CES sponsors and cosponsors a wide range of public talks, exhibits, performances and other activities through which audiences may appreciate the cultural riches of Europe. For a list of upcoming events please see the Events Calendar on our website.

RECENT PUBLIC EVENTS

The Center fir European Studies was a proud sponsor of the 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival held between April 2 and April 5, 2009. CES also co-sponsored World Cinema Day 2009. World Cinema Day is an annual program for high schools run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Language Insititute in collaboration with the Wisconsin Film Festival. The program promotes the understanding and appreciation of world cultures through quality international cinema. World Cinema Day 2009 hosted a screening of Football Under Cover, an award winning German/Iranian documentary. The film's co-director, David Assmann, was invited from Berlin for the screening of his film as a guest of the Center for European Studies.

Listen to David Assmann on WPR's "Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders" with Jean Feraca.

Listen to David Assmann on WPR's "To the Best of our Knowledge" (Program: Iran After The Revolution).

Listen to David Assmann on WORT's "8 O'Clock Buzz" (Friday, April 3, 2009).

In 2005 CES sponsored "On the Road with Hans Christian Andersen" - a series of presentations at public libraries around the state of Wisconsin.