The Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) and the European Studies Center / European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh announce:

"Europe: East and West" Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event designed to provide undergraduate students from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities in the region with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or other countries of the former Soviet Union. The Symposium is held on the University of Pittsburgh-Oakland campus.

After the initial submission of papers, selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics. The participants then give 10- to 15-minute presentations based on their research to a panel of faculty and graduate students. The presentations are open to the public.

2012 Dates:

Students submit a 250-300 word abstract and their entire paper, postmarked by January 23, 2012, using the downloadable application form on this site.
Selected students notified by mid-February 2012.
Final revised papers due by March 19, 2012.
Presentations made at the Symposium on March 30, 2012.

Please email gbpeirce@pitt.edu for more information