February 20th Livestream - "Building a Secure European Future" - Mr. Wopke HOEKSTRA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

 

20.02.23 | 16:15 to 17:00 LIVESTREAM - Speech ‘Building a Secure European Future’ by Mr Wopke HOEKSTRA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands The College of Europe is honoured to welcome Mr Wopke HOEKSTRA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in Bruges on Monday, 20th February 2023. The speech and Q&A session will be live-streamed.

AAACF Scholarship for working students of Polish descent!

Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) 

Pipe Dream Scholarship Fund: $5,000 award 

Established in 2004 by an anonymous donor, scholarships will be awarded to students at the University of Michigan or Eastern Michigan University who are of Polish descent and who are working to help support themselves. The awards may be used for tuition and books.

Number of Available Awards: Three - Four

Scholarship Criteria: 

• Will be an undergraduate or graduate student, full or part-time, at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor or Dearborn or Eastern Michigan University 
• Will be working to pay at least a portion of own educational expenses
• Polish national living legally in the United States on a valid visa OR have parents that are from Poland
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Non-smoker

Required Materials:

• Online scholarship application 
• Latest transcript
• Scholarship Recommendation Form
• Written essay on the following topic: What my Polish heritage means to me. (Uploaded as an attachment)

Center for European Studies | November 2022 Newsletter

 

EuropeNow News Issue 49: Business in Politics and Society

The fall issue of EuropeNow has arrived with a special feature curated by Daniel Kinderman, Dennie Oude Nijhuis, and Thomas Paster of the CES Business in Politics and Society Research Network. This special feature offers some glimpses into the results of recent research into the role of business interests in European politics and society.  To read the full issue, click here.

Global Scholars Program Information Session (U-M)

Have you wondered what living in the most culturally diverse Michigan Learning Community is like? Join us in an information session and panel discussion for the Global Scholars Program (GSP) at North Quad! This GSP event hosted by residential advisors will be a great opportunity to learn about first hand experiences of living in a global community that is home to students of over 30 different nationalities. Our panel will also consider what being a member of GSP has been like during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are a transfer or international student looking for community, GSP can be a great place to find it! We look forward to your attendance on March 18th at 5pm! Register at sessions at: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/5279

INFO SESSIONS:

March 18, 2021
5:00pm

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

May 1, 2021
Please review the requirements for the program before applying.

GSP APPLICATION

GSP Panel Session

Please contact the GSP Office at globalscholars@umich.edu if you have any additional questions.

The GSP Team
lsa.umich.edu/globalscholars

Call for Nominations: Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies

Deadline: January 31, 2019

The $10,000 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies is now accepting nominations for books published in 2017 or 2018 in the humanities. The prize is administered by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and it is awarded annually to the author of the best book in European studies that transcends a focus on any one country, state, or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole.  (“Contemporary” is construed broadly, and books about particular countries or regions have done well in the process so long as there are implications for the remainder of Europe.)

Nominations, which can be submitted by a simple electronic form, may be made by authors or publishers and require only two copies of each nominated work. (Copies of the book do not need to arrive by the deadline so long as the electronic form is completed.)  Additional details about the prize and the entry form are available at the website: http://nanovic.nd.edu/shannon-prize/.

If you have any questions, please contact Connor Bran at lsprize@nd.edu or 574-631-9142.

CFP: 2019 Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Deadline: February 15, 2019

The European Union Center of California at Scripps College is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2019 Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, which will take place on April 4 & 5, 2019 on Scripps Campus.

The primary purpose of this conference is to enhance undergraduate training in and knowledge of the European Union and US-European relations. In addition, the aim of the conference is to allow students with expertise in different areas to interact with each other as well as with faculty, foster intercampus cooperation, and recognize the excellent work achieved by students. Students will present and discuss their research in a panel format, each panel being composed of three to five students. Each presentation  will be followed by questions and a discussion moderated by a faculty discussant. The conference will include a keynote address. At the conclusion of the conference, faculty participants will nominate and select the “best papers” of the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special volume of conference proceedings. In addition, the EU Center of California and its partner  institutions will be offering awards for top papers with study tours to Europe over the summer. Students may pursue a wide range of topics that reflect their interest, expertise, and past research. Topics may deal with any aspect of European integration or transatlantic relations. Papers can be about the EU, a particular country within the EU, or the EU’s relationship with outside countries.

Applications with abstract are due February 15. Final papers are due on March 15.

Apply online here

LANG: Italian Summer Classes, Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan

MORNING CLASSES

BEGINNER REFRESH
Tuesday from 10:30am to 12:00am – 8 weeks – Hours 12 – Cost $170
Starting: July 10 | Dates: July 10, 17, 24, 31 – August 7, 14, 21, 28

EVENING CLASSES

BEGINNER NEW STUDENT
Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm – 8 weeks – Hours 12 – Cost $170
Starting: July 11 | Dates: July 11, 18, 25 – August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

INTERMEDIATE Conversation
Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm – 8 weeks – Hours 12 – Cost $170
Starting: July 11 | Dates: July 11, 18, 25 – August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29


BEGINNER REFRESH
Tuesday – from 6:30Pm to 8:00PM – 8 weeks – Hours 12 – Cost $170
Starting: July 10 | Dates: July 10, 17, 24, 31 – August 7, 14, 21, 28

CONVERSATION ADVANCED
Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm – 8 weeks – Hours 12 – Cost $170
Starting: July 11 | Dates: July 11, 18, 25 – August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Register for Italian Summer Class Here!

CFP: 26TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EUROPEANISTS

Deadline: October 5, 2018

26th International Conference of Europeanists - Call for Proposals

Sovereignties in Contention:
Nations, Regions and Citizens in Europe
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
June 20-22, 2019


Sovereignty is at the crux of current developments in Europe and at the center of political debate—of which the 2016 referendum on Brexit is just one example. The claim to regain national sovereignty vis-a-vis EU policy-making is common to populist movements throughout Europe today, and it currently dominates the rhetoric of the national governments of Hungary and Poland as well. Anxieties about sovereignty are also key to understanding the demands put forward by regional entities such as Scotland, Catalonia, and Lombardy.

These fights for new forms of sovereignty – or the restoration of old ones – are surprising, even bewildering, to those who imagined that the process of European integration would render the concept of sovereignty obsolete. Yet recent developments clearly show that sovereignty again has become a crucial concept in political, social and cultural fields. It is increasingly invoked not only by regions, nations, and Europe itself, but also by minority populations, marginalized groups, and even individuals as the reason justifying their claims of self-governance, emancipation, or political empowerment.

Recent developments and the material challenges that complicate them – globalization, the digital revolution, mobility – call upon us to reflect on the motives, polities, concepts, and rhetorics of sovereignty more profoundly and, given the complexity of the challenges, to seek fresh approaches that transcend disciplinary boundaries. “Sovereignties in Contention in Europe: Nations, Regions and Citizens” aims to provide an opportunity to bridge the gap between different models for the study of sovereignty: from a governmental and institutional perspective to looking at bottom-up processes, from socio-economic and legal aspects to questions of identity, nationhood, and historical memory.

We particularly welcome proposals in these areas, including cross-thematic and interdisciplinary papers, as well as proposals in other areas relevant to contemporary Europe.
Proposals may be submitted from August 10 to October 5, 2018. Priority will be given to panel submissions. Participants will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by December 14, 2018.

Information on how to submit proposals will be posted on the CES website and disseminated through its newsletter. To subscribe to the CES newsletter visit: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/ For information on how to submit a proposal, please consult the Submission Help page or our newsletter.

CFA: The European Summer School in Prague: Deadline Extended!

Deadline for applying to the 16th annual European Summer School has been extended until 15th June!

The European Summer School in Prague is an intensive 10-day learning programme focused on European integration. It is organized by one of the leading think-tanks in Central Europe, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, in co-operation with Prague College and the Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences. This year’s European Summer School runs under the title “Europe in Transition: Exploring EU’s Futures”. What will the EU look like in the upcoming decade? Should it become the United States of Europe, or is a multi-speed Europe a better scenario? How will the departure of Great Britain shape the future of the Union? And is the EU prepared to tackle any emerging challenges? Find out in Prague, at the 16th annual European Summer School!


Below you can find the highlights of this year’s exciting programme:


· 10 lectures and seminars focused on the future developments of the EU.


· Special guest lecture by Tomáš Sedlácek, award-winning economist and former adviser to first Czech president Václav Havel.

· Debating workshop.

· Excursions to the Senate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in Prague.

· A field trip, a guided tour of Prague and plenty of other leisure activities.


The European Summer School under the title "Europe in Transition: Exploring EU’s Futures" will take place in Prague July 14th – 24th, 2018.


More information can be found on our website www.essprague.eu, or on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/europeansummerschool/.

CFP: Europe in Discourse II: Agendas of Reform: Athens, Greece

Deadline: June 10th, 2018


The time is now appropriate to discuss solutions rather than problems: Britain’s decision to leave the EU reinforced disintegrative agendas across Europe, making it painfully clear that European integration cannot be taken for granted. The pro-European French President Emmanuel Macron promises to re-launch Europe. He expresses hopes for Europe to find “new ambition”, and pledges closer cooperation with Germany. For her part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken of her agenda to draw up a "common road map" for Europe, and deepen social and economic reform across Europe. Although reform is a common denominator in the discourse of political and state actors throughout Europe, it is unclear what exactly this entails or how it can be achieved. There is no agreement on the Agendas of Reform that are emerging. What lies ahead for Europe depends on how effectively these agendas will be formulated and implemented.

The 2nd Europe in Discourse Conference Agendas of Reform invites papers from a broad range of fields and perspectives on the following topics:Values-based Reform, from Enlargement to LegitimizationCompleting the EMUEU Security and DefenseThe Franco-German RelationshipThe Transatlantic DimensionThe European Union and IslamGreece and the European Union
Since Agendas of Reform follows the 1st Europe in Discourse Conference, contributions on the so-called “poly-crisis” of the EU, the refugee crisis and European populism on the right and the left are also welcome.


We also accept papers on the following topics:Historical, geo-cultural, geo-economic and geopolitical aspects of European identitiesEurope: super-diverse and globalizedImages of crisis and recovery in EuropeConceptual blending, discourse and metaphors about EuropePopulist discourses and the EUThe Refugee crisis in EU discoursesEuropean diversity through religion and cultureDiscursive constructions of bordersPolitical discourse in the European UnionMedia constructions of European identities


⇒ Download the Call for Papers

Presentation Formats and Abstracts
Proposals are welcome as oral communications and themed panels.Oral Communications
Proposals for participation in the 2nd International EID Conference on Agendas of Reform should be submitted as oral communications consisting of a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion. Abstracts for oral communications should not exceed 300 words and list five keywords.Proposals for oral communications should be submitted online via the Conference website by May 25th, 2018.Themed Panels
Proposals for panels must be submitted online as a single document, single-spaced in 12-point type. Panel proposals should include an overview of the theme, a title of the panel, and abstracts of 4 – 5 papers, each to be delivered within 30 minutes (a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute period for questions). The names of panel presenters should be omitted from the document to enable double-blind review. However, panel organizers should include their own name. Acceptance notifications will be sent only to panel organizers.Panel proposals should be submitted online via the Conference website by May 25th, 2018.

Evaluation Process
All abstracts will be blind peer-reviewed and ranked by the Conference Scientific Committee. In their review, the Committee will consider the degree to which the presentation makes a contribution to the development of the discipline, points to future research agendas, or presents innovative or interdisciplinary approaches, including novel collaborations or syntheses across sub-disciplines or with other related disciplines. A proposal may be given higher priority if clearly linked to one or more of the conference themes.Notification
Notification of acceptance of oral communications and panels will be sent by June 15th, 2018.One-Presentation Rule
Presenters are entitled to submit only one abstract as a first author. Speakers agreeing to present papers in panels also follow the one-presentation rule, i.e. someone who is first author or presenter cannot also be first author or presenter for another paper.

Agendas of Reform will bring together communication scholars, linguists, discourse and political analysts, journalists, politicians, policy makers, and legal, financial and economic experts to talk about the future shape of Europe. We believe that the results of this interdisciplinary dialogue on Europe can both illuminate and inform the agendas—and decisions—of those who “do” Europe.

For more information please visit their website: http://europeindiscourse.eu/

CFA: Semester Abroad Program, Budapest

Application Opens in August

THE BUDAPEST SEMESTER, SPRING 2019
New Borders in a Borderless Europe: Refugees, Minorities, and National Identity

JANUARY 23 –MAY 31, 2019

The idealized vision of a united Europe is coming under assault. Migrants and refugees are challenging Europe’s “open-door” policy; some ethnic minorities demand equality while others seek independence; and ultra nationalist groups and populist parties are bursting into the political mainstream.

According to estimates, over one million refugees and migrants entered Europe since 2015. The refugees’ plight has sparked an acute humanitarian crisis which led to new political and social divisions within the Europe Union. It initiated an intense debate on how individual countries and the European Union ought to handle the crisis both inside the continent and on its external borders.

Why Budapest? The crisis has directly affected countries like Greece and Germany as a point of entry or intended destination, respectively. Hungary, on the other hand, despite its EU membership, vehemently opposes the resettlement of refugees in the continent as practiced by the Western European members of the Union. However, many organizations within Hungary’s vibrant civil society have been advocating alternative humanitarian approaches to the government’s hardline policy.

This distinctive semester equips students with a unique lens to closely examine topics such as the emergence of nationalist movements and political parties which aim to challenge the vision of a united Europe. Should Europe remain a borderless Union, or rather, should new veiled borders be erected to keep out foreigners who do not share the continent’s religious and racial identities? How can Europe maintain its democratic and pluralistic ethos given these challenges?

Themes such as the politics of national identity, role of minorities, migrant absorption policies, border security, racism and xenophobia, opposition to the integration of refugees, cultural preservation and international cooperation are explored. Further, existing tensions between sovereignty and local nationalism on the one hand, and transnationalism on the other, as well as the growing controversy over the future viability of the European Union form the intellectual foundations of this academic program.

The program includes three academically challenging courses taught by senior Hungarian professors and a professional internship.

The internship enables students to work 24 hours per week during the semester at non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with missions related to the program’s academic objectives.

During the Spring 2017 and 2018 programs, students travelled to Serbia to visit refugee camps and meet with refugees, United Nations officials, and international aid workers involved in assisting the refugees. A similar trip is planned in 2019.

Students are housed in modern, fully-furnished apartments, located in downtown Budapest with easy access to public transportation, restaurants, groceries, and shopping.

For more information click here: "New Borders in a Borderless Europe: Refugees, Minorities, and National Identity."