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On Thursday, November 1 st and Friday, November 2 nd , Skidmore will host the third annual State of the Europe-an Union Conference, cosponsored by the Government department and the European Commission. This year’s pan-el of speakers includes: Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman, of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Kevin Featherstone, a Pro-fessor of Contemporary Greek Studies and European Poli-tics at the London School of Economics, Dr. David Armitage, of the National Intelligence Council, and Dr. John Occhipinti, Professor of Government at Canisius Col-lege.

The program will begin Thursday night at 8 PM in Gannett Auditorium with an introductory roundtable ses-sion in which each of the speakers will give a brief presenta-tion on their areas of concentration, and answer questions from each other as well as the audience. Dr. Ginsberg, Skid-more’s leading EU scholar, will moderate the discussion. On Friday at 8:30 AM on the 2 nd floor of Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, the program will continue with a series of workshops that focus on various locations throughout the EU, including Germany and Greece, as well as specific sub-ject areas in the EU, including foreign defense and security, and American-EU relations. The Workshop will end with a synthesis of the ideas presented by the guests, as well as a roundtable session which will focus on asking the speakers questions about their professional careers and choices, and how they came to the jobs that they find themselves in to-day.

The event is open to the entire Skidmore commu-nity, and is a great opportunity for those interested in the EU or those interested in learning more about the EU to interact with experts in their fields.

The State of the EU: European and

American Perspectives (Drs. Armitage, Featherstone, and

Gardner Feldman)

Moderated by Roy H. Ginsberg Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration Studies