The Schuman Centre for European Studies
Jogging memories, Stirring Conscience, Awakening Imagination
Summer School of European Studies 2023
Amsterdam: August 21-23 Theme: Our changing Europe. Europe is constantly changing. How can we engage with a society increasingly shaped by…
Schuman Talk (Episode 18) – Hanna Hopko & Yuriy Kulakevych
Join us for a new Schuman Talk, where our host Jeff Fountain discusses “Ukraine at a crossroads” with guests Hanna…
Schuman Talk (Episode 13) – Jim Memory
Join us on Thursday, September 9, at 6PM (CET), for a new Schuman Talk with Jeff Fountain and Jim Memory.…
Gorbachev, tragic hero of the ‘house of Europe’
A tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-2022 Evert Van de Poll Two deaths What an ominous coincidence: within a few days,…
Hope In Turbulent Times
Turbulent times are nothing new for the 400-year-old Temple du Marais, venue for next week’s State of Europe Forum in Paris . The storming…
Seeking Shalom – Then And Now
Even as we recoil in horror at Russia’s brutal destruction of Mariupol in the east, we watch with bated breath…
A Moral Rearmament?
A column in de Volkskrant, a leftish Dutch newspaper, grabbed my attention this week: ‘Europe must rearm itself, especially morally.’ For the first…
Passion With Pathos
This year’s performances of Johan Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion by choirs and orchestras across Europe have an extra dimension of pathos…
A Botched Invasion?
With Churchillian defiance and against all odds, Vladimir Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are defending their families, fatherland and freedom…
Schuman Talk (Episode 22) – Marinela Blaj & Ineta Lansdowne
Join us on Saturday, July 9, at 6PM (CET) with Jeff Fountain and guests Marinela Blaj (Iasi, Romania) and Ineta…
Schuman Talk (Episode 18) – Hanna Hopko & Yuriy Kulakevych
Join us for a new Schuman Talk, where our host Jeff Fountain discusses “Ukraine at a crossroads” with guests Hanna…
Schuman Talk (Episode 13) – Jim Memory
Join us on Thursday, September 9, at 6PM (CET), for a new Schuman Talk with Jeff Fountain and Jim Memory.…
Towards a Europe of hope, healing and hospitality
The report of the 2017 State of Europe Forum, Hope, Healing and Hospitality, held in St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, St Johns Co-Cathedral, Upper Barrakka Gardens…
Deeply Rooted
The largely unknown story of the spiritual father of the European Union, Robert Schuman, who envisioned ‘ a community of…
What Jesus said…
What Jesus said about the Church? What Jesus said about the Kingdom? In this booklet, Jeff Fountain brings Jesus’ perspective…
