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2nd GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

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The Challenge for Europe: Governance, Economics and Multiculturalism
Saturday, October 21, 2006
University of Pittsburgh

The second Graduate Student Conference on the European Union is organized by graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh. We aspire to build upon the long tradition of quality in European studies in Pittsburgh. Most importantly, however, we hope it will become an important new forum for graduate students with diverse interests and backgrounds to discuss their research with each other and with faculty in their field. In the process, we hope it will help build strong relationships.

We are grateful to the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh for providing logistical and financial support. In particular, we would like to thank Professor Alberta Sbragia, the Director of the Center, for her encouragement and for making the resources of the Center available. We would also like to thank Dr. Thomas Allen, the Center's Graduate Studies Advisor, for providing guidance and consultation.

The Organizing Committee:
Melissa Parker, chair
Lena Surzhko-Harned

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

Martin Colloquium Center, 4127 Sennott Square, University of Pittbsurgh

Conference Program

Click here to see the schedule [PDF format]

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 October 6, 2006.

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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