The European Field Studies Program at UMASS is approaching its 50th anniversary. As current director and in anticipation of that celebration, I have been organizing events to reflect on the history the European Program, to vision its future, and to build community around shared interests. This week we hosted “Getting Zen with Zotero” and had a great session building faculty and graduate student bibliographic skills. The final event of the fall will be “Fresh from the Archives” Friday, Nov. 17, Machmer E-24. Think of this as Region Studies 2.0–connections, disparities, possibilities.

Piazza dell’Immaginario, Prato, Italy. © fotografia Andrea Abati, courtesy Dryphoto arte contemporanea