Welcome to the Transnational and Comparative Studies Center (TCS). Founded in 1999, TCS is a federally funded, Title VI National Resource Center for International area and language studies, in partnership with the University of Florida’s Transnational and Global Studies Center. TCS is also home to the Miami, Florida European Union Center for Excellence (EUCE). In collaboration with the University of Miami, the EUCE is one of only eight centers in the United States that is funded by the EU to promote linkages with U.S. institutions of higher learning.

The Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies cultivates scholarly expertise on issues of global importance among faculty and students and, serving as a bridge between campus and community, provides this expertise through outreach programs to address local, regional and international needs. As its name implies, TCS promotes transnational and comparative approaches to the pressing issues that we face. We feel that such approaches are most promising for generating innovative solutions. TCS encourages and supports scholarly and practical training through research, international education, exchanges and study programs with the objective of preparing students and the broader public for successfully navigating the complexities of twenty-first century life. Indeed, our central location in Miami, one of the world’s most vibrant cultural crossroads, provides a living laboratory for generating and launching creative, cutting-edge ideas.

TCS specializes in European, Middle Eastern and International Migration studies while additional area studies centers at FIU cultivate expertise in other geographic and thematic regions.

The Center is one of FIU’s research engines, supporting faculty and student research projects in diverse and cross-cutting fields. TCS also foments curricular innovation, internationalizing campus and community by bringing research into the classroom and students into field experiences. To accomplish these goals, TCS actively seeks external funding from both public and private sources.

Please explore this website to learn about the many resources TCS has to offer. I also invite you to become affiliated with the Center through participating in and supporting our programs. Feel free to contact me and the TCS staff with any questions or ideas you have.

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