The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Ethnicity
Scholarly Publications
Authenticity, Complaint, and the Russianness of American Jewish Literature
July 2018
Bernard Malamud, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and their critics embraced the notion that their work displayed an affinity to Russian and Yiddish literature, especially to the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky...
Word embeddings quantify 100 years of gender and ethnic stereotypes
April 2018
Word embeddings are a powerful machine-learning framework that represents each English word by a vector.
Jewish Argument Style among Russian Revolutionaries
November 2016
Jewish speech was heard in Russian revolutionary contexts as characterized by emphatic tones, rhetorical questions, an argumentative stance, and sarcasm, all performative elements of Jewish English...
Other Publications
Getting Serious about Race
July 2017
With every passing election, it seems clearer and clearer that the Western world's rich democracies are going through a fundamental political realignment.
Who is Charlie?
January 2015
In the aftermath of the fatal attacks on the cartoonists of Charlie Hebo, TEC affiliate faculty Cécile Alduy explores the French reaction to the violence in light of the competing ideologies of an...
The Debt Crisis Consummates the End of the European Nation States
September 2012
The debt crisis is clear: Smaller areas can be managed better than large nations. Therefore they should be autonomous - under the umbrella of the European Union.
News
Migration crisis divides European policymakers
August 2015
The recent discovery of at least 50 dead migrants aboard a boat off the shores of Libya sparked a discussion on KQED Radio’s “forum with Michael Krasny" about the escalating crisis (Thurs., Aug.
Stanford scholar unpacks the rhetoric behind extremist politician's mainstream success
April 2015
French politician Marine Le Pen carried her father's right-wing fringe political party to first place in the country's latest elections for European Parliament.Stanford scholar Cécile Alduy says Le...
The Europe Center October 2014 Newsletter
October 2014
The Europe Center Graduate Student Grant CompetitionCall for Proposals:The Europe Center is pleased to announce the Fall 2014 Graduate Student Grant Competition for graduate and professional...
Events
Book Event: "Genocide: A World History" with Norman M. Naimark
December 12, 2016
Genocide occurs in every time period and on every continent. Using the 1948 U.N.
Brexit: What's next for the UK and Europe?
August 16, 2016
The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union this summer promises to fundamentally alter the political and economic future of the UK and the rest of the European Union.
"Nagorno-Karabakh: Is a Solution Visible?" A Lecture by Minister Edward Nalbandian
August 12, 2016
The people of Nagorno-Karabakh have long strived for the recognition of their right to self-determination.
Projects
The Contemporary
This project examines the “contemporary” with a focus on defining moments such as: 1945, 1973, 1989, and 2001.
English
Immigration and Integration Project
Two premises motivate the “Immigration and Integration” project that is able to get off the ground with seed money from the FSI Policy Implementation Lab.
English
The Legality of the European Data Retention Directive in Light of the Fundamental Rights to Privacy and Data Protection
The EU Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) provides an obligation for providers of publicly available electronic communications services and of public communications networks to retain traffic...
English
People
Timothy E. Josling Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Food Research Institute, Emeritus, 1940-2018 