Global Scholars Program - Accepting Applicants for 2023-2024!

 

Funding: WCEE Summer Funding

Deadline: March 1, 2021

 

Summer Grants for Research and Internships in Europe and Eurasia

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we will consider funding applications for summer 2021 for a variety of research or internship projects, including virtual opportunities. All travel must follow current guidelines, which are detailed in the International Institute Travel Policy.

Funding for in-person and virtual summer research projects or internships based in Europe/Eurasia or at international institutions from that area in the U.S. Open to full-time undergraduate or graduate students Funding sources include: Center for European Studies Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies If you have questions or would like to make an advising appointment, please reach out to us at wcee.funding@umich.edu or visit our Virtual Advising Office on Fridays from 1-3 pm to learn more about different funding opportunities or to get feedback on application materials.

Visit the WCEE website for full eligibility requirements and to apply.

 

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." 

CFA: 16th Annual Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Deadline: February 16, 2018

The European Union Center of California at Scripps College is pleased to announce that we are now accepting online applications for the 16th Annual Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union, which will take place on April 5 & 6, 2018 on Scripps Campus in Claremont, CA.

The purpose of the conference is to enhance undergraduate knowledge and interest in the European Union. The conference is open to all undergraduate students in the US and internationally. Students may pursue a wide range of topics that reflects their curiosity, expertise, and past research. Topics may deal with any aspect of European integration or transatlantic relations. Select papers will be published in a special volume of conference proceedings and two students will receive travel awards for the week long Brussels Summer Study trip.

Applications are due February 16. Additional information is available at: http://eucenter.scrippscollege.edu. Please see the attached conference poster. You may contact us at (909) 607-8103 or eucenter@scrippscollege.edu.

Sincere Regards,
European Union Center of California, Scripps College

CFA: Council for European Studies Newsletter

Deadline: February 1, 2018

The European Studies Undergraduate Project Prize is designed to encourage interest and collaborative, interdisciplinary work in the field of European Studies by rewarding talented undergraduates who have conducted original research in the field. The European Studies Undergraduate Project Prize is awarded to the best research paper written in English on any subject in European Studies as part of an undergraduate university degree program. Projects that incorporate another discipline and a second contributor are strongly encouraged.

Two prizes will be awarded in 2018. A multi-disciplinary selection committee appointed by CES’ Executive Committee will choose the winners. Each winner (or winning collaborative team) will receive a check for $500, along with public recognition in CES’ European Studies Newsletter, and on CES’ social media sites. As well, the winning project will be featured in EuropeNow Campus, the educational corner of EuropeNow, CES’ online journal of research, art, and politics relating to Europe that reaches over 100,000 readers globally. In addition, prize winners who are interested in attending the CES conference may request one conference registration fee waiver for any conference in the three years following their award.


For application instructions, visit here:
https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/undergraduate-paper-prize