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7. Position Announcement
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European Union Center of Excellence Competition for Undergraduate Travel to Brussels
June
2009 | Brussels, Belgium
Three awards will be made to UNC undergraduate students
for participation summer 2009 in a new program organized by the European
Commission.
Students
from EU Centers of Excellence across the U.S. will join a 4 day study
tour of EU institutions in Brussels. Each award would include funds for travel,
accommodation
and
per diems. Priority will be given to students having declared a major in
Contemporary European Studies (EURO).
To download the application and view the itinerary, please visit www.unc.edu/depts/europe/research_funding/fundingundergrad.htm
Deadline: 5:00pm on March 17, 2009
Call for LAC TAs
UNC's
Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC) Program is currently seeking experienced
bilingual TAs to lead LAC discussion sections for the following Fall 2009
courses:
- FRENCH LAC section for HIST 159: 20th-Century Europe
- FRENCH LAC section for INTS 210: Global Issues in the 20th Century
- GERMAN LAC section for GERM 270: German Culture and the Jewish Question
- GERMAN LAC section for HIST 159: 20th-Century Europe
- SPANISH LAC section for INTS 210: Global Issues in the 20th Century
- SPANISH LAC section for POLI 238: Contemporary Latin American Politics
Applicants should be native speakers or possess advanced proficiency in the target language, and demonstrate relevant teaching experience at the postsecondary level. Advanced graduate students with interdisciplinary interests are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will given to applicants who have attended a LAC pedagogy workshop and/or intend to pursue the Graduate Certificate in LAC Instruction (visit www.unc.edu/lac for more information).
For information on the responsibilities of LAC TAs, the eligibility requirements, and the application procedure, visit www.unc.edu/lac.
Application Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2009
Languages Across the Curriculum Instructional Workshop
Thursday,
March 5, 2009 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | FedEx Global Education Center, 4th
Floor
UNC's
Languages Across the Curriculum Program cordially invites graduate students
and faculty from any department to attend the LAC Instructional Workshop.
This best practices teaching workshop provides a forum for experienced and prospective LAC TAs to share ideas and instructional resources. The following presentations will be featured:
- A LAC Variety Pack: Varying Approaches to Teaching LAC Recitations
Jonathan Risner (CMPL), Spanish LAC TA - Teaching and Learning in the Multi-Proficiency LAC Classroom: Challenges and
Solutions
Helene Ducros (GEOG), French LAC TA - Selecting Materials for LAC Sections
Sherine El-Toukhy (JOMC), Arabic LAC TA
Participation in this workshop is strongly recommended for graduate students who wish to apply for upcoming LAC TA positions. For information on available Fall 2009 positions, visit www.unc.edu/lac.
To register for this workshop, email the following information to lac@unc.edu: Name, Home department, Stage of graduate/professional career, Foreign language(s) in which you are fluent, Field(s) of research or professional interest.
To learn more about LAC at UNC, email lac@unc.edu or
visit www.unc.edu/lac.
These workshops are sponsored by UNC's Center for European Studies, Center
for Global Initiatives, Institute for the Study of the Americas, and African
Studies Center and is made possible by Title VI grants from the US Department
of Education.
North Carolina German Studies Seminar
Sunday,
March 22, 2009 | 6:00 - 8:00pm | Hillel Center, UNC
As part of the North Carolina German Studies Seminar & Workshop
Series, Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand
(Appalachian State University)
will present a seminar on Performing Literature and/as History:
The Stadtmuseum of Wolframs Eschenbach.
Town museums usually display town history. How does one begin to understand a town that reads its history in the literary creation of an author that we suppose to have lived around 1200 but of whom we have no “real” evidence other than his poetry? Instead of the usual farm implements and period costumes, the Stadtmuseum of Wolframs-Eschenbach showcases the artistic products of the town’s alleged most famous son, the medieval poet Wolfram von Eschenbach. Wolframs-Eschenbach and its museum are thus one of the most unique examples of modern performativity and medieval literature. In the Stadtmuseum, the connections between medieval literature and the town’s history become concrete (become memory) in a very intentional way. In this talk, Sterling-Hellenbrand will explore the genesis and concept of the museum as a work of “modern medievalism” or the “living middle ages.”
Please register with Philipp Stelzel (stelzel@email.unc.edu) in a timely fashion. Refreshments will be served at 6pm; the seminar will begin at 6:30pm.
For more information, please visit www.unc.edu/ncgs/seminars.html. Cosponsored by the Center for European Studies.
Research Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society
Friday,
March 20, 2009 | 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Duke University East Campus, Carr Building,
Room 229, 114 Campus Drive
Heather
Perry (UNC Charlotte, Dept. of Modern German and European History) ) will present
a
seminar
entitled Recycling
the Disabled: Medical Mobilization in World War I Germany.
The breathtaking technology of the First World War paradoxically destroyed
and re-created the male body. Soldiers who would have died from less devastating
wounds in previous wars, returned from the trenches as mutilated bodies and
unrecognizable figures. The unexpectedly high human cost of trench warfare
was a constant drain on fit and healthy workers needed elsewhere in the German
war economy. The presentation examines the response of German industry and
medicine to this crisis and argues that through envisioning the male body
as a machine that needed to be repaired and/or reproduced, medical professionals
were able to rationalize the artificial re-creation of the wounded body.
Ultimately, it demonstrates that modern medical technology allowed for the
physical "recycling of the disabled" within the labor economy of
WW I Germany.
The seminar starts at 4:15 pm. Refreshments will be served before the seminar. A pre-circulated paper is available a week in advance at fbruehoe@email.unc.edu (Friederike Bruehoefener)
For more information, please visit http://www.unc.edu/mhss/abstracts/Perry.html
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A Season of Postwar Hungarian Films Tuesday,
March 3, 2009 | 6:00pm | Room 402, Dey Hall, UNC | |
IIPP Fellowship Program for Undergraduate Sophomores
The
Institute for International Public Policy serves to enhance US national security
and global competitiveness
by promoting excellence, international service, and awareness among a broader,
more representative cross-section of the American citizenry. With 15 years
of demonstrated excellence as the leading provider of international affairs
and public policy education for underserved minority college students, IIPP
has educated and trained almost 300 International Affairs Fellows. Our focus
is on providing quality education and practice opportunities to minority
students beginning in their sophomore year of college.
If you're Interested in learning more about IIPP and the application process, IIPP will be offering a number of web seminars (webinars) online in the weeks leading up to the application deadline. For details, please visit the IIPP website.
Deadline: March 16, 2009
Slovo: An inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian and East European affairs
Volume 21.2 | School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University
College London
Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review
articles are welcome from all research students and academics. Submissions
to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk)
or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200
word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available
for download for free from the MHRA website).
If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist. For more information about Slovo visit our website: http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/slovo.htm
Deadline for article submissions: March 14, 2009
EU-US ATLANTIS Program on Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training
The 2009 ATLANTIS Call for proposals covers the following actions:
TRANSATLANTIC DEGREE CONSORTIA PROJECTS
This Action provides support for consortia of EU and U.S. higher education
institutions to implement dual/double or joint degree programmes “Transatlantic
Degrees”. Transatlantic degree consortia projects may apply for three
types of funding: i) flat rates/fixed amounts to consortia institutions for
the administering of the project, ii) transatlantic mobility grants to EU
and U.S. students and iii) transatlantic mobility grants to EU and U.S. faculty.
EXCELLENCE in MOBILITY PROJECTS
This Action provides funding for international curriculum development projects
that involve short term transatlantic mobility that is not directly related
to awarding of a joint or dual/double degree. Consortia applying for such
a project must be able to demonstrate a proven track record in transatlantic
cooperation and exchanges including those funded under preceding EU-U.S.
agreements. Support includes mobility stipends for students and faculty and
flat rates/fixed amounts for the consortia institutions.
POLICY ORIENTED MEASURES
This Action provides support to multilateral EU-US projects and activities
designed to enhance collaboration in the higher education and vocational
training field. The EU side of the consortia implementing policy oriented
measures may apply for a funding of up to 75% of the project cost incurred
by the EU side up to a maximum of EUR 70,000. The duration of projects is
two years.
The detailed guidelines and application forms can be found at the following website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/extcoop/usa/2009/call_us_eu_2009.htm
Deadline: March 23, 2009
Call for Nominations: Youth Summit at the Strasbourg NATO Summit - "NATO in 2020: What lies ahead"
This April, young leaders
from across the Atlantic Community will meet on the margins of the 60th Anniversary
NATO Summit in Strasbourg for a major event,
'NATO in 2020: What lies ahead?' At Strasbourg, the emerging generation of
leaders will focus on NATO's future and the global security challenges ahead.
High-level
experts and policy makers will address the delegates and will challenge them
to reflect on a broad range of political and social topics related to global
security and the NATO Summit.
As an organizing partner of 'NATO in 2020', the Atlantic Council of the Unites States is able to nominate up to four American young professionals or advanced graduate students to represent the United States at this important event. Non-US applicants should contact their national Youth Atlantic Treaty Association chapter for details on applying (further information at http://www.atlantic-youth.org/index.php?p=member). Nominees should be chosen from a broad range of professional fields and expertise, including the social sciences, public policy, economics, law, journalism, political science, business, and related fields. Nominees should by no means be limited to those who have expertise of NATO and security issues, but should be drawn from other fields as well. The recruitment process will be highly competitive and only two U.S. nominees will be selected as finalists.
Finalists will be flown to Strasbourg and provided with accommodations during the event. There is no cost to attend and all travel, room and board costs will be provided by the organizers. Please note that the approximate arrival date is April 1st and departure is April 4th or 5th.
To apply for nomination, qualified American graduate students or young professionals should submit the following documents via email to bheaton@acus.org:
- Application Form http://www.acus.org/files/YATA_Application_Strasbourg.doc
- Applicant Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- A one page motivational letter outlining the applicant’s background and explaining why they want to attend the event.
- Copy of applicant passport (.jpg)
- Small (jpg) photo of applicant
Deadline: February 28, 2009
EU Visitors Program
The European Union, Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S. in Washington,
D.C., is accepting applications for the 2010 European Union Visitors Program.
This is an expenses paid 5-8 day visit to the European Commission in Brussels
to enhance knowledge of the European Union and meet with various EU officials.
The Visitors Program brings young leaders from a variety of countries outside
the
European Union to Brussels to gain a better understanding
of the Union's goals, policies and peoples through firsthand
experience and to increase mutual understanding
between professionals from non-EU countries and
their EU counterparts.
Those eligible to participate
are government officials (local, state and federal), journalists,
trade unionists, educators, officials of nonprofit,
non-governmental organizations and other professionals in their mid-twenties
to mid-forties with career-related interests in the European Union.
The EUVP is not open to students.
For details, please view this
brochure (PDF) and visit http://www.eurunion.org/eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2928&Itemid=9
Deadline: March 1, 2009
The EU and NATO in the 21st Century: Security Collaborators or Competitors?
April 7, 2007 | University of Pittsburgh
This one-day conference will bring
together academics and practitioners to explore how the EU
and NATO are coping with the evolving defense and security environment in Europe
and
beyond, and its impact on the crucial transatlantic relationship with the U.S.
The conference
will also examine the impact of the following on the EU, NATO and their interrelationship:
the
EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), European Security and
Defense Policy (ESDP),
the European security strategy adopted in 2003, NATO’s “Strategic
Concept” adopted at the
1999 summit, the demands of its numerous partnerships with non-NATO states,
and its efforts
to modernize itself at the 2002 and 2004 summits. Both the EU and NATO face
military
challenges today, but more often than not these are in an “out of area” context
and/or involve
asymmetrical conflicts including insurgencies and terrorism. One or more presentations
may
also address what form, functions and strategies European security institutions,
and their
relationship with the U.S., may need to adopt in the face of these and future
security
challenges.
For more information, please click here: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/events/conferences/PDFs/EU-NATO-2009.pdf
European Union Center of Excellence Competition for K-12 Teacher Travel to Brussels
June,
2009 | Brussels, Belgium
Two awards will be made to North Carolina K-12
teachers for participation summer 2009 in a new program organized by
the European
Commission. Teachers
from 11 EU Centers of Excellence will join a four day study tour of EU
institutions in Brussels. Each award would include funds for travel,
accommodation and per diems. Priority will be given to teachers enrolling
a team in the 2009 Euro Challenge competition. In future years, priority
may also extend to teachers attending UNC EU Center teacher workshops.
To download the application and view the itinerary, please visit www.unc.edu/depts/europe/research_funding/fundingk12.htm
Deadline: 5:00pm on March 17, 2009
The European Union and the Euro: A K-12 Workshop
May 7-8, 2009 |
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Want to learn more about
the European Union? World View and the UNC
European Union
Center
of Excellence have partnered together to offer
a 1½ day
workshop on the European Union. Designed to help North Carolina
K-12 teachers better understand
our interconnected world, this workshop will include presentations
by EU scholars on the European Union and the Euro currency. Resources
that use technology to enhance content and better integrate the
EU in the school’s curriculum will also be provided. One
CEU will be awarded for completion of the program.
Registration fee is at the low cost of $50 per person and includes hotel accommodations in Chapel Hill on May 7, travel reimbursement, and lunch on May 8.
Space is limited to 30 participants, so please register today by filling out the registration form (PDF). For additional information, contact World View at 919/962-9264 or email cbrossy@unc.edu.
World View Spring Seminars
Middle
East and the West Seminar
March 25-26, 2009 (1.5 days) | Friday Center, UNC
Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies at UNC
at Chapel Hill, this seminar will examine contemporary issues facing
the
Middle East and the West as they encounter one another in an increasingly
globalized world. This seminar will also introduce educators to
the region’s cultures, politics, religions, and economy.
Application sessions will feature methods and resources for including
the study of the Middle East in K-12 and community college classrooms.
Both seminars are appropriate for all educators: K-12 and community college, ESL and regular classroom instructors, school counselors, and administrators. 1.5 CEUs will be offered for each seminar.
For details, view www.unc.edu/world/seminars.shtml. To register, please open this flyer (PDF).
Global Updates from World View
The
Middle East is in the news daily. Are we doing enough to educate our
students about this important region of the world? This
issue of Global Updates provides many internet resources for teaching and learning
about the Middle East.
To see previous Global Updates from World View, please visit the archive.
Executive Director of European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill
The
Center for European Studies at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill invites
applications for the position of Center Executive
Director, employment beginning as soon as possible but no later than
June 1, 2009. The Center is composed of a Title VI National Resource
Center, a European Union Center for Excellence, and the Trans-Atlantic
Masters program. The Executive Director is the chief administrative officer
for these programs and is responsible for writing Center grants and administering
Center programs. Teaching in the Trans-Atlantic Masters program is an
optional duty. The Center for European Studies is one of five Centers
in the United
States with both Title VI and EUCE grants and thus ranks in the top tier
of European Studies programs in the US. Further information about the
Center can be obtained at www.unc.edu/depts/europe/ces_home.html.
A master's degree, preferably in modern European Studies, is required.
PhD or ABD
preferred. Salary range: $60,000-$75,000 depending on qualifications.
Candidates should apply at http://hr.unc.edu/jobseekers/search.htm (search in EPA non-faculty positions) and attach a CV and cover letter. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer and educator. Review of applications will begin immediately. Please submit reference letters to: John D. Stephens, Director, Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3449, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3449 (jdsteph@unc.edu).
Deadline: March 26, 2009
Internship at Analytica
Analytica
is a non-profit independent institution dedicated to helping individuals
and institutions with the aim to foster lasting improvement in the
democracy and governance in Macedonia and elsewhere in the region of
South Eastern Europe.
Internship applicants are expected to be university students, undergraduates or graduates preferably interested in EU studies. They should also have interest in policy research and at least basic research skills. An interest in one or more of Analytica's programs of research would be an advantage. Proficiency in English is essential. There are no citizenship requirements.
The spring cycle
of the internship runs from April 10 - June 30. Interested applicants
should send their CVs (resumes) along with an application letter explaining
the reasons behind their application to: info@analyticamk.org,
within the specified deadline. Same application procedure applies both
for residential and non-residential internship.
For more info about Analytica and its work, please visit: http://www.analyticamk.org/index.html
Deadline: March 15, 2009
EUSA
Corner
Following are meetings
and announcements from the European Union Studies Association, of which
the UNC-CH Center for European Studies is a sustaining member.
Conference in Oxford: Constitutional Pluralism in the EU
March 20-21, 2009 | Institute of European and Comparative Law | St.
Anne's College, Oxford
Constitutional
pluralism has become immensely popular among scholars who deal with
the European
integration and global governance. Fortunately,
important challenges against this approach have been raised as well,
questioning its compatibility with the very nature of law and the values
which law brings to constitutionalism. The purpose of this conference
is to enhance dialogue between these scholars and to test viability of
the idea of constitutional pluralism in practice. Inviting the most prominent
scholars in the field – indeed, some of them could be called “the
founding fathers of constitutional pluralism” – together with a
younger generation promises to create a dynamic and mutually engaging
environment which will ideally transform into a collaborative community.
In order to promote the dialogic nature of the whole event, most of the papers should be made available in advance on a webpage of the conference, so that participants can familiarize themselves with their content and the presenters can focus on the main points of their papers. An emphasis will be put on discussion within each panel, inviting the participants to the conference to contribute actively to its outcome.
Full programme and registration form available here: http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/iecl/eventdetail.php?events_ID=2473
Deadline: February 27, 2009
PhD and Post-Doc Fellowships: Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
invites applications to its Ph.D. and Post-doc program. BIGSSS is an
inter-university institute of the University of Bremen (UB) and Jacobs
University. The program is funded by the German Excellence Initiative.
The program provides close supervision of dissertation work within
a demand-tailored education and research framework. BIGSSS is part
of an international network of highly acknowledged graduate programs.
It supports its Ph.D. and Post-doc Fellows in achieving early scientific
independence, providing funds for conducting, presenting and publishing
their research. The language of instruction is English.
For details, please visit http://www.bigsss-bremen.de/ and view the call for applications: http://www.bigsss-bremen.de/fileadmin/gsss/files/Stellenausschreibung_Dezember.08.pdf
Deadline: March 15, 2009
MPIfG Doctoral Fellowships
The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political
Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) offered jointly by the Max
Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne
invites suitable candidates to apply for up to seven doctoral fellowships
in economic sociology and political economy.
Applicants must hold a Diploma or a Masters degree in political science, sociology, organization studies or related fields. Degrees must be received by September 2009. Fellowships will start on October 1, 2009, and will be awarded for one year with the option of two additional years. Working languages at the Research School are English and German.
For more information see the MPIfG website, where the application forms can be downloaded.
Deadline: March 15, 2009
PhD Positions: Administrative Governance
Maastricht
University | The Netherlands
The
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University
invites
talented researchers, with a background in
European Studies, Political Science or International Relations to apply
for newly opened PhD positions. These salaried positions will contribute
to the Faculty’s core research project on Administrative Governance
in the European Union. For more information about this project, about
the type of research proposals we would welcome and about the application
procedure, please visit our website: http://www.fdcw.org/phdprogram/2007/06/administrative_governance.html
Deadlines:
- 16 March: deadline for candidates to show their interest (submit CV).
- 10 May: deadline submission full proposals by candidates (submit research proposal)
- June: presentation proposal by a selected number of candidates.
For more information contact P. van Eijs (P.vEijs@FDCW.unimaas.nl) or one of the project leaders mentioned on the website.
Post-Doctoral Studentships in Luxembourg
The
University of Luxembourg currently has an opening for an Assistant/Doctoral
Student in Political Science. The successful candidate will have
the opportunity to undertake a PhD in the area of European Public
Policy, while also participating more generally in the teaching and
research activities of the University’s expanding, interdisciplinary
European Governance programme. Full details of the position are available
on the University
website.
Candidates interested in pursuing doctoral studies in the area may also be eligible to apply under the more general research studentship scheme (‘Aides à la Formation-Recherche’) of the national research council (deadline 15 March). To discuss any potential projects in the areas of European Politics and Public Policy, as well as the application procedure, please contact Robert Harmsen, Professeur en Sciences Politiques at robert.harmsen@uni.lu or +352 466644 9640.
Deadline: March 27, 2009
New Degree in Multi-level and Regional Politics
University
of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland
The MSc in Multi-level and
Regional Politics is the first degree of its kind in Europe. From nationalist
mobilization
to
multi-level
democracy, from devolution to globalization, and from European Union
studies to regional analysis, this degree covers all aspects of the
politics of the new multi-level world in which we live.
This 12-month postgraduate course (which can be undertaken part-time
over 24 months) can be taken either as a taught program with an optional
placement in a Scottish political institution, or an MSc by research
which includes methods training.
For details about the MSc program, please visit:
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/taught_programmes/msc_multi-level_and_regional_politics
Competition Policy Studentships
Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for Competition Policy
| University of East Anglia | Norfolk, England
The
ESRC Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) invites applications for fully
funded (3-year) PhD studentships, including two ESRC quota awards, from
October 2009. These studentships
can be held in any area of competition or regulation policy appropriate
for supervision by the Centre’s faculty members, who come
from the Schools of Economics, Law, Business and Political, Social
and
International Studies. The CCP received research training recognition
from the ESRC in the 2007 interim recognition exercise.
The Centre also invites applications from those intending to pursue an academic career for one year masters studentships for the MSc in Industrial Economics and the LLM International Competition Law and Policy, from September 2009.
Application details are available on the CCP website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/ccp? or from Stu White (s.white2@uea.ac.uk).
Deadline: March 31, 2009
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