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4th GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Future of the EU: External Challenges and Internal Debates
Saturday, March 21, 2009
University of Pittsburgh

The European Union is currently facing many challenges that affect its citizens, institutions and policy-making capability. This conference wishes to highlight graduate student research that addresses some of these broad challenges. The Organizing Committee of the 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European Union welcomes papers addressing the theme of the conference. We seek submissions from all disciplines on topics including, but not limited to, European Union politics, economics, governance, security and institutions; and policies including enlargement, immigration, development, trade, transatlantic relations and foreign policy more generally.

Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length and will be accepted only via email as a Word document or PDF attachment; please include a current CV with your submission.

Only authors enrolled in a degree granting graduate or professional program are eligible to participate.

The University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library now houses the largest and most complete archive of primary and secondary source documents on the European Union in the Western hemisphere, dating back to the beginnings of the ECSC. The EU Delegation Collection is a gift from the European Commission Delegation in Washington, DC. Conference presenters will be given a special opportunity to access the archive for their own research purposes.

Please submit abstracts by December 1st 2008, and any inquiries to: EUconf@pitt.edu

The Organizing Committee:
Emilie Blais, co-chair
Harrison Grafos, co-chair
Ali Ashraf
Will Daniel
Melissa Parker
Galina Zapryanova

Announcements

CALL FOR PAPERS

The European Union is currently facing many challenges that affect its citizens, institutions and policy-making capability. This conference wishes to highlight graduate student research that addresses some of these broad challenges. The Organizing Committee of the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European Union welcomes papers addressing the theme of the conference. We seek submissions from all disciplines on topics including, but not limited to, European Union politics, economics and institutions; and policies including enlargement, immigration, development, trade, transatlantic relations and foreign policy more generally.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: September 1, 2006.

Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length and will be accepted only via email as a Word document or PDF attachment; please include a current CV with your submission. Only authors enrolled in a degree granting graduate or professional program are eligible to participate.

Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length and will be accepted only via email as a Word document or PDF attachment; please include a current CV with your submission.

Only authors enrolled in a degree granting graduate or professional program are eligible to participate.

Please submit abstracts and any inquiries to: EUconf@pitt.edu

Location of the Conference

Pittsburgh Athletic Association

4215 5th Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 621-2400

Conference Program

The preliminary conference program is available here.

Travel and Accommodation

Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements and expenses. However, accommodations will be provided at the homes of University of Pittsburgh graduate students for those participants who submit their papers by February 27, 2009.

Paper Availability

A number of the conference papers will be made available by the authors on the Archive of European Integration

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