edu SPRING 2021 ACTIVITIES April 2021 May 2021 ● Thursday, April 15 | 2:00 pm—3:30 pm EDT Saturday, May 8 | 5:00 pm—9:00 pm EDT Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Jean Monnet in the US Webinar | EU Delegation Formation and Institutionalization of New Parties in EU Europe House Live: Celebrating Europe Day with Member States Music! - Kristina Weissenbach, Professor of Political Science University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Sunday, May 9 | 9:00 am—6:00 pm EDT European Commission Virtual ● Tuesday, April 20 | 10:30 am—11:30 am EDT May 9th: Let's Celebrate Europe Day! Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Success and Challenge for the EU External Cultural Relations Thursday, May 13 | 12:00 pm—1:30 pm EDT - Guillaume Decot, European External Action Service, Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Gender in the European Parliament - Damien Helly, Culture Solutions, Petra Ahrens, Senior Researcher in the ERC-funded - Elke Selter, SOAS, University of London research project EU GenDem at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University, Finland ● Thursday, April 22 | 12:00 pm—1:30 pm EDT Jean Monnet in the US Webinar History and Memory of the Holocaust in Poland Wednesday, May 19 | 3:00 pm—4:15 pm EESP Webinar - Joanna Sliwa, Conference on Jewish Material Claims DAAD Information Session Against Germany, (German Academic Exchange Service) - Alicja Podbielska, Clark University, Peter Kerrigan, Deputy Director of DAAD New York - Miranda Brethour and Jonathan Zisook, the Graduate Center, CUNY. Thursday, May 20 | 12:00 pm—1:30 pm EDT ● Thursday, April 22 | 3:00 pm—4:00 pm EDT Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Jean Monnet in the US Webinar Pride Amid Prejudice: The Impact of the First Pride in Gender Parity in France Sarajevo Phillip Ayoub, Senior associate professor of diplomacy - Amy G. Mazur, CO Johnson Distinguished Professor in and world affairs, Oxy Occidental College Political Science at Washington State University and an Associate Researcher at LIEPP, Sciences Po, Paris Thursday, May 27 | 11:00 am—12:30 pm EDT May 2021 European Union/EU Delegation Webinar Launch of Horizon Europe in the US May 5-7 Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to Jean Monnet in the US Webinar the United States The EU-US Future Forum Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innova- - Annalena Baerbock, Co-Leader and 2021 Chancellor tion, European Commission Candidate, Alliance 90/The Greens Patrick Child, Deputy Director General, Implementation, Im- - Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal pact and Sustainable Investment Strategies, Directorate-General Market for Research and Innovation, European Commission - António Costa, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic Irene Norstedt, Director, Health Research, Directorate-General - Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy for Research and Innovation, European Commission - Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, John Bell, Director, Healthy Planet, Directorate-General for European Commission Research and Innovation, European Commission - H.E.