Study Abroad

Columbia University maintains close partnerships with numerous European universities and has study abroad programs in eighteen European countries. Graduate and undergraduate students may choose from more than seventy universities to find a program suited to their research interests and language goals. Study abroad programs are available to students in all disciplines. Please click here for a list of study abroad programs in Europe, and see the Office of Global Programs for more information.

Student Prizes

Several departments covering European Studies offer awards to students in recognition of outstanding academic achievements. Awards are given in humanities and social sciences departments for exceptional written work, language mastery, research, and other contributions to the field of study. Please click here for a list of student prizes.

Student Clubs

Student groups for both graduate and undergraduate students connect individuals with similar interests and allow them to further their extracurricular pursuits. Student-run cultural groups, musical societies, and literary organizations host events on and off campus, including guest lectures, cultural performances, movie nights, social activities, and other events that enrich the Columbia community. Please click here for a list of European student clubs.

European Film Series

This semester we are presenting a film series in connection with Professor Victoria De Grazia’s course, Europe Since 1945 (HIST W3330).  The films document the postwar experience in Europe from a variety of national and regional perspectives.  They aim to encourage discussion on some of the central issues of European memory—war, genocide, resistance—as well as the politics of cinema in Eastern and Western Europe, and the impact of Hollywood (or the resistance to it) in European film.    

The series is open to all members of the Columbia community.  In particular, we are hoping to attract undergraduates with an interest in European studies.  Each film will feature introductory comments from a member of the Columbia faculty. 

All films will be shown at 7:30pm in Hamilton Hall, Room 702.

Schedule of Films:

Tuesday, September 15th:

              Paisan, dir. Roberto Rossellini (1946)

Tuesday, September 22nd:

              Come and See, dir. Elem Klimov (1984)

Tuesday, September 29th:

              The Battle of Algiers, dir. Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)

Tuesday, October 13th:

              Masculin-Feminin, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1966)

Tuesday, November 10th:

              The Marriage of Maria Braun, dir. Rainer Fassbinder (1979)

Tuesday, November 17th:

              Man of Marble, dir. Andrzej Wajda (1977)

Tuesday, December 1st:

              Goodbye Lenin!, dir. Wolfgang Becker (2003)

Thursday, December 3rd:

              Katyn, dir. Andrzej Wajda (2007)

              Presented by Professor Istvan Deak.

Tuesday, December 8th:

              La Haine, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)