UACES Student Forum Eighth Annual Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS
School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
Thursday 19th April - Friday 20th April 2006
The University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) Student Forum is organising its Eighth Annual Conference, on the 19th and 20th of April 2007 at the University of Nottingham. This two day conference aims to provide a friendly environment in which research students can attend, develop contacts with other researchers in their field, and gain experience of presenting research to their peers. The conference is aimed at research students of all levels and proposals are welcome from students working in the field of European Studies within various disciplines.
Proposals should be sent to the Conference Officer Peter Petrov: by 31st January 2007
Membership of UACES is not a prerequisite for attendance, although student members attending can claim up to 50% of their travel expenses (up to a limit of £75 for journeys within the UK and £100 outside the UK, further details on the UACES website: http://www.uaces. org/travelclaims .htm
Postgraduate students wishing to propose an individual paper should complete the
paper submission form (which can be downloaded from http://www.uacesstu dentforum. org/nucleus/ media/1/20061128 -paper%20submiss ion%20form. doc) including a 200 word abstract containing a clear summary of the paper. Individual paper givers are encouraged to use the Student Forum’s Euroresearch mailing list to contact other potential papers and form pre-organised panels.
Proposals for pre-organised panels are particularly welcome. Panels should contain one Chair (who is not also presenting a paper) and three paper-givers. Proposals for panels should include a summary of the overall theme and objectives of the panel (max. 200 words) along with abstracts (max. 200 words, see above for details on abstracts) for each of the three papers in the submission form. Proposals should be submitted by the Convenor (usually the chair or a paper giver) of the panel with the agreement of all other participants. Panel submission form can be downloaded from
(http://www.uacesstu dentforum. org/nucleus/ media/1/20061128 -panel%20submiss ion%20form. doc)
Once accepted, paper givers will be expected to provide copies of their paper to the other members of their panel at least one week in advance of the conference. Papers should be no more than 8000 words (including footnotes). Paper copies need not be provided but paper givers should be prepared to make an electronic copy of the paper available for other delegates after the conference.
The organisers of the UACES Annual Conference, to be held in Portsmouth in September 2007, strongly recommend that students planning to attend and present at the Annual Conference, first attend and present at the UACES Annual Conference. For more information about the UACES Annual Conference see the UACES website: http://www.uaces. org
Further details of the conference will be posted on the Student Forum website (http://www.uacesstu dentforum. org) as they become available. For more general enquires please contact the Conference Organiser Peter Petrov: P.Petrov@postgrad. manchester. ac.uk
Kind Regards
Peter Petrov
PhD Researcher/UACES Student Forum Conference Officer
Graduate School of Politics
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Dover Street Building
Room 0-3-1
Manchester, M13 9PL
e-mail: p.petrov@postgrad. manchester. ac.uk;
alternative e-mail: pietro_bg@yahoo. com
mobile: 07969260175
homepage:
http://www.socialsc iences.mancheste r.ac.uk/politics /research/ research_ groups/epru/
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