Bath, 29-30 April 2010
This two day conference aims to provide a friendly environment in which postgraduate students can gain experience of presenting research and develop contacts with other researchers in their field. 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.
Further Information
DATE
Thursday 29 to Friday 30 April 2010
Dept of European Studies & Modern Languages
University of Bath
1 West North
Bath BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
Location Maps: http://www.bath.ac.uk/maps/campusmap.html
On arrival, go to Lecture Room 1 in the Sports Training Village (marked as No. 7 in pale blue on the map).
There is no registration fee to attend the conference but delegates are expected to pay for their own accommodation (if required), a conference dinner (optional) and travel.
To attend, you must register in advance by contacting Eli Gateva.
CONFERENCE DINNER
The conference dinner will take place at GG’s Steakhouse & Grill. The total price of the meal is £25; this includes a starter, a main course and a glass of wine.
To confirm your choices and pay for your meal please use the online dinner booking form.
The deadline for dinner choices and payment is the 9 April.
Getting to the dinner: Taxis will be arranged from 6.45 onwards from the conference venue
Please contact Simon Orth should you have any questions with regards arrangements for the conference dinner.
TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
UACES is able to assist UACES members with their travel expenses; full information is available on the UACES website.
ACCOMMODATION
Delegates need to make their own arrangements for accommodation if required.
Some suggestions are:
Some single rooms left for under £30 per night, and loads of shared dorms - £20 and under.
Dorms - £20 and under
Dorms - £11 - £14.50
www.rocknbowlmotel.com
A comprehensive programme will be supplied to you on arrival.
On arrival, go to Lecture Room 1 in the Sports Training Village (marked as No. 7 in pale blue on the map).
Thursday, 29 April 2010
| 09:45 | 10:30 | Arrival & Registration |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Welcome and Keynote Address by Prof Richard Whitman on:
'The Lisbon Treaty and EU Foreign Policy Making: The (Unintended?) Consequences of Implementing Reforms'
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| 12:15 | 13:40 | Parallel Research Panels: Session A
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| 13:40 | 14:40 | Lunch
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| 14:40 | 16:05 | Parallel Research Panels: Session B
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| 16:30 | 18:00 | Parallel Research Panels: Session C
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| 18:00 | 18:45 | Wine Reception sponsored by the Dept of European Studies & Modern Languages, University of Bath
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| 19:00 | 21:00 | Conference Dinner at 'GG's Steakhouse & Grill'
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| 21:00 | Drinks at 'The Cork'
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Friday, 30 April 2010
| 09:45 | 10:15 | Arrival |
| 10:15 | 11:15 | Keynote Address by Dr Spyros Economides
'Democratisation, Europeanisation and Transformation. The EU as State-Builder: The Case of the Western Balkans'
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| 11:15 | 11:45 | Get Published! Address by Dr Sarah Léonard on:
'The Importance of Publishing' and the announcement of the winner of the JCER Prize and the new competition
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| 11:45 | 13:15 | Parallel Research Panels: Session D
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| 13:15 | 14:15 | Lunch
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| 14:15 | 15:45 | Parallel Research Panels: Session E
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| 16:00 | 16:15 | Closing Address
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| 16:15 | Social Programme
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Bath Spa mainline railway station is on the London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads line. Very frequent train services run to London, a journey of approximately 90 minutes. Bristol, with connections to the Midlands, the North and the South West is usually a 15 minute journey.
The Bath university website has comprehensive info on how to get there from the city & train station: www.bath.ac.uk/study/ug/opendays/travel/
Transfer by Bus to the University from the Railway and Bus Stations
The nearest bus stop to the railway and bus stations at Bath is Corn Street. From here:
First Somerset & Avon's Bright Orange buses 18, 418/9 run from 07:21 until 02:36 at a 6 minute daytime frequency during term; less after 18:00 and university holidays.
OR
Wessex Connect's U18 uniconnect bus service runs every 10 minutes to the University campus from 07:03 - 20:23 Monday to Friday. From 21:05 buses run every 20 minutes until 02:45. A less frequent service operates at weekends. See timetables and tickets for more details. Uniconnect buses are in a dark blue colour scheme.
Bath YMCA to train station = 10 min walk
Bath YMCA to Corn Street = 12 min walk
Corn Street to University = Bus
Call for Panels and Papers
The deadline for submission of proposals is 12 February 2010.
Postgraduate students may propose a conference paper individually using the Paper Submission Form. Proposals that are accepted will be organised into research panels by the Student Forum Committee.
We also encourage students to form pre-organised panels by using the Student Forum’s Euroresearch mailing list to contact other paper-givers. Panels should include a Chair (who is not presenting a paper and who can also act as a Discussant) and three or four paper-givers.
Panel proposals should include a summary of the overall theme and objective of the panel (max. 200 words) and should be submitted using the Panel Summary Form. In addition, we still need a completed Paper Submission Form for each of the papers in the proposed panel.
If accepted, paper-givers will be expected to provide copies of their paper to the chair and 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 to other delegates after the conference.
Please contact Eli Gateva for any queries relating to the research programme.
Abstracts from the conference will be added to the Conference Papers Database.