Associate Director of K12 Outreach and Engagement Center for European Union, Transatlantic & Trans-European Space Studies (CEUTTSS) EU Center at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Joined July 2018
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Transatlantic Scholars Ireland-Virginia 2024 teacher cohort learning about Sustainability & Doughnut economics from Virginia Tech Prof Dr Ralph Hall. Kings Hospital School in Dublin highly involved @Kings_Hospital Contact me at VT's EU Center, @ceuttss, if want to know more.
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Honored to have this research paper published by Virginia Tech's EU Center, CEUTTSS. @ceuttss
Check out this paper written by our Assistant Director, Colin Baker - 'Teaching the EU in US High Schools: a Renewed Importance'
He argues for a renewed commitment by the US and EU to teach the EU in US high schools. @colinbakerap
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Registration ends tonight for our Educators Conference at Virginia Tech's EU Center, CEUTTSS: Europe and the US: Unity Through Diversity. Nov 3,4,5. Two nights at the VT Inn and breakfast/lunches paid for by VT. Register here: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS…
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📢US history and AP US history teachers📢
A great program on teaching the #ColdWar in the 1960s using competing Soviet and US narratives.
The program includes primary source documents ideal also for #APHistory #teachers
#sschat #highschool #histedchat
In the early 1960s, relations between the US and the Soviet Union continued to deteriorate. With many confrontations that brought both superpowers to the brink of war. This new student program explores both American and Soviet narratives.
Download: parallelhistories.org.uk/us-…
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Don't forget to register for the annual Jean Monnet Lecture held virtually on April 19 at 3:00 pm EST. #CEUTTSS #JeanMonnet #VirginiaTech #CLAHS #Erasmus #ErasmusPlus #jmintheus
Register here: bit.ly/JeanMonnetLecture2023
Virginia Tech's EU Center, CEUTTSS, part of the US Jean Monnet Network, is proud to partner with UK group Parallel Histories. New resources for history teachers in the US. Was Napoleon a Great Leader? parallelhistories.org.uk/lea… @ceuttss @ParaHistories
To end this school term, please join us and give a warm welcome to Colin Baker as our new American Editor.
Check out our latest programme on Napoleon: parallelhistories.org.uk/lea…
And our programme on Iran and the USA: parallelhistories.org.uk/bro…
Armistice/Veterans Day parade by my high school pipe band last weekend - awesome!
The band had the honour of leading the Davidson’s Mains Armistice Parade along Main Street on Sunday, Pipe Sergeant Izzy Webster played a beautiful lament as the wreaths were laid. This was a first for the band, a tradition we hope to continue for years to come. @Royal_High_Sch
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The mood in liberated Kherson:
“We have heating, no electricity, no water, no mobile or internet connection, but NO RUSSIANS! I am extremely happy because now we are free.”
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Mobility and transport also relate to health, climate, justice, ecosystems, and more! Thanks @zaragoza_es 🇪🇸 for co-hosting with @IURC_Programme the Sustainable Urban Mobility & Transport Event, and to those from 13 cities 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 who shared their expertise and challenges! #IURCNA
Very sobering analysis here - just saw this guy on Sky News live comparing the implications of Russian defeat in Crimea (1850s), vs Japan in 1904/5, in WWI to the change in Russia after.
While Putin is hell-bent on restoring "big, historic Russia", the West should offer a clear path for political asylum for POWs, draft dodgers, and war opponents, accelerate arms supply to Ukraine, and boost energy security for Europe. My latest @thehill thehill.com/opinion/national…
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And we're off! Our very first @EUErasmusPlus student mobility and we are heading to Brussels #GenerationEU #ShapingTheFutureOfEurope – at Fingal, Ireland
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A really special project where students worked with their peers from 14 different countries. A brilliant exercise in #ActiveDemocracy
A special night tonight with the final #EPAS #CoFoE webinar. Students presented their proposals on how they would like to see Europe grow to our special guests @MariaWalshEU @BilianaSirakova @ColmMarkey #YannisStivachtis @ceuttss #ParticipativeDemocracy #StudentVoice 💙 🇪🇺
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A special night tonight with the final #EPAS #CoFoE webinar. Students presented their proposals on how they would like to see Europe grow to our special guests @MariaWalshEU @BilianaSirakova @ColmMarkey #YannisStivachtis @ceuttss #ParticipativeDemocracy #StudentVoice 💙 🇪🇺
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CEUTTS faculty Dimitris Tsarouhas, Yannis Stivachtis and Georgeta Pourchot present papers at the biannual EU Studies Association Conference. Their panel was titled “Syrian Refugees and Migrants in the East Mediterranean."#EuropeanUnion #CEUTTSS #JeanMonnetCentre #Erasmus
Fantastic event! @ceuttss
Can you believe we haven't hosted #EUOpenHouse in 3 years?! Thankfully, we are back for 2022 with your favorite EU embassies opening their doors across Washington. What does that look like? Watch below and visit euopenhouse.org for more information. 🇪🇺 🤩
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On April 21, at 9:30 am, CEUTTSS is excited to host the inaugural event in a new roundtable discussion series focused on gender equity.
Register here: bit.ly/genderequityEU
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On April 25 at 4:00 pm, we host HE, Stavros Lambrinidis, the EU Ambassador to the US who will deliver (virtually) our Annual Jean Monnet Lecture - "The US and a Geopolitical Europe: Transatlantic Relations in an Era of Global Conflict."
Register here: bit.ly/Lambrinidis2022
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Desperately sad story from just outside Kyiv, about a woman called Iryna whose son was killed by Russian soldiers. We were the first outsiders she'd seen since the Russians left her village on Friday. Shot and edited by @leedurant. Produced by @producerkathy