Major international conferences:

• "Political Economy and Social Policy of Western Europe," speakers from Italy and the UK, November 2005
• "Muslims in Western Politics," speakers from the UK, Denmark, and Canada, September 2005
• “Gender and Feminism under Post-Communism,” speakers from Poland, Hungary, and Romania, April 2005
• “Ukraine and European Security,” speakers from Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Turkey, September 2004
• “Public Opinion about the EU in Post-Communist Eastern Europe,” speakers representing all EU member and candidate countries, April 2004
• “The Politics of Cultural Expression,” speakers from Czech Republic and Poland, April 2003

Outside guest speakers on campus:

• “European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans,” Brian Rathbun, McGill University, April 2005
• “Polish-American Relations after NATO and EU Enlargement,” Boguslaw Winid, Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of Poland, November 2004
• “The EU Integration: What is at Stake and What are the Prospects?” Patrick Dollat, Institute for Political Sciences in Strasbourg, November 2004
• “Key Accession Issues Affecting EU Enlargement – Slovenia,” Dušan Mramor, Minister of Finance, Government of Slovenia, April 2004
• “Public Opinion on European Integration,” Gary Marks, UNC Chapel Hill, March 2004
• “Economics of European Union Enlargement: Market Entry and Competition in Central and Eastern Europe,” Georg Stadtman, Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, March 2004
• “Poland and the Future of Transatlantic Relations,” Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski of Poland, April 2003
• “European security issues, the impact of September 11 and Iraq on European security,” Stephen Szabo, Johns Hopkins University, March 2003
• “Polish Society in the Perspective of its Integration with the European Union,” Janusz Mucha, Nicholas Copernicus University, Poland, February 2003

Faculty lectures on campus:

• “Cross-National Policy Networks and the State,” Beate Sissenich, Political Science, April 2005
• “Issues Surrounding EU Enlargement,” Roy Gardner, Economics, April 2005
• “Environmental Protection Policy in the EU,” Evan Ringquist, Public Administration, March 2005
• “Policing the Eastern Border: State Capacity and Civil Society in the Central and East European Candidate Countries,” Beate Sissenich, Political Science, March 2004
• “European Agricultural Policy,” Daniel Knudsen, Geography, March 2004
• “Is the EU a Nation State?” Randall Baker, Public Administration, April 2003
• “Wind Speed Trends and Climate Change in the Baltic Sea,” Rebecca Barthelmie, Geography, February 2003
• “Does Joining the EU Strengthen the State? How the EU Builds State Capacity in Central and Eastern Europe?” Beate Sissenich, Political Science, February 2003

Outreach activities:

• “The Future of European-American Relations,” Sir Timothy Garden, King’s College London, held in collaboration with the Indianapolis Council on World Affairs, March 2004

News Releases:

• IU Media Relations Press Release November 21, 2005
• Inside Indiana Business November 21, 2005