Pittsburgh
Official name: University of Pittsburgh European Union Center of Excellence
Website address: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/cwes/EUC/euc.html
Summary: The European Union Center of Excellence at the Center for West European
Studies (CWES) promotes knowledge of the European Union, including its institutions
and policies, to further the EU-U.S. relationship and to establish an EU presence in the
U.S.
The EU Center is a member of a Network of European Union Centers (NEUC). The European
Union approved funding to support this Network of European Union Centers in the United States
to:
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Further the goals of the New Transatlantic Agenda through enhanced ‘People-to-People
Links' among the citizens of the European Union and the United States;
Promote greater understanding in the US of the EU as an evolving system of governance
and as an international actor; and
Increase awareness in the United States about the political, economic and cultural
importance of the Transatlantic relationship, especially the increasing scope of EU-US
relations.
The intellectual philosophy of the EUC recognizes that both integration and diversity shape
contemporary Europe. Western Europe is moving toward greater political and economic
integration while maintaining its diverse cultural and historical traditions. This perspective
underlies the international reputation that the University has developed in the field of European
Union Studies since 1984.
Contact:
Mailing/Street Address:
European Union Center/Center for West European Studies
University Center for International Studies
4E Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Phone: 412-648-7405
Fax: 412-648-2199
Director: Alberta Sbragia, Professor of Political Science
Assistant to the Director: Emily Boyle
Assistant Director: Stephen Lund
Program Administrator: Thomas Allen
Outreach Administrator: Kathleen Puccia
Activities Administrator: Michael Deal
Miami
Official name: Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE)
Website address: http://www.miamieuc.org/
Summary:
The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, (EUCE), a consortium of Florida
International University (FIU) and the University of Miami (UM), was established in the Fall of
2001 through a grant from the European Commission through its Delegation in Washington, DC.
The Miami-Florida EUCE is a member of the Network of European Union Centers created in 1998
to build stronger ties among Europeans and Americans by examining the process of European
integration and the implications thereof for the United States. Additionally, the Center
cooperates with the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) to advance academic research
in a number of fields concerning the EU.
The Miami-Florida EUCE is jointly administered through the Center for Transnational and
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Comparative Studies (FIU) and the Jean Monnet Chair (UM).
The mission of the Miami-Florida EUCE is to promote teaching, research, and outreach activities
relating to the EU. To accomplish this mission, the Miami-Florida EUCE facilitates the
development of new courses on the EU, provides for financial assistance to graduate students
and faculty pursuing research on topics related to the EU, holds academic conferences on EU
matters, sponsors public lectures featuring EU speakers, and conducts outreach workshops for
educators, journalists and media professionals, and the greater Miami business community.
Contact:
Mailing/Street Address:
Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence
Jean Monnet Professor
101-301 Ferre Building
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Fl. 33146-3010
Phone: (305)284-3266/ Fax: 305-284-4406
Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305) 348-2277
Fax: (305) 348-6562
Co-director: Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the University of
Miami
Co-director: Nicol Rae, Professor of Political Science at Florida International University, Miami,
Florida
Co-ordinator: Christine Caly-Sanchez
ACES/DC
Official name: American Consortium on EU Studies European Union Center of
Excellence
Website address: http://transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu/Who%20We%20Are/ACES
The American Consortium on EU Studies (ACES) was created in 2001 to improve
academic and public understanding of the European Union and U.S.-EU relations. It
seeks to strengthen education and research opportunities and create new synergies among
scholars, students, policymakers, the private sector, representatives of governmental and
non-governmental organizations and the media.
ACES is a unique partnership among five universities in the Washington, D.C. area-American University, George Mason University, George Washington University,
Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University. The Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution, the Catholic University
of America, Howard University, and the University of Maryland are affiliated partners.
ACES has been recognized as the EU Center of Washington, D.C., one of a select
number of Centers for European Union Studies in the United States.
ACES is housed at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.
ACES engages in five main sets of activities, with each university taking the lead in
specific areas:
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Education
Research
Policy Outreach
Media
Publications
Contact:
Mailing Address: 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 525
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-663-5880
Fax: 202-663-5879
Email: transatlantic@jhu.edu
Executive Director: Daniel Hamilton, Richard von Weizsaecker Professor
Deputy Director and Director of Research: Esther Brimmer
Program Coordinator: Katrien Maes
Program Assistant: Jeanette Murphy
Indiana (no website available. All information has been lifted from their WEST site
and an article about IUB’s selection as an EU Center)
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**Website address: http://www.indiana.edu/~west/ (for ces, not euce)
IU’s selection as an EU Center of Excellence is consistent with its historic emphasis on international
studies. The Bloomington campus is home to broad disciplinary expertise in European studies and
specializes in the teaching of more than 20 EU languages, including several which are less
commonly offered by American universities.
IU Bloomington recognizes the growing global importance of the EU with a series of initiatives,
ranging from new degree programs such as an undergraduate major and minor in EU studies to
research initiatives and conferences.
The mission of the new center housed in Ballantine Hall will be to train future generations of
scholars and professionals in advanced, interdisciplinary EU studies on such issues as membership
enlargement, trans-Atlantic understanding of legal and medical issues, and policies on immigration,
education and the agro-environment.
It will emphasize competency in the least commonly taught languages of the EU member and
candidate countries, support activities of a core group of IU faculty and their doctoral and master’slevel students engaged in EU studies and research, and furnish accurate and timely information
about the EU to K-12 teachers, post-secondary faculty, government officials, businesses and other
civil society groups.
Contact:
Mailing Address: Ballantine Hall 542
1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103
Voice: (812) 855-3280
Fax: (812) 855-7695
Email: west@indiana.edu
Co-director: Fritz Breithaupt, associate professor of Germanic studies and director of West
European studies at IUB
Co-director: David Ransel, Robert F. Byrnes Professor of history and director of the Russian and
East European Institute at IUB
Associate Director: Deborah Piston-Hatlen
Administrative Services Coordinator: Linda Jean
University of Washington-Seattle
Official name: EU Center of Excellence of Seattle
Website address: http://jsis.washington.edu/euc/
The EU Center of Excellence of Seattle is one of the ten original EU Centers funded by the European Commission
beginning in 1998. The network of EU Centers promotes the study of the EU, its institutions and policies and EUUS relations through teaching programs, scholarly research and outreach activities. The European Union funds
this initiative as part of a broader effort to promote the people-to-people ties outlined in the New Transatlantic
Agenda, which provides a framework for EU-US relations. In 2005, the European Commission Delegation
announced ten universities to host European Union Centers of Excellence. This is the third cycle (2005-2008) of
the EU Centers program that was launched in 1998. The EU Centers program has helped create a foothold for EU
studies in US higher education and served as an information resource for a broad US audience, with extensive
outreach to regional audiences and the policy community. The recipients of awards in this cycle have been
designated "Centers of Excellence" in recognition of the high quality, variety and depth of their programming.
Contact:
Mailing Address:
University of Washington
120 Thomson Hall
Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
Office: 206 616-2415
Fax: 206 616-2462
euc@u.washington.edu
Director: John Keeler
Associate Director: Phil Shekleton
Outreach Coordinator: Karen Boschker