The Remarque Institute is an institute at New York University[1] which focuses its research on contemporary Europe. It was founded in 1995 by Professor Tony R. Judt and is named after the German writer Erich Maria Remarque, whose widow, Paulette Goddard, made a major donation to NYU. Its aims are "to support and promote the study and debate on Europe, and to encourage and facilitate communication between Americans and Europeans".[2] Its current director is Stefanos Geroulanos.