Tag: CEUTS

CEUTS Ambassador Series – Ambassador Stig Piras

The Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS) will hold the next installment of its Ambassador Series on December 2, 2025, at 4:00 PM (EST). Please join us to hear Ambassador Stig P. Piras, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Denmark in the United States, discuss the EU Presidency, Denmark–U.S. relations, and transatlantic relations.

Opening remarks will be provided by Prof. Besnik Pula, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. After the talk, participants will have an opportunity to engage with Ambassador Piras through a moderated Q&A.

The online event is open to everyone! Register here.

South Korea and Europe in an Era of Global Strategic Competition

Join us this Tuesday, November 18th, at 5:00 PM for the second Erasmus Series talk of the semester, hosted by the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS).

Our guest speaker will be Sung Eun Shim, a legislative researcher with the National Assembly Research Service of the Republic of Korea, who will deliver a lecture titled: “South Korea and Europe in an Era of Global Strategic Competition.”

The Zoom talk is open to everyone. Please register here.

2025 Educators Conference at Virginia Tech

The application portal for the 2025 Educators Conference is now open! The theme of this year’s conference is European Connections: The Interwoven Histories of European and American Governance.

The conference is organized by the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS) and the Bill of Rights Institute (BRI) and will run from November 7–9, 2025. The conference will enable high school teachers to learn about the deep historical and contemporary ties that shape transatlantic relations. Topics will include:

  •  U.S. Government & European Influences (1700s–1945) – Explore how European ideas shaped American constitutional principles and how the U.S. government in turn influenced European political development.
     
  •  The Cold War Era – Trace the shifting role of U.S. institutions during the Cold War and examine Europe’s response and evolving relationship with the United States.
     
  •  Transatlantic Relations Today – Discuss how U.S.–EU cooperation and challenges shape global democracy, security, and values.

The conference will also provide opportunities for teacher feedback, collaboration, and reflection, ensuring participants leave with strategies to connect U.S.–EU history and contemporary relations to their classrooms.

Register by 11:59 p.m., September 30, 2025. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by CEUTS and BRI in the first week of October.

RESCHEDULED – 5th Annual Jean Monnet Lecture by Ms. Ruth Bajada

As a result of the Zoom outage on April 16th, we have rescheduled the 5th annual Jean Monnet Lecture, with Ms. Ruth Bajada, Deputy Chief of Mission of the European Delegation to the United States, to April 30th at 3:30pm. 

Ms. Bajada has over 23 years of experience in EU affairs and 20 years in foreign policy. Between 2020-2024, she was the Deputy Director/Head of Division United States and Canada in the European External Action Service (EEAS). She has also served as the Political Advisor to the EEAS Secretary General (2019-2020) and was posted in Chile (2015-2019) and Lebanon (2012-2015).

Ms. Bajada joined the European institutions in 2002 and worked at the European Parliament and the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Malta, a master’s degree in European studies from the College of Europe (Bruges-Belgium), and a master’s degree in International Relations from ULB/Paris II.

I hope you can join us.

Please register here: http://bit.ly/RescheduledJMLecture2025

CEUTS Ambassador Series – Dr. Godfrey Xuereb

The Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS) will be holding the next installment of its Ambassador Series on November 12, 2024, at 4pm (EST). Please join us to hear his Excellency, Dr. Godfrey C. Xuereb, Ambassador of the Republic of Malta to the United States, deliver a talk about Malta-US and Transatlantic Relations. 

Opening remarks will be provided by Prof. Besnik Pula, Associate Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech. After the talk, participants will have an opportunity to engage with Ambassador Xuereb via a moderated Q&A.

The online event is open to everyone! Please register here: bit.ly/MaltaAmbassador2US