European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh

08/19/2026

🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT 🚨

Issue 2 of the Interdisciplinary Review of ValEUs is here!

Two big questions drive this one:
What does it cost the rest of the world when former imperial powers narrate their global conduct as values instead of power?
Why does illiberalism keep finding a foothold inside a Union built on liberal democracy?

From decolonial critique to archival deep-dives on the 1948 Genocide Convention, from frame analysis to fieldwork to flat-out provocation — this issue brings together voices spanning political theory, EU studies, and international law.

✍️ Featuring: Mohammed Bamyeh, Jarosław Jańczak, Mikhail Minakov, Timm Beichelt, Dániel Mikecz, Ayhan Kaya & Randall Halle

👉 Dive in now: https://valeus.pitt.edu/index.php/valeus/index

08/19/2026

Funding opportunity from NEH
Can we take a new look at Western Civilization?
The ESC is here to support your proposal.

08/18/2026

In partnership with our Pittsburgh German American Chamber of Commerce.
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to the new semester
and welcoming Dan Hamilton for a lively discussion.

Transatlantic economics, local and regional.
Join us for community and stay for insightful ideas.

08/17/2026

There is still room available!!
Policy Writing Workshop.
Focus on EU cultural policy.
https://loom.ly/z6KJ1Bg

A Seminar-to-Publication Series of the European Studies Center2026 Focus: European Cultural Policy

08/14/2026

Meet Chris Collins, a high school science teacher from Morganton, North Carolina, and a participant in this year’s Brussels Study Tour! Hear Chris share his experiences and insights from this exciting opportunity to learn about the European Union and transatlantic relations.

Want to learn more about the Brussels Study Tour? Follow us for more stories, updates, and upcoming details about future opportunities! https://loom.ly/FYuul5U

08/12/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming all our European Studies Center students back to campus soon! And to our alumni and recent graduates — we want to celebrate your stories in Pittsburgh and beyond.

If you'd like a shout-out in our Fall Newsletter, send us a quick message or email [email protected] by September 1st and tell us about your accomplishments this past spring and summer. We love hearing what our ESC community has been up to!

08/11/2026

Ernst Mach Grant applications!
The Ernst Mach Grant programme is named after the famous Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). The grant programme is financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF). Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this grant to come to Austria for a research or a study stay.
https://loom.ly/3-m2j8Q

The Ernst Mach Grant programme is named after the famous Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). The grant programme is financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF). Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply f...

08/10/2026

Fellowship Opportunity!
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute in Florence offers one-year Jean Monnet Fellowships. The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure-track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the Centre. The Centre offers up to 20 fellowships a year. Jean Monnet Fellows are selected on the basis of a research proposal and of their CV. The research proposal should fit well with one of the Centre’s main research themes, programmes and projects.

https://loom.ly/jjPHStc

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers oneyear Jean Monnet Fellowships to scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than five years prior

08/07/2026

Meet Jennifer Anderson, a pre-K teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a participant in this year’s Brussels Study Tour! Hear Jennifer share her experiences and insights from this exciting opportunity to learn about the European Union and transatlantic relations.

Want to learn more about the Brussels Study Tour? Follow us for more stories, updates, and upcoming details about future opportunities! https://loom.ly/FYuul5U

08/06/2026

Join us in the next Policy Writing Workshop. It is a great opportunity for those who have no experience! But also for those who have lots of experience and are looking to contribute to discussions of European values! This year the workshop will have a cultural policy focus, but you are welcome to bring your own research with you.