FYI
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You can now apply by 31st of January 2006 to participate in the upcoming 7th
Biennial Conference of ECSA-C (European Community Studies Association -
Canada) in Victoria BC, Canada on May 19-20, 2006:
The title of the conference is:
What Kind of Europe? Multiculturalism, Migration, Political Community and
Lessons from Canada
The conference provides researchers (professors and graduate students) as well
as practitioners with the opportunity to exchange views on current
developments in the process of European integration. The Call for Paper can be
found at: http://web.uvic.ca/ecsac/ . If you are interested to attend, please
send the Program Chairs a provisional title of your presentation with a 100
word abstract before the 31st of January 2006.
Grants are available: ECSA Canada can finance up to 50% of travel expenses of
selected paper givers. Preference will be given to graduate students,
postdocs, persons from Central and Eastern Europe, and others who can
demonstrate financial need. An informal application should be filed with the
abstract.
The conference will take place at Victoria’s prestigious Fairmont Empress
Hotel (http://www.fairmont.com/empress/). Special rates will be available to
participants.
If at this stage you have additional questions, please feel free to contact
ECSA-C Secretariat at [log in to unmask]
We look forward to hearing from you and sincerely hope that you will be able
to join us for this exciting event in one of the most spectacular cities on
the West Coast.
Best regards,
Oliver Schmidtke
P.S. Sorry for any cross postings!
Dr. Oliver Schmidtke
Associate Professor, European Studies Scholar
Acting Director European Studies
University of Victoria
Departments of Political Science and History
PO Box 3050
Victoria BC V8W 3P5
Tel.: 250-721-7490
Fax: 250-721-7485
Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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2. CONFERENCE IN TRENTO
Call for Papers
Jean Monnet Conference on “Europe’s Democratic Challenges – EU Solutions?”
School of International Studies, University of Trento
Organised by: School of International Studies, University of Trento, European Union Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Institute of European Studies and International Relations at Comenius University of Bratislava, Institute for European and Russian Studies at Carleton University
Trento, 30 June - 1 July 2006
The University of Trento, along with its partner universities, the University of Pittsburgh, Bratislava and Carleton University, will host a conference on “Europe’s Democratic Challenges – EU Solutions?”. The objective of the conference is to examine some of the most important questions facing European democracy. It is somewhat of a paradox that in the period since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, at precisely the point in time in which there were few credible alternatives to liberal democracy, there have been growing doubts about the capacity of the structures and institutions of liberal democracy to respond to contemporary problems. The conference will concentrate on the ways in which the European Union may contribute solutions, or be one of the source of the problems, in three essential areas where democracy seems to face its greatest challenges: institutions, identity and ideas, and political economy. The conference will be organised around six main themes:
* Europe’s constitutional future
* The EU in a comparative perspective
* Democracy in the candidate states
* Enlargement and democracy in the EU
* The European Social Model(s)
* Economic Competitiveness
The conference will be the culmination of a seminar series on the same subject that was sponsored by the European Union as part of its Jean Monnet initiatives. Details for the conference and the seminar series may be found at:
http://www.soc.unitn.it/eudemocracy
If you are interested in participating in the conference, please send a short (1-2) page abstract to by 1 March. Authors selected will be notified by 15 March and asked to send drafts of their papers by 10 June 2006.
The conference will make available 7 grants for young scholars (candidates who have had a PhD awarded in the last five years or PhD candidates at an advanced stage in their research) of €400. The grants will be primarily for authors selected to present papers but they may be awarded to young scholars who would like to attend as discussants. If you are interested in being considered for a grant, please send along short covering letter describing current research and publications.
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3. SUMMER SCHOOL IN CZECH REPUBLIC
European Spring Institute 2006 (ESI 2006) on
The Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels
The Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is honored to invite students to the European Spring Institute, ESI 2006.
Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: April 2-9
Who: The founders of the European Spring/Summer Institute 2004 (ESI2004) have teamed up with the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku <http://www.cpvp.cz/> - CPVP) and INstrategy - Institute for European and National Strategies <http://www.instrategy.cz/> , to organize the third European Spring Institute 2006 (ESI 2006).
What is it about: The European Spring Institute 2006 is an eight-day academic program designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds from the USA, Eastern and Western Europe to enjoy their spring holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
Why: The aim of the program is to provide students with an opportunity to deepen their own expertise, thereby enhancing their knowledge of the EU politics and exchanging their ideas with academics, EU policy practitioners and fellow students from different cultural environment. The spring program combines intensive academic courses with cultural, social, and recreational opportunities.
We invite you to visit our website http://www.cpvp.cz/esi/ <http://www.cpvp.cz/esi/> to discover all the details about the ESI 2006. The website contains updated information about the Institute, application process and on-line application <http://www.cpvp.cz/esi/application_form.html> .
We also suggest students to submit their applications by the Early Bird Application Deadline of February 1, 2006. The Final Deadline is February 15, 2006.
Should you have any questions regarding the Institute or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us:
European Spring Institute 2006
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
We are looking forward to your application!!!
Best regards,
Egle Havrdova, PhD
eJustice & Challenge
JMECE
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
UK
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