The Europe Center (TEC)

🇭🇺 Event: Tomorrow April 16 at 12pm Pacific Time Miracle on the Danube? The Hungarian Election of April 2026 With @rdanielkelemen (@McCourtSchool) and @HannaFolsz (@StanfordCDDRL) #REDS @HooverInst 🔗 fsi.stanford.edu/events/Hungary…

Who gets into government and how is power shared? 🗓️ Join us Thursday (Feb 19) as @SonaGolder (@psupolisci) revisits two classic government formation questions with new data and new methods. 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/golder

Join us tomorrow (Feb 5) at 12pm Pacific Time: Zeynep Somer-Topcu looks at UK 🇬🇧 political candidates' tweets to see whether they target copartisans, independents, or general preferences during election campaigns. @zeynsom @UTGovernment 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/somer-topcu

Join us tomorrow (Jan 29) at 12pm Pacific Time: Birgit Lodes (@univienna) explores how women inspired and performed, enabled and transformed Beethoven's music and legacy. 🎶 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/lodes Online and in person

Join us tomorrow (Jan 22) at noon: Andrew Michta (@ufhamilton) discusses current European security and defense policy, including the US, NATO, and Europe’s attempts to build up EU-based security architecture. #REDS #CREEES @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/michta

Join us tomorrow (Jan 15) at noon: Rosamund Johnston (@recetvienna) charts how, during the Cold War, arms production shaped interactions between different groups in communist Czechoslovakia and the country’s relationship with the rest of the world. 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/rosamund-johns…

In @TheAtlantic, @didikou1 of @StanfordCDDRL and Anna Grzymala-Busse of @TheEuropeCenter weigh in on why voters in America and Europe are both extremely polarized about politics and disdainful of political parties. ow.ly/lpLm50XveIW

Why do working class voters vote against their economic interests? Today at noon, @JonneKamphorst (@pascl_stanford, @StanfordHCI) discusses how perceptions of what the Left stands for matter. Join us, in-person or online. 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/events/Kamphor…

If the EU 🇪🇺 is a union of democratic states, what happens when its member states are no longer reliably democratic?  Tomorrow, 12pm, Kim Lane Scheppele discusses "The EU's New Democracy Deficit" @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst #CREEES #REDS 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/scheppele

Congrats to The Europe Center's director, Anna Grzymała-Busse!

In the wake of the elections in #Poland, @TheEuropeCenter's Anna Grzymała-Busse offers three takeaways from president-elect Karol Nawrocki's razor-thin victory. ow.ly/osYf50W4sKQ

What does the election of Pope Leo XIV mean for international politics? Anna Grzymała-Busse of @TheEuropeCenter unpacks what the election of the first American born pope could mean for diplomacy, populism, and the Church’s global role. ow.ly/8l7f50VVihG

At the latest REDS seminar hosted by @StanfordCDDRL and @TheEuropeCenter, Princeton professor @grigopop shared findings from his latest research into what drives support for Ukraine — and whether empathy can help counter growing war fatigue. ow.ly/JyYP50VW9gf

This weekend, Poles will go to the polls to vote in the runoff election between Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki. Anna Grzymała-Busse of @TheEuropeCenter explains what's at stake and what the outcome could mean for democracy in #Poland. 🇵🇱 ow.ly/eWuR50W14ap

How are transnational conservative networks targeting sexual and gender minorities? 🏳️‍🌈 Join us tomorrow, May 15, at 12pm Pacific for a talk with @Phillip_Ayoub, @UCL, about his new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" 📷 tec.stanford.edu/Ayoub

What is everyday life under autocracy like?  Thursday, May 8, 4pm PT, Stanford experts Anna Grzymała-Busse, Jovana Lazic, Haiyan Lee, Hesham Sallam, Ali Yaycioglu share their research and experiences. Global Perspectives on Life Under Authoritarianism tec.stanford.edu/authoritariani…

How are transnational conservative networks targeting sexual and gender minorities? 🏳️‍🌈 Join us May 15 at 12pm Pacific for a talk with @Phillip_Ayoub, @UCL, about his new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/Ayoub

🇺🇦 📅 Join us TODAY at 12pm Pacific time as Grigore Pop-Eleches (@grigopop) presents: Overcoming War Fatigue and Propaganda: Drivers of Popular Support for Ukraine in the War against Russian Aggression @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst #CREEES 🔗 tec.fsi.stanford.edu/GrigorePop-Ele…

Why was France 🇫🇷 among the last countries in Europe to extend voting rights to women? Join us Thursday (March 6) at noon PT as Charlotte Cavaille (@CharlotteCavai1 @fordschool) presents "Women’s Suffrage: Explaining the French Exception" 🔗 goto.stanford.edu/Cavaille

You can read "Why Putin Invaded Ukraine," from @McFaul and @RTPerson3, as well as "Ukraine, Russia, China, and the World" by @StanfordCDDRL's Stephen Kotkin paywall-free courtesy of @ProjectMUSE. 📔 GET IT HERE: ow.ly/hQLE50R5pIU