Outside guest speakers on campus:

February
• Horizons of Knowledge Lecture by Mr. András Kós,
  Envoy Extraordinary and Accredited Minister, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union, Brussels
  “The EU in 2006: A New Member’s Perspective”
  Tuesday, February 21
  5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  State Room East, Indiana Memorial Union
  

• Horizons of Knowledge Lecture by Mr. András Kós,
  Envoy Extraordinary and Accredited Minister, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union, Brussels
  "Could the UN be Successful in the Balkans? The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES): An Insider's View"
  Thursday, February 23
  5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  Walnut Room, Indiana Memorial Union
  

• Indianapolis Chat with the diplomat who negotiated Hungary into the European Union
  An informal discussion of relations between the US, Hungary, and the European Union
  with the Hungarian diplomat András Kós
  Friday, February 24
  2:00 p.m.
  Sagamore Institute for Policy Research
  Third Floor Conference Room
  340 West Michigan Street (Historic Landmarks Building)
  Indianapolis
  March
• Professor Christiana Fountoulakis
  University of Basel
  "Snakes and Ladders on the Path Towards Unification of European Private Law and Comparison to Unification in the United States"
  Monday, March 20
  12 noon - 1 p.m.
  Moot Court Room Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
  
  April
• Professor Hartmut Rosa
  University of Jena / New School for Social Research
  "Politics, History, and Social Change: Towards a Critical Theory of Social Acceleration"
  Friday, April 7th
  12 noon
  Woodburn Hall 218
  

• European Union Center of Excellence Official Opening with
  Keynote Address by Professor Richard Whitman,
  Director of the European Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House),
  London, England
  "The Strange Superpower: Europe's Global Role"
  Monday, April 10
  5:30 p.m.
  University Club, Indiana Memorial Union
  

• Professor Kathrin Zippel
  Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University, Boston
  "The Politics of Sexual harassment: Comparing the United States, the European Union and Germany"
  Thursday, April 13
  5:30 p.m.
  Woodburn Hall 004
  

• Professor Tim Bale
  Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex, UK
  "First-Timers Yes, Virgins No: The EU's Newest Legislators"
  Wednesday, April 19
  5:30 p.m.
  Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
  

• Professor Irena Grudzinska-Gross
  Professor of Comparative Literature
  Executive Director, Institute for Human Sciences
  Boston University
  "Poland and the European Union: a Diffident Attraction"
  Thursday, April 20
  4:30 p.m.
  Sassafras Room, Indiana Memorial Union
  

Outreach activities:

April
• Midwest Model EU
  April 13-14, 2006
  Hosted by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), it gives college students the chance to learn about the workings of the European Union through a hands-on simulation. Every year, more than 160 college and university students meet together in Indianapolis to decide the future of the European Union. Playing the roles of prime ministers & presidents, ambassadors & commissioners, ministers & diplomats, they spend two days haggling over policy, resolving disputes, building compromises, and charting the course of European unity.

May
• Workshop for Social Studies Teachers:
  "The European Union and Why It Matters to Indiana"
  Friday, May 5
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Metropolitan School District of Washington Township
  8550 Woodfield Crossing Boulevard
  Indianapolis, IN 46240
  Contact Jeff Pennington japennin@indiana.edu with questions.
  

News:

March
• Süddeutsche Zeitung March 6, 2006