The European Studies Alliance calendar comprises all events sponsored by its member centers: the European Union Center of Excellence (EUC), the Center for European Studies (CES), the Center for German and European Studies (CGES), and the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies (CIFS).

Fall 2005 ESA events are listed below.

Alternatively, click on a month for a more extensive calendar of Europe-related events on the UW-Madison campus:

| August '05 | September | October | November | December |

| January '06 | February | March | April | May |

Links to other calendars:

• Calendar of the International Institute
  


• ESA Calendars from prior academic years:
       2004-2005: Fall '04 | Spring/Summer '05
       2003-2004: Fall '03 | Spring '04 | Summer '04
       2002-2003: Fall '02 | Spring '03 | Summer '03
       2001-2002: Fall '01 | Spring '02 | Summer '02

• 9 September
  European Union Center of Excellence/Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
  Special Event: "European Union—U.S. Relations"
  With John Bruton, European Union Ambassador to the United States,
  and Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States
  (Reception, luncheon, keynote address, and discussion)
  RESCHEDULED: see 28 November!
  
  
• 14 September
  Alex Caviedes
  UW-Madison Department of Political Science
  "EU-US Relations"
  7:00 p.m., Madison Public Library, Sequoya Branch (1705 Monroe St.)
  
  
• 15 September
  Joanne Scott (Marshall-Monnet Scholar-in-Residence)
  CANCELLED - to be rescheduled
  
  
• 15 September
  Tamara Hervey
  Professor of Law, University of Nottingham Law School
  "The European Union and Health: An Overview"
  CANCELLED - to be rescheduled
  
  
• 15 September
  Roberto González Echevarría
  Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature, Yale University
  "The Prisoner of Sex: Don Quixote I, 22"
  5:00 p.m., Chazen Museum of Art, Room L140. 800 University Avenue
  (Part of Don Quixote in Wisconsin)
  
  
• 21 September
  Jose Alvarez
  Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Columbia Law School
  "International Organizations as Lawmakers: The Promises and Perils"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 23-24 September
  Wisconsin Workshop: "Writing in Images"
  Pyle Center
  
  
• 28 September
  EU Center of Excellence Kickoff Event!
  Roundtable on the Future of the European Union:
  "The French and Dutch NO to the EU Constitution: The Future of Europe?"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 28 September
  Sara Lennox
  Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, Director of the Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  "Beyond Eurocentrism: Globalization, 'Race,' and German Studies"
  CGES Lecture Series, "Gender, Revolution, and Citizenship in Modern Societies"
  2:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
  
  
• 29 September - 2 October
  German Studies Association Conference
  Milwaukee, WI
  
  
• 30 September
  Film: Time Out (L'Emploi du temps) (France, 134 mins)
  Director: Laurent Cantet
  7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue
  Part of the Global Visions series. Free and open to the public.
  
  
• 3 October
  Ulrich Grothus
  Director of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
  Open Meeting about DAAD Funding Opportunitities for Study, Travel, and Work in Germany
  3:00 - 4:30 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall
  
  
• 6 October
  John Deathridge
  King Edward Professor of Music at King's College, London
  "The Invention of German Music circa 1800"
  12:00 pm, Morphy Hall (2330 Humanities Bldg)
  
  
• 7 October
  Film: Decent Factory in China (France/Finland, 79 mins)
  Director: Thomas Balmès
  7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue
  Part of the Global Visions series. Free and open to the public.
  
  
• 7-8 October
  Workshop: "Unconscious Dominions: Comparing Histories of Psychoanalysis, Empire, and Citizenship"
  The Pyle Center
  
  
• 13 October
  On the Road with Hans Christian Andersen
  6:30 p.m., DeForest Public Library
  
  
• 14 October
  CGES Conference: "Consumerism and Environmentalism in a Globalizing Europe"
  10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8417 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive
  
  
• 19 October
  World Cultures Day - Middle School Event
  
  
• 19 October
  Brun-Otto Bryde
  Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
  "Fundamental Rights as Guidelines and Inspiration:
  German Constitutionalism in International Perspective"
  3:45 p.m., 2260 Law School
  
  
• 19 October
  Jörg Echternkamp
  Military History Research Office, Potsdam, Germany
  "Turn of the Tide? World War II in German Historiography"
  4:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall
  
  
• 21 October
  Ronald Asmus
  Executive Director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States' Transatlantic Center in Brussels
  "The United States and Europe: Can We Put the Trans-Atlantic Alliance Back Together Again?"
  CANCELLED
  
  
• 25 October
  On the Road with Hans Christian Andersen
  6:30 p.m., Clintonville Public Library
  
  
• 28 October
  Workshop: "EU Governance and the Future of Social Europe"
  12:00 - 3:00 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 31 October
  Kathrina Zippel
  Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University
  "The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the US, the European Union and Germany"
  CGES Lecture Series, "Gender, Revolution, and Citizenship in Modern Societies"
  12:05 p.m., 8417 Social Science
  
  
• 31 October
  Marie-Christine Hazaël-Massieux
  Université de Provence-Aix
  "The Genesis and History of French-Lexifier Creoles through Literary History"
  3:30 p.m., 1418 Van Hise Hall
  
  
• 1 November
  Kathrina Zippel
  Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University
  "Legal Aspects of Regulating Sexual Harassment: Comparing German,US and EU Approaches"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 3 November
  Pamela Potter
  Professor of Musicology, UW-Madison
  "Dismantling a Dystopia: On the Historiography of 'Nazi Music'"
  12:00 p.m., 336 Ingraham
  
  
• 4 November
  Barbara Fuchs
  Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania
  "Don Quixote I: History and National Memory"
  5:00 p.m., Chazen Museum of Art, Room L140. 800 University Avenue
  Part of Don Quixote in Wisconsin
  
  
• 7 November
  On the Road with Hans Christian Andersen
  7:00 p.m., Eau Claire Public Library
  
  
• 9 November
  Thomas Navratil
  Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  "Challenges and Opportunities in U.S. Relations with Nordic and Baltic Countries"
  4:00 p.m., 1221 Humanities Building
  
  
• 10 November
  Thomas Navratil
  Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  "Baltic/Northern European Perspective"
  Lunch Meeting with the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations. (Reservations Required).
  
  
• 10 November
  On the Road with Hans Christian Andersen
  7:00 p.m., Madison Public Library, Sequoya Branch (1705 Monroe St.)
  
  
• 15 November
  Film: "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" - Pre-Release Events
  with Marc Rothemund, Film Director
  
  Roundtable discussion with the Director
  "Civil Courage: Resistance Remembered" (title tentative)
  Marc Silberman (German/Film Studies)
  Michael Bernard-Donals (English/Jewish Studies),
  Simone Schweber (Curriculum and Instruction)
  Myra Marx Ferree (Sociology/Women's Studies) 
  3:00 pm, Pyle Center (702 Langdon Street)
  
  Pre-Release Film Screening
  7:00 pm, Orpheum Theatre (216 State Street)
  Free-of-charge. No ticket required. Seating available on a first come - first serve basis.
  
  Post-Screening Q & A with the Director
  9:00 pm, Orpheum Theatre (216 State Street)
  
  
• 15 November
  Norbert Reich
  Faculty of Law, Bremen University, and former Rector of the Riga Graduate School of Law
  "In Search of a 'European Contract Law' and its Implications for Eastern Europe"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 16 November
  Norbert Reich
  Faculty of Law, Bremen University, and former Rector of the Riga Graduate School of Law
  "'Old' vs. 'New' Europe: Social Stability vs. Labour Mobility"
  4:00 p.m., 8411 Social Science
  
  
• 18 November
  Bruno di Marino
  Filmmaker
  "Il cinema underground in Italia"
  4:00 p.m. , 104 Van Hise Hall
  
  
• 20 November
  Bruno di Marino
  Filmmaker
  "Short Films from the Italian Underground (1967-72)"
  4:00 p.m., UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall
  
  
• 21 November
  Bruno di Marino
  Filmmaker
  "Il cinema sperimentale di Paolo Gioli"
  5:00 p.m., 114 Van Hise Hall
  
  
• 22 November
  Elizabeth Mittman
  Professor of German, Michigan State University
  "Gender, Citizenship and the Public Sphere in Post-Unification Germany"
  CGES Lecture Series, "Gender, Revolution, and Citizenship in Modern Societies"
  3:00 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 28 November
  European Union Center of Excellence/
  Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Special Event:
  "European Union—U.S. Relations"
  With John Bruton, European Union Ambassador to the United States,
  and Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States
  5:30 p.m., The Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago
  (Registration required - see link)
  
  
• 28 November
  "Roundtable: Why Is France Burning?"
  3:00 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 1 December
  Colleen Dunlavy
  Professor of History, UW-Madison
  "Shareholder Democracy--The Real Thing, Or the History Behind the EU's Push for One Vote Per Share"
  12:00 p.m., 336 Ingraham Hall
  
  
• 5 December
  Amy Schalet
  Ibis Social Science Fellow in Abortion and Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco
  "Raging Hormones, Regulated Love: Adolescent Sexuality and the Constitution of the Modern Individual in the United States and the Netherlands"
  CGES Lecture Series, "Gender, Revolution, and Citizenship in Modern Societies"
  12:00 pm, 206 Ingraham