European Studies Day 2026 🇪🇺 From discussions on the Council of the EU, the upcoming Irish Presidency to reflections on European identity, defence and future research collaboration, the day offered a diverse programme.

The Centre for European Studies is pleased to invite you to our European Studies Day. 🇪🇺 🗓️08 May 2026 ⏰ 09:45 am 📍 University of Limerick, The Globe & Millstream Building (MC 010) Please make sure to sign up on Eventbrite! For further information, please visit our website.

The Centre for European Studies was proud to be featured at UL Research Week. Presented by Centre Director Dr. Michaela Schrage-Frueh, the talk highlited our mission to serve as a vibrant hub for European Studies.

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CEUROS concluded this semester’s Lecture Series with an interesting lecture on the long-term transformations of the Italian economy, analysing eight decades of structural change from the post-war economic miracle to recent global and European crises.

We are delighted to invite you for the Online Author Event with Ilija Trojanow “EisTau and the Climate Crisis” 📚 🗓️ 16 April 2026 ⏰ 09:00 - 11:00 am (Irish Time) 📍 University of Limerick, LC 0017 or Virtual Please make sure to register on Eventbrite.

We were delighted to welcome Gabrielle Fath (University of Limerick) for a guest lecture which interrogated how Scottish Gaelic cultural identity is formed, and how it inscribes itself in a European context. She reflected on how Scottish Gaelic culture navigates its page as a minority culture.

We are pleased to invite you to our next Lecture Series Talk by Gabrielle Fath titled : "On the margins of Europe? Scottish Gaelic cultural identity in a European perspective” 🗓️ 25 March 2026 ⏰ 12 p.m. 📍 Room SG-016, Robert Schumann Building

We were delighted to welcome Dr. Johann Georg Lughofer for a fascinating talk on how the Corona Pandemic reshaped cultural and literary imaginaries of the Alpine region. The lecture was followed by a two-hour workshop for the Master’s students in European Studies. Thank you to everyone who joined!

We were delighted to welcome Prof. Bill Niven, Dr. Maricel Oró Piqueras and Dr. Michaela Schrage- Früh for an interesting symposium on ageing, grief and intergenerational connection across Europe. The high level of engagement by the audience made the event particularly memorable.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

We are delighted to announce our upcoming symposium: “Reading and Writing the Life Course: Ageing, Grief and Generational Connection across Europe” 🗓️18 March 2026 ⏰2-4 p.m. 📍Plassey House (Boarding Room), University of Limerick Please make sure to register on Eventbrite

Save the date! Join us for our next Lecture Series Talk by Austrian Journalist Miriam Beller entitled: “Russia: Reporting from a Dictatorship at War” 🗓️ 04. March 2026 ⏰ 12:00 p.m. 📍 Schumann Building (SG 016), University of Limerick

Today we hosted Professor Nils Ringe for his talk “Coping with Europe: EU Member and Party System Change” in an event together with the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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Michaela Schrage-Früh@michaelafrueh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’m very excited to share this CFP for a special issue of Feminist German Studies titled “Intersections of Gender and Disability in German Studies”. Please share widely and consider submitting an abstract!

So many people don't recognize how prevalent hatred of Jews is today. Because it's not aimed at you. Jews see it because we experience it. Believe us. You should not have to see a body count to realize antisemitism is real. And it kills.

I’m very excited to share this CFP for a special issue of Feminist German Studies titled “Intersections of Gender and Disability in German Studies”. Please share widely and consider submitting an abstract!

In September 2025, UL officially launched the pilot of its first-ever Age Friendly University Teaching Programme, which opened the doors of UL’s lecture halls to 33 older adults who are retired or enjoying the 'third age' of life. Read more: www.ul.ie/news/learnin... #HumansOfUL #StayCurious

I’m very much looking forward to our annual conference of the German Studies Association in Ireland next Friday and Saturday @dublincityuni.bsky.social There’s still time to register for an amazing programme! germaninireland.wordpress.com

It was a great pleasure and honour to welcome Ambassadors Melitta Schubert, Leena Gardemeister & Lina van der Weyden to UL & host this stimulating & insightful discussion chaired by our Chancellor Professor Brigid Laffan @ulceuros.bsky.social

University of Limerick@unioflimerick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“These countries continue to exemplify the values and spirit that underpin the European project – openness, equality, and solidarity.” UL marked the 30th anniversary of Austria, Sweden and Finland’s membership of the European Union at an event on campus. www.ul.ie/artsoc/news/... #StudyAtUL

Check out the latest blog post of our DAAD-funded project Ageing and Climate Change in German Culture in which Katie Ritson views the explosion in cultural production over the course of the 20th century as result of burning fossil fuels ageing-and-climate-change-in-german-culture.com/elementor-33...

We’re honoured to welcome H.E. Melitta Schubert (Ambassador of Austria), H.E. Leena Gardemeister (Ambassador of Finland), and H.E. Lina Van der Weyden (Ambassador of Sweden) to a special Roundtable in celebration of 30 years of their countries’ EU membership 🇪🇺 Please register on Eventbrite.

Our @ulceuros.bsky.social conference “Cultural Memory - Memory Cultures” is in full swing. Today’s highlight: Aleida Assmann’s keynote lecture “Twentieth-century Transformations of the European Dream”.

»Was danach kam, war Dunkelheit. Nicht nur die Bilder in meinem Kopf, nicht nur der Schmerz, mit dem wir für immer leben müssen. Sondern auch die Dunkelheit in der Welt.« Ofir Amir konnte am 7. Oktober 2023 auf dem Nova-Festival nur knapp den Hamas-Mördern entfliehen.

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Unser Autor konnte auf dem Nova-Festival nur knapp den Hamas-Mördern entfliehen. Ein Blick zurück – und nach vorn

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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

Join us for the upcoming Conference "Cultural Memory – Memory Culture(s)", hosted by the Centre for European Studies. Keynote speakers: Aleida Assmann, Bill Niven, Amy Williams, Bill Rolston, and Eva Umlauf 🗓️ 9-11 October 2025 Please register and check out our programme! www.ul.ie/ceuros/event...

Today we welcomed Martin Nekola who gave an inspiring guest lecture on The Czech Republic, the European Union and the Rise of Populism. Many thanks to everyone who came to join us, and most of all to our guest Martin Nekola.

Join us on 25.September for a guest lecture by Martin Nekola (Prague) entitled "The Czech Republic, the European Union and the Rise of Populism”. Everyone is welcome!

An Age Friendly University initiative — making space for older adults to learn, connect, and thrive on campus. 💬📚 Education should be for every stage of life. #AgeingResearch @arc-ul.bsky.social www.ul.ie/gps/age-frie...

I’m so delighted about Giovanna Tallone’s generous and perceptive review of “Well, You Don’t Look It!” in the most recent issue of Studi Irlandesi oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...