UW Center for West European Studies and European Union Center

TALK | Co-Designing the Future of Cultural Heritage: Interactive Technologies and Museum Collaborations in Northern Europe by Siiri Paananen, University of Lapland (Finland)

TALK | Weaponizing Exceptionalism: Policing Blackness in the Nordic Welfare State by Jasmine Kelekay, Howard University. Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025, 3:30 – 5 p.m. at the University of Washington in Thomson Hall, Room 125. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/41ezac1

TALK | Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership by Tuomas Forsberg, Tampere University (Finland). Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Thomson Hall, Room 317 at the University of Washington. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/43gfkzM

TALK | A Planetary Approach to Arctic Politics, by Dr. Sanna Kopra, University of Helsinki. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m in Thomson Hall, Room 317 at the University of Washington. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3ESBEFJ

Call for Proposals open until Feb 17! REECAS Northwest, the northwest regional conference, will take place in Seattle at the University of Washington on April 10-12, 2025. Individual papers & panel proposals are welcome. Learn more & apply! bit.ly/3g5Dnb2

Announcing the 2024 EU Policy Forum Educator Workshop! Join us on August 13 at the University of Washington for a day of expert lectures and a Model EU roleplay on this year's theme "20 Years after the EU’s Big Bang: Enlargement, Prosperity, the Far Right, and the Russian Threat." Teachers will earn WA clock hours, and both lunch and parking are included in your registration. Learn more and register today! https://bit.ly/EUTeacherWorkshop

EVENT: JSIS MEET THE ADMIRAL | PREPARING FOR RADICAL SHIFTS GLOBALLY WITH REAR ADMIRAL HEIMBIGNER (RET.)
DATE: Nov. 28, 2023
TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM
LOCATION: Thomson Hall Room 317

Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.) is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for West European Studies and 1987 graduate of the JSIS and the University of Washington’s Naval ROTC Unit. Admiral Heimbigner spent the majority of his 30-year military career as an intelligence officer deploying globally and living overseas mostly in Europe and the Middle East. His wide-ranging roles included extensive combat intelligence special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Middle East and African terrorist concentrations. He also served three tours in Europe (London, Cambridge and Brussels) including one as the Director of Intelligence and Warning for the NATO Headquarters during the initial phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine from 2014-2016. The Admiral briefed the NATO North Atlantic Council (NAC) and supported the Secretary General directly on regular basis while chairing the Military Intelligence Committee which included over 70 Allied intelligence and security services. He also has significant U.S. national security and interagency experience gained from two U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA headquarters detailed assignment. The Admiral is currently a Director for the Raytheon Company addressing North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) missile defense requirements in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.).

TALK: THE BALTIC STATES: THREATENED ALLIES OR PROVACATEURS?
DATE: Nov. 28, 2023
TIME: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
LOCATION: Thomson Hall Room 317

Rear Admiral Heimbigner (Ret.) is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for West European Studies and 1987 graduate of the JSIS and the University of Washington’s Naval ROTC Unit. Admiral Heimbigner spent the majority of his 30-year military career as an intelligence officer deploying globally and living overseas mostly in Europe and the Middle East. His wide-ranging roles included extensive combat intelligence special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Middle East and African terrorist concentrations. He also served three tours in Europe (London, Cambridge and Brussels) including one as the Director of Intelligence and Warning for the NATO Headquarters during the initial phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine from 2014-2016. The Admiral briefed the NATO North Atlantic Council (NAC) and supported the Secretary General directly on regular basis while chairing the Military Intelligence Committee which included over 70 Allied intelligence and security services. He also has significant U.S. national security and interagency experience gained from two U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA headquarters detailed assignment. The Admiral is currently a Director for the Raytheon Company addressing North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) missile defense requirements in Colorado Springs, CO.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Dr. Daunis Auers, University of Latvia.

TALK: EUROPE'S NEW NORTH? STEREOTYPES AND REGIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORDIC / BALTIC REGION
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
TIME: 1:30 P.M.
LOCATION: THOMSON HALL ROOM 317

This event is free and open to the public.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington
Ellison Center UW

Join us for a talk and Q&A featuring Dr. Max Lemke, EU Commission Head of Unit of Internet of Things.

TALK: GREEN TRANSITION, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AND THE NEW EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY - A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023
TIME: 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: THOMSON HALL ROOM 317

This event is free and open to the public.
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington
Ellison Center UW

2023-24 TALKING GENDER IN EUROPE LECTURE SERIES

12:00-1:00 PM (PDT) | Oct. 18, 2023 - April 11, 2024
Online via Zoom

Free & open to the public. Registration is required! Please use this link to register: https://events.uw.edu/zEAZ73
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Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington