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• New Publication from EUCE Faculty: Nils Ringe
  The EUCE is pleased to announce the recently published work by Nils Ringe, Assistant Professor of Political Science:
  
  Who Decides, and How? Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament
  (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
  
  Professor Ringe is theme leader of the on-going EUCE research collaborative Transformations of European Law and Governance, focusing on the processes of legislation, policy making, and regulation as well as their outcomes. Click on the link above for a partial preview of the book.
  
  
  
• 2010 EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels
  The European Union Centers of Excellence at the University of Washington and UW-Madison are pleased to announce the 2010 EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels, hosted and co-organised by the Institute for European Studies at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). This five-week program runs July 12-August 13, 2010. Applications are due March 12, 2010.
  
  Click here to download more information and an application form.
  
  
  
• Spring 2010 New Course! Poli Sci 948
  "The Politics of the European Union and its Member States" (listed as "Europe & European Politics" in Timetable)
  
  Seminar 1, Tuesdays 4-6 pm, 2335 Sterling (Professor Nils Ringe)
  
  The European Union (EU) constitutes one of the most complex and intriguing political systems in the world. Its existence, its evolution over time, and its politics raise many theoretical and empirical questions. The objective of this class is to address these questions, to familiarize ourselves with the relevant literatures, to gain a deeper understanding of what the EU is and does, and to examine how studying the EU can contribute to the study of Comparative Politics more generally. The course puts a particular emphasis on investigating the relationship between the EU and its member states, and the EU and its citizens, including questions relating to participation and representation, public opinion, and identity.
  
  
  
• Euro Challenge 2010 Open for Registration!
  The High School Euro Challenge, a national academic competition targeting grade 9- and 10- students, is now open for registration. Supported by the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, the Euro Challenge is designed to develop and expand students' knowledge of the EU, the European economy, and the euro. For more information, contact the European Studies Alliance Assistant Director, Csanád Siklós, at siklos@wisc.edu or 265-4766.
  
  Visit the Euro Challenge website.
  
  Click here to download the Euro Challenge Registration Package.
  
  
  
• Educational Trip for Two Wisconsin High School Teachers (22-25 June 2009)
  The Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S. organized its first educational trip to Brussels, Belgium from June 20-25, 2009. The UW-Madison's EUCE invited two Wisconsin high school teachers, William Gibson (Madison East) and Brigitte Musallam (Lincoln High, Wisconsin Rapids), to join 25 secondary school teachers and university students from across the U.S. for the week-long program. The trip allowed our Wisconsin teachers to develop a better understanding of the European Union, its institutions, and the current issues facing the Member States, and to bring fresh information back to their World History and AP Modern European History courses. More information about this trip, including testimonials and photos, will be available here!

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