Results for "Center for European Studies"

The primary mission of the Center for European Studies is the promotion of the study of Europe in the form of: language study; providing courses on European culture, history, economics and politics; and providing opportunities for study abroad. The Center for European Studies has a firm commitment to developing campus resources and courses that will give students the training they need to participate in an international arena in which the European Union plays a key role. By highlighting an interdisciplinary course of study and by offering a degree plan that is not limited by traditional disciplinary boundaries, the Center for European Studies can respond to political and private sector demands for integrated studies that include both academic study and professional training. The Center is committed to reaching out to the campus community as well as the broader region to provide access to European speakers and activities which will promote interest Europe. As part of the largest university in the State of Texas, the Center has a special responsibility to support continued international development and to educate students that can play a fundamental role in an international community in which the European Union is a critical player.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/?path[0]=european_studies

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Faculty

Mary Neuburger

Affiliated Departments:
Center for European Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Research Interests:

Modern southeastern Europe, food studies, alcohol and tobacco, ethnic conflict, nationalism, material culture, and gender

Martha Newman

Affiliated Departments:
History, Religious Studies
Research Interests:

Professor Newman is the Chair of the Religious Studies Department. Her current research focuses on monastic miracle collections and monastic attitudes toward women and the poor.

Antonella Del Fattore Olson

Affiliated Departments:
French and Italian
Research Interests:

Italian language and culture; contemporary Italian theatre; play production; modern Italian literature; Italian language-Italian dialects; pedagogy

Thomas Palaima

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Classics, Religious Studies, Plan II Honors Program
Research Interests:

Aegean and eastern Mediterranean prehistory and archaeology pertaining to inscribed or marked materials
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Decipherment theory and the use of texts within cultures and over time
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Thomas L. Pangle

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, Government, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas
Research Interests:

Classical political philosophy; the eighteenth century theoretical foundations of modern and especially American constitutionalism and political culture; nineteenth and twentieth century German political philosophy;…

Lorraine Pangle

Affiliated Departments:
Government, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas
Research Interests:

ancient and modern political philosophy; ethics; problems of justice and moral responsibility; the intellectual virtues; liberal education; freedom of speech

Ami Pedahzur

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, Government
Research Interests:

Security, Armed Forces, Warfare, Special Operations Forces, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Radicalism, Middle East.

Paula Perlman

Affiliated Departments:
Classics, History, Religious Studies
Research Interests:

Greek History, Greek Religion, Epigraphy