The European Studies Alliance calendar comprises all events sponsored by its member centers: the European Union Center of Excellence (EUC), the Center for European Studies (CES), the Center for German and European Studies (CGES), and the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies (CIFS).

Spring 2006 ESA events are listed below.

Alternatively, click on a month for a more extensive calendar of Europe-related events on the UW-Madison campus:

| January | February | March | April | May |

Links to other calendars:

• Calendar of the International Institute
  


• ESA Calendars from prior semesters:
       2005-2006: Fall '05
       2004-2005: Fall '04 | Spring/Summer '05
       2003-2004: Fall '03 | Spring '04 | Summer '04
       2002-2003: Fall '02 | Spring '03 | Summer '03
       2001-2002: Fall '01 | Spring '02 | Summer '02

• 20 January
  Murnau Film Series: "Nosferatu, eine Symponie des Grauens (Nosferatu)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 25 January
  Monica Calabritto
  Assistant Professor of Italian, Hunter College, CUNY
  "Popular and Learned Visions of Medicine (and Madness)"
  4:00 p.m., 254 Van Hise
  
  
• 27 January
  Murnau Film Series: "Schloss Vogelöd (The Haunted Castle)" and "Der Gang in die Nacht (Journey into Night)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 30 January - 1 February
  Michigan Council for the Social Studies Professional Development Conference and Great Lakes Regional Social Studies Conference: "Preparing Global Citizens: Promoting Literacy, Environmental Stewardship, and Cultural Awareness"
  Presentation by Sebnem Ozkan, UW-Madison EUCE, on EU-Turkey relations and recent controversies surrounding Turkey's accession
  
  
• 2 February
  Student Advising Forum with Irish Consul General (Chicago) Charles Sheehan
  4:30 p.m., location TBA
  
  
• 2 February
  Tom Baylis
  Political Science, University of Wisconsin
  "Challenging the Grand Coalition: Germany's New Opposition"
  12:20 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 3 February
  Murnau Film Series: "Phantom"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 6 February
  Nick Ridout
  Lecturer in Performance, Queen Mary University of London
  "The Post-Democracy Show: Teatro all'italiana"
  5:00 p.m., Room L140, Chazen Museum, 800 University Ave.
  
  
• 7 February
  Sefa Franken
  Faculty of Law, Center for Company Law, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
  "The State-Federal Divide in Corporate Bankruptcy Law"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 10 February
  Murnau Film Series: "Der Brennende Acker (The Burning Soil)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 11 February
  Workshop for K-12 language teachers: "Wisconsin: A World Without Boundaries" (WAFLT)
  
  
• 15 February
  Dilek Barlas
  Associate Professor of History, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
  "Turkey's Relations with Italy in the Interwar Period"
  4:00 p.m., Memorial Union (see "Today in the Union" for location)
  
  
• 16 February
  Roger Chartier
  Directeur d'Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and Annenberg Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  "Don Quixote in the Printing-Shop"
  5:00 p.m., Room L160, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue
  Part of "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  
  
• 17 February
  Murnau Film Series: "Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs (The Grand Duke's Finances)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 21 February
  Consul General Andrew Seaton
  British Consulate-General, Chicago
  "The European Union and the Transatlantic Alliance: Are the Models Broken?"
  4:00 p.m., Pyle Center
  
  
• 24 February
  Murnau Film Series: "Tartüff (Tartuffe)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 27 February
  Panel Discussion: "Blasphemy and Free Speech: The Danish Cartoons and World Reaction"
  4:00 p.m., 6191 Helen C. White
  UPDATE: Listen to the presentations at this panel discussion
  
  
• 2 March
  Leslie Adelson
  Professor of German Studies, Cornell University
  "The Turkish Turn in Contemporary German Literature: Toward a New Critical Grammar of Migration"
  5:00 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 20-21 March
  2006 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies / International Education Annual Conference: "Making Connections in a Diverse World"
  
  
• 21 March
  Erik Jensen
  Assistant Professor of History, Miami University
  "Fist Fighting Females! Weimar Women's Boxing between Sensationalism and Sport"
  12:20 p.m., 336 Ingraham
  
  
• 27 March
  Bernd Martin
  Professor of Modern History, University of Freiburg, Germany
  "German-Japanese Collaboration in the Development of Bacteriological and Chemical Weapons and the War in China"
  12:00 pm, Wisconsin Veterans Museum
  
  
• 27 March
  Nicola Sani
  Italian Composer of Contemporary Music
  "Luigi Nono: From Political Engagement to the New Prometheus"
  4:00 p.m., 2441 Humanities Building
  
  
• 28 March
  Nicola Sani
  Italian Composer of Contemporary Music
  

  2:30 p.m.: "Recent Trends in Italian New Music: From Electro-Acoustic to Intermedia Works"
  254 Van Hise Hall
  
  6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: "Nicola Sani: Between Sound and Image"
  A program of videos presented by Nicola Sani.
  104 Van Hise Hall

• 28 March
  Bernd Martin
  Professor of Modern History, University of Freiburg, Germany
  "The Warsaw Uprising 1944 - the View from the German Side"
  7:00 pm, On Wisconsin Room, The Red Gym
  
  
• 29 March
  Nicola Sani
  Italian Composer of Contemporary Music
  

  12:00 p.m.: "Political Engagement and Democracy in Italian Avant-Garde Music"
  67 Bascom
  
  3:15 p.m.: "The Musical Composition of Nicola Sani: Approaching Multiplicity"
  2551 Humanities Building

• 30 March
  Christine Fauré
  Director of Research, CNRS, Paris
  "La parole publique des femmes sous la Revolution française"
  12:00 p.m., 260 Bascom
  
  
• 30 March - 2 April
  Wisconsin Film Festival, including the series
  "Contemporary European Cinema"
  
  
• 31 March
  Student Conference: "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
  Part of "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  
  
• 31 March
  Edith Grossman
  Spanish Literature Translator
  "Translating Don Quixote"
  1:30 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street
  Part of "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  
  
• 31 March - 1 April
  19th Annual Graduate Student Symposium (Department of French and Italian): defining spaces
  French House and Helen C. White
  
  
• 3 April
  Maria Stratigaki
  Professor of Social Policy, PANTEION University, Greece
  "Gender Equality Policies in the EU: Making Progress in Difficult Times"
  12:05 p.m., 105 Ingraham
  Part of the CGES Lecture Series: "Gender, Genre and Political Transformations in Germany and the Transatlantic World"
  
  
• 4 April
  Panel Discussion: "Behind the French Strikes: Youth Protests and Employment Reform"
  12:00 p.m., The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
  
  
• 4 April
  Midori
  Professional violinist
  "Gender and Classical Music"
  12:30 p.m., 1820 Van Hise Hall
  CANCELLED
  
  
• 6 April
  Midori
  Professional Violinist
  "Repertoire, Reception, and Interaction in Germany, Japan, and the U.S."
  12 p.m., 1820 Van Hise Hall
  CANCELLED
  
  
• 7-8 April
  10th Annual University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire East Europe Symposium:
  "East Europe and its Neighbors"
  UW-Eau Claire, Hibbard Humanities Hall, Room 100
  
  
• 8 April
  Murnau Film Series: "Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh)"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 10 April
  Lawrence Wolff
  Professor of History, Boston College
  "The Legacy of Mozart in Metternich's Galicia"
  4:00 p.m., 206 Ingraham
  
  
• 11 April
  French American Poetry Day
  4:00 p.m. (French House) and 7:30 p.m. (Pyle Center)
  
  
• 11 April
  "Tilting at Windmills: Don Quixote, Horicon and the Wind Farm Debate"
  7:00 p.m., Auditorium, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street
  Part of "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  
  
• 15 April
  Murnau Film Series: "Faust"
  7:30 pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
  Part of the Cinematheque Film Series "Journeys into Night: The German Films of F.W. Murnau"
  
  
• 17 April
  Brigitte Beauzamy
  Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris
  "Suburbs in France: A Difficult Place for Anti-Globalization and Feminist Mobilizations"
  12:20 p.m., 105 Ingraham Hall
  Part of the CGES Lecture Series: "Gender, Genre and Political Transformations in Germany and the Transatlantic World"
  
  
• 20 April
  World Languages Day
  
  
• 21-22 April
  Workshop: "The Rise of New Governance and the Transformation of Law"
  
  
• 24 April
  Joanne Scott
  Professor of European Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Governance in Europe, University College London, Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey, Gregory Lecturer on World Organizations, Harvard Law School (2005-06)
  "New Governance in EU Environmental Regulation"
  12:00 p.m., 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
  
  
• 24-25 April
  Workshop: "Public Health, Comparative Health Policy and Law in the European Union: A Transatlantic Dialogue"
  3:00 p.m., Health Sciences Learning Center
  
  
• 26 April
  Concerto No. 2 ("Don Quixote"), by Jan Sandström
  UW Chamber Orchestra, conducted by James Smith
  Mark Hetzler, trombone soloist, UW faculty member
  7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Bldg
  Part of "Don Quixote in Wisconsin"
  
  
• 27-29 April
  Conference: "National Conference of Title VI Outreach Coordinators"
  Concourse Hotel, Madison
  
  
• 27-30 April
  Conference: National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
  
  
• 28-29 April
  Conference: "Current Account Sustainability In Major Advanced Economies"
  
  
• 2 May
  Wolfgang Drautz
  German Consul General, Chicago
  "European-American Connections and the Status of Transatlantic Relations"
  12:00 p.m., 3070 Grainger Hall
  
  
• 4 May
  Massimo Ciavolella
  Professor of Italian, University of California, Los Angeles
  "Isabella Andreini and Commedia dell'Arte in Italy"
  4:00 p.m., L140 Chazen
  
  
• 19-20 May
  Graduate Student Workshop: "Governing Work and Welfare in an Enlarged Europe"
  206 Ingraham Hall
  
  
• 18-23 June
  Summer Teacher Workshop: "Outside Looking In: Citizenship in the New Europe"
  
  
• 8-9 July
  Conference: "Governing Transnational Pressures on the Regulatory State"
  Baltimore, MD