The UC Davis European Studies Initiative, convened in 2023, promotes a vision of European Studies that prioritizes geographic and disciplinary diversity. 

Our aim is to bring together UC Davis faculty and students around the following core objectives: 

  1. to foster information-sharing and research collaboration between Europeanists at UC Davis.
  2. to raise the profile of European Studies at UC Davis through event organization and academic programming.
  3. to advocate for support for European Studies and foster outreach between UC Davis and local communities.

ESI promotes a thematic and comparative rather than regional approach to European Studies. Core themes of interest include:

  1. European security and institutions
  2. The European “core” and “frontiers”
  3. Europe and migration
  4. Europe and the environment.

We have received funding from the Davis Humanities Institute for 2023-24, as an Interdisciplinary Research Cluster.