How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Changing Europe

Led by Prof. Mitchell A. Orenstein, this project brings senior-thesis writing students to Europe during winter break to conduct in-person interviews with European officials, scholars, and think tank analysts. Funded by a Penn Global Research Institute (PGRI) grant, students must apply through the annual PGRI application process.

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Secessions,  Partitions, Annexations, and Unifications in World History

Research opportunities starting in 2026-27.

Click here to contact Prof. Brendan O’Leary


Philadelphia Europeanists Workshop

Penn European Studies Institute, in cooperation with colleagues at Temple University
and the Council for European Studies, is reviving the annual Philadelphia Europeanists
Workshop that brings faculty together from universities across Pennsylvania and
neighboring states to workshop current research.