On October 23, 2024, the BMW Center for German and European Studies was pleased to have Christian Lindner, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Free…
“Economic security is the word of the year.” Last week, Georgetown’s BMW Center for Germany and European Studies hosted a conversation with Carlos Cuerpo, Spain’s Minister…
“Over the past 100 years, our relationship has been grounded in mutual respect, shared values, and an unyielding commitment to democracy, peace, and prosperity.” Taoiseach Simon…
On October 2, the BMW Center for German and European Studies invited two leading activists behind youth climate protests in Germany to Georgetown for a film screening and…
Lord Nicholas Soames, former high-ranking UK conservative party politician and grandson of Winston Churchill, spoke with undergraduate and graduate students at Georgetown University on September 20. Douglas Smith,…
Read below Professor Jeffrey Anderson’s message honoring Samuel Barnes, a founding CGES Director. Dear CGES faculty and staff, MAGES students, and alumni, On behalf of the BMW Center leadership, I…
On September 12, the BMW Center for German and European Studies brought together a panel of experts to discuss the impact of this summer’s European elections on the…
Last semester saw the retirement of Professor Richard Kuisel, who taught history courses including “Collective Identities in 20th Century Europe” and the “Americanization of Europe” at the BMW…
On January 24th, historian Robert Saunders spoke on the history of Britain’s complex relationship with Europe from the British empire onwards. Saunders has published several renowned works. His…
Congratulations to Professor Mario Daniels on being interviewed by the Swiss online journal Republik.ch as part of the article, “How ETH submits to the USA.” Read the article here!…
Congratulations to Dr. Abraham Newman on his book, Of Privacy and Power, being named one of the best books of 2019 by Foreign Affairs! Read the review here. …
On Monday, March 25th, the BMW Center for German and European Studies welcomed a panel of guests to discuss a new book by Professor Barbara Mennel, of the University of…
On February 27, 2019, Professor Hedwig Richter, of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, gave a lecture on the relationship between the history of democracy and masculinity. Arguing that democratization…
On February 21, 2019, the BMW Center welcomed a panel of distinguished guests to discuss democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe. After a series of prepared remarks, Angela Stent,…
MAGES Professor Abraham Newman, Chair of the European Union Studies Association, provides commentary on the state of Brexit in a recent interview for AlJazeera. After examining the issue from both…
In response to the Trump administration's downgrade of the EU delegation's status, both US lawmakers and members of European parliament have expressed their outrage. Quoted in an <span class="il">article</span> for Deutsche Welle,…
In an article for the NY Times, MAGES Professor Abraham Newman and Henry Farrell argue that if the U.S. decides to sanction international finance platform Swift over connections with Iranian…
By Adrienne Thompson Acclaimed professor and author, Robert Jervis, spoke to the SFS community as the keynote speaker at the conference A New Era for Transatlantic Relations? Perceptions From…
In an article for AICGS, Dr. Eric Langenbacher (MAGES '98) highlights diverse reasons for the decline of the CSU's voting share in recent Bavarian elections. "The advent of real multi-party competition…
An Interview with the BMW Center’s First Fulbright-Schuman MAGES Scholar, Julian Müller-Kaler Hometown: Sommerach, a small village in northern Bavaria, Germany Undergraduate university and academic major: Zeppelin University at Lake…
International Conference, Georgetown University and Howard University, November 9-10, 2018 RSVP here: https://decolonizing-the-museum.eventbrite.com ABSTRACT: In 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington,…
By Timothy Bradley Belgian Ambassador to the United States, Dirk Wouters, joined SFS graduate students today for a round-table discussion on the state of EU-UK relations amid the ongoing…
MAGES Director Anna von der Goltz is featured for her role in the discussion about “the other 1968” at the annual Historikertag convention held in Münster, Germany. Article is in…
“I knew I wanted to focus on the role of international business in foreign affairs, and that interest strengthened as I dove more deeply into many of these issues at…
International Workshop, Georgetown University, March 23-24, 2018 ABSTRACT: This two-day international conference held at Georgetown University in March 2018 used the fiftieth anniversary of “1968” – an international symbolic shorthand…
