DEADLINE EXTENDED: Proposals now Due on Oct. 6 for CES Conference on "Resilient Europe?" (Philadelphia, April 14-16, 2016)

Moving to the front this reminder that the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, organized by the Council of European Studies, will take place in Philadelphia on April 14-16, 2016.  The deadline for submission of proposals has been extended to Oct. 6, 2015.  The organizing committee is especially interested in including a greater number of legal scholars on the program, so please consider submitting a proposal.  The instructions for submission of proposals are below.  

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23rd International Conference of Europeanists - Call for Proposals

Resilient Europe?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. • April 14-16, 2016
to be held at DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
Organized by the Council for European Studies

Call for Proposals

Resilience is the capacity to survive, to bounce back and to innovate in the wake of extraordinary stress or unexpected crises. Psychologists view resilience as a character trait. Today, researchers and scholars of all stripes are beginning to understand resilience as constitutive of societies as well as of individuals.

The Program Committee for the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists invites participants to consider contemporary Europe’s capacity for resilience. Since the financial crisis began in 2008, stresses and shocks of various sorts have posed dilemmas that challenge Europe’s resilience in economic, political, and cultural domains. How will European economies confront slow growth and austerity, as well as the atrophy of “social Europe” and the growth of inequality? How will demographic decline combined with immigration and assimilation affect the ethnic composition of Europe? Will the protracted Eurozone crisis and waning public support for European institutions and policies alter the viability of the European project? How will secular Europe confront the challenges of religious mobilization? How will European democracies confront the rise of nationalist parties and the valorization of “illiberalism” as viable political practice? Can Europe remain a “Normative Power,” a force for liberalism, democracy and the rule of law in the world, in the face of rising powers and resurgent authoritarianism?

The Council for European Studies (CES) seeks proposals that explore these questions and the quality of resilience in Europe. It encourages proposals from the widest range of disciplines and, in particular, proposals that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. CES invites proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe, broadly defined, and strongly encourages participants to submit their proposals as part of an organized panel. Full panel proposals will be given top priority in the selection process. To form panels, participants may find it useful to connect with like-minded scholars through the many CES research networks, which can be found here: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/research/research-networks

Proposals may be submitted from August 17 to October 6, 2015. Participants will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by December 10, 2015. Information on how to submit proposals will be posted on the CES website and disseminated through its newsletter. To subscribe to the CES newsletter visit: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/

Juan Díez Medrano, Chair,
Council for European Studies
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Mabel Berezin, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Cornell University

Mark Pollack, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Temple University

Reminder (Legal Scholars Especially): Proposals due Oct. 1, 2015 for "Resilient Europe?", 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, April 14-16, 2016

We want to send a reminder that the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, organized by the Council of European Studies, will take place in Philadelphia on April 14-16, 2016.  Proposals are due Oct. 1, 2015.  The topic, fittingly, is "Resilient Europe?"  The organizing committee includes two network members, Mark Pollack (Temple, as co-chair) and Peter Lindseth (UConn).  The organizing committee is especially interested in including a greater number of legal scholars on the program, so please consider submitting a proposal.  The instructions for submission of proposals are below.  

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23rd International Conference of Europeanists - Call for Proposals

Resilient Europe?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. • April 14-16, 2016
to be held at DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
Organized by the Council for European Studies

Call for Proposals

Resilience is the capacity to survive, to bounce back and to innovate in the wake of extraordinary stress or unexpected crises. Psychologists view resilience as a character trait. Today, researchers and scholars of all stripes are beginning to understand resilience as constitutive of societies as well as of individuals.

The Program Committee for the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists invites participants to consider contemporary Europe’s capacity for resilience. Since the financial crisis began in 2008, stresses and shocks of various sorts have posed dilemmas that challenge Europe’s resilience in economic, political, and cultural domains. How will European economies confront slow growth and austerity, as well as the atrophy of “social Europe” and the growth of inequality? How will demographic decline combined with immigration and assimilation affect the ethnic composition of Europe? Will the protracted Eurozone crisis and waning public support for European institutions and policies alter the viability of the European project? How will secular Europe confront the challenges of religious mobilization? How will European democracies confront the rise of nationalist parties and the valorization of “illiberalism” as viable political practice? Can Europe remain a “Normative Power,” a force for liberalism, democracy and the rule of law in the world, in the face of rising powers and resurgent authoritarianism?

The Council for European Studies (CES) seeks proposals that explore these questions and the quality of resilience in Europe. It encourages proposals from the widest range of disciplines and, in particular, proposals that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. CES invites proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe, broadly defined, and strongly encourages participants to submit their proposals as part of an organized panel. Full panel proposals will be given top priority in the selection process. To form panels, participants may find it useful to connect with like-minded scholars through the many CES research networks, which can be found here: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/research/research-networks

Proposals may be submitted from August 17 to October 1, 2015. Participants will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by December 10, 2015. Information on how to submit proposals will be posted on the CES website and disseminated through its newsletter. To subscribe to the CES newsletter visit: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/

Juan Díez Medrano, Chair,
Council for European Studies
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Mabel Berezin, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Cornell University

Mark Pollack, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Temple University

Paul Craig on “EU Accession to the ECHR after Opinion 2/13” (Fri. Sept 18)

On Friday September 18th, from 12:30-2:00pm, the Jean Monnet Center at NYU will host a lunchtime event with Paul Craig (Oxford), who will speak about "EU Accession to the ECHR after Opinion 2/13." Also joining the discussion will be network members Piet Eeckhout (UCL), Turkuler Isiksel (Columbia), Mattias Kumm (NYU), and Peter Lindseth (UConn).

If you are in the New York area and would like to attend, please RSVP by email to jeanmonnet@nyu.edu. Lunch will be served from 12:30 PM, the presentation will begin at 1:00 PM and the discussion should end at 2:00 PM.  Location:  1st Floor Faculty Lounge, 22 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10011

Michael Higgins, President of Ireland, to Deliver the Annual Emile Noël Lecture at NYU (Monday September 28 at 6pm)

The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at NYU Law School has announced the Eleventh Annual Emile Noël Lecture on The State of the (European) Union.  The lecture, entitled "The European Union – Towards a Discourse of Reconnection, Renewal and Hope," will be given by Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, on Monday September 28 at 6pm.  Prior registration is required (see here).  A reception will follow.

Call for Proposals (Due Oct. 1, 2015): "Resilient Europe?", 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, April 14-16, 2016

We've been alerted that the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, organized by the Council of European Studies, will take place in Philadelphia on April 14-16, 2016.  The topic, fittingly, is "Resilient Europe?"  The organizing committee includes two network members, Mark Pollack (Temple, as co-chair) and Peter Lindseth (UConn).  The organizing committee is especially interested in including a greater number of legal scholars on the program, so please consider submitting a proposal.  The instructions are below.  

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23rd International Conference of Europeanists - Call for Proposals

Resilient Europe?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. • April 14-16, 2016
to be held at DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
Organized by the Council for European Studies

Call for Proposals

Resilience is the capacity to survive, to bounce back and to innovate in the wake of extraordinary stress or unexpected crises. Psychologists view resilience as a character trait. Today, researchers and scholars of all stripes are beginning to understand resilience as constitutive of societies as well as of individuals.

The Program Committee for the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists invites participants to consider contemporary Europe’s capacity for resilience. Since the financial crisis began in 2008, stresses and shocks of various sorts have posed dilemmas that challenge Europe’s resilience in economic, political, and cultural domains. How will European economies confront slow growth and austerity, as well as the atrophy of “social Europe” and the growth of inequality? How will demographic decline combined with immigration and assimilation affect the ethnic composition of Europe? Will the protracted Eurozone crisis and waning public support for European institutions and policies alter the viability of the European project? How will secular Europe confront the challenges of religious mobilization? How will European democracies confront the rise of nationalist parties and the valorization of “illiberalism” as viable political practice? Can Europe remain a “Normative Power,” a force for liberalism, democracy and the rule of law in the world, in the face of rising powers and resurgent authoritarianism?

The Council for European Studies (CES) seeks proposals that explore these questions and the quality of resilience in Europe. It encourages proposals from the widest range of disciplines and, in particular, proposals that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. CES invites proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe, broadly defined, and strongly encourages participants to submit their proposals as part of an organized panel. Full panel proposals will be given top priority in the selection process. To form panels, participants may find it useful to connect with like-minded scholars through the many CES research networks, which can be found here: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/research/research-networks

Proposals may be submitted from August 17 to October 1, 2015. Participants will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by December 10, 2015. Information on how to submit proposals will be posted on the CES website and disseminated through its newsletter. To subscribe to the CES newsletter visit: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/

Juan Díez Medrano, Chair,
Council for European Studies
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Mabel Berezin, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Cornell University

Mark Pollack, Co-Chair, CES Conference Program Committee Temple University

Save the Date: AALS European Law Section 2016 Annual Meeting (Washington DC, January 9, 2016)

Chair of the AALS European Law Section and network member Daniela Caruso (Boston University) has written to confirm the details for the European Law Section panel at the AALS 2016 Annual Meeting in New York City.  

The panel will meet on January 9, 2016, at 8:30am.  The topic will be "Human Rights at the Margins: The Refugee Crisis and Other Emergencies in a Transatlantic Perspective."  Network member Daniel Halberstam (Michigan) and Steve Peers (Essex) are confirmed as speakers; network member Gráinne de Búrca (NYU) will serve as discussant; and Daniela will chair.

[Change of Time] Justice Breyer to Lecture at Paris-Nanterre, Wednesday, April 15, 16:00

Friend of the network Myriam Benlolo-Carabot (Paris-Nanterre) has asked us to let readers know that Justice Stephen Breyer's lecture on Wednesday, April 15 at the law faculty of the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense will now take place at 16:00 (rather than 15:00 as originally scheduled).  The talk is entitled "The Court and the World".  More information, including location details, can be found here as well as on the flyer is below.

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Summer School: "European Union Law, Policy, and Diplomacy," Washington D.C., May 16-17 and 28-29, 2015

Network member Fernanda Nicola (Washington College of Law, American University) has written to announce a short course in Washington D.C. next month on European Union law, policy, and diplomacy, as part of American University's Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy.  Her announcement to the network is below.

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I am writing to invite your students to participate in the upcoming Regional Organizations courses being offered this summer by the Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy (PIOLD) at the American University Washington College of Law. The PIOLD program combines legal, diplomatic, and social scientific approaches to the study of multilateralism to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of the mechanics of international organization functions.

The course on European Union Law, Policy and Diplomacy will feature cutting edge law and policy reforms with a focus on transatlantic relations, financial institutions and human rights law. This class will be taught by Professors Fernanda Nicola and Michelle Egan (American University WCL and SIS) in conjunction with Dr. Gisella Gori, senior political advisor at the EU Delegation, Valerie Rouxel-Laxton, Head of Economic and Financial Affairs at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of American, and Denis Chaibi, member of the Cabinet of Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response at the European Commission. The course will meet at Washington College of Law on May 16-17 and at the EU Delegation's office in Washington, D.C. on May 28-29.

Summer School: "Parliaments of Europe," LUISS University of Rome, July 14-24, 2015

Network member Nicola Lupo (LUISS Guido Carli) has written to announce a summer school on parliamentary democracy in Europe, to take place at LUISS University of Rome between July 14 and July 24 this year.  Entitled "Parliaments of Europe: foreign policy and democracy promotion," the course focuses on the powers, functions, and institutional relationships that distinguish modern European parliaments.  The course is aimed at graduate students, junior researchers, civil servants, and others with a professional interest in European democracy.  Full details are available here.

Conference at LSE: 'Resilience or Resignation? National Parliaments and the EU', 10 April 2015

Friend of the network Davor Jancic (British Academy Newton Fellow, LSE), has asked us to forward the announcement below of the conference Resilience or Resignation? National Parliaments and the EU, which will take place at LSE on April 10.  Included in the speaker line-up is network member Peter Lindseth (UConn, this term Senior Emile Noël Fellow at NYU), as well as Katarzyna Granat (Emile Noël Fellow at NYU).  More details can be found here (including RSVP details) and the full announcement is below.

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Summer School: "Democracy and the Financial Crisis in Europe," Amsterdam, June 29 - July 3, 2015

Network member Gareth Davies (VU University Amsterdam) has written to announce a summer school for doctoral students between June 29 and July 3, 2015 at VU University Amsterdam on "Democracy and the Financial Crisis in Europe."  A short summary is below, and more information can be found here.  The deadline for applications is April 14, 2015.

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This one-week, full-time, intensive summer school is organized by ACCESS Europe and the VU University Amsterdam law school. ACCESS Europe is a co-operative venture between VU University and the University of Amsterdam, providing a platform for research and debate on Europe, the European Union and its Member States. It has recently been awarded Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence status.

The summer school will consist of a series of interactive seminars with leading scholars in law and political science. The 20-25 participants will explore the theme of "democracy and the financial crisis in Europe" from different angles, with plenty of opportunities to link it to their own research.

CFP: Sheffield University (UK) Conference on Skilled Migration Policies, September 15, 2015

Network member Francesca Strumia (Sheffield University) has asked that we pass along the following call for papers for a conference in September entitled "Unravelling the Talent Tale: Skilled Migration Policies between National Images, Membership Bonds and Economic Priorities."  See below and here for details.

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Unravelling the Talent Tale: Skilled Migration Policies between National Images, Membership Bonds and Economic Priorities

Sheffield University School of Law

Tuesday September 15, 2015

with Professor Peter J. Spiro, Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law (keynote speaker)

This one-day interdisciplinary conference, jointly sponsored by the Sheffield Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group and the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law, proposes to bring together scholars, practitioners and institutional actors involved with the development and practice of skilled migration policies to consider a range of questions targeting the interrelation between attracting skilled migrants and redefining community boundaries and membership bonds.

Which concepts of talent underpin skilled migration policies and what kind of stake in the community do these concepts relate to? How do skilled migration policies alter existing paradigms for community closure and the nature of the ‘genuine links’ among community members? How do the claims to admission of skilled migrants relate to those of ‘standard’ migrants? How do these policies relate to narratives of sovereignty and nationalism?

Proposals for papers addressing the above questions from legal, political, sociological perspectives are encouraged. Paper proposals not exceeding 500 words in length and a one paragraph bio should be emailed by 30th April 2015 to skilledmigration.2015@gmail.com.  Successful applicants will be notified by mid-June 2015

For additional details and the full call please see http://migrationgovernance.org/activities_items/call-papers-skilled-migration-conference/.

Panel Discussion at NYU Law School (Fri, Jan 30): Accession of the EU to the ECHR after Opinion 2/13

Last year ended with a major set-back for the accession of the EU to the ECHR. On December 18, 2014, the European Court of Justice delivered its long awaited Opinion 2/13 on the accession agreement, declaring it to be incompatible with the EU Treaties. Opinion 2/13 has been met with fierce criticism in the blogosphere (see, e.g., here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). It raises a range of questions relating to the autonomy of EU law, the ECJ's alleged monopoly for human rights protection in EU law matters, and of course the future of the accession process. Will Article 6(2) TEU remain an unfulfilled obligation?

To discuss these and other questions, the Jean Monnet Center at NYU Law School will hold a lunch-time discussion on Friday, January 30, 2015 in the lounge of 22 Washington Square North. Thomas Streinz (Hauser Global Scholar, NYU) will provide a short introduction, network member Daniel Halberstam (Michigan) will offer remarks., and network member Peter Lindseth (UConn, Senior Emile Noël Fellow at NYU this term) will chair.

Lunch will be served from 12:00 PM onwards, the presentation will begin at 12:30 PM and the discussion should officially end at 2:00 PM (but could of course be continued informally over coffee).

If you are in New York and interested in attending, please RSVP to jeanmonnet@nyu.edu.

"Futures of the European Union" at NYU (Dec. 12): Dieter Grimm, Miguel Poaires Maduro, Gráinne de Búrca, and Christine Landfried

Network member Gráinne de Búrca asked us to pass along the information below regarding "Futures of the European Union," which will take place on December 12 at the Deutches Haus at NYU.  The gathering will feature Dieter Grimm, Miguel Poiares Maduro, and Christine Landfried, as well as Gráinne herself. Details are below.  If you are in the New York area, please give consideration to attending.

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Max Weber Guest Lectures: Futures of the European Union

Friday, December 12, 6:00 p.m.

Deutsches Haus, New York University

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies present "Futures of the European Union" featuring presentations by Dieter Grimm and Miguel Poiares Maduro with a commentary by Gráinne de Búrca. The event will be moderated by Christine Landfried and is part of the Max Weber Guest Lectures 2014 series.

Dieter Grimm is Professor Emeritus of Law at Humboldt University in Berlin and Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. He was a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Germany as well as the Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Berlin.

Miguel Poiares Maduro is the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development. He was a Professor of Law at the European University Institute in Florence and a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. He was also an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice.

Gráinne de Búrca is the Florence Ellinwood Allen Professor of Law at NYU and Director of the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice. She was a Professor at Harvard Law School and at the European University Institute in Florence.

Christine Landfried is the Max Weber Professor at NYU.

Events at Deutsches Haus are free of charge. If you would like to attend this event, please send us an email to deutscheshaus.rsvp@nyu.edu. Space at Deutsches Haus is limited; please arrive ten minutes prior to the event. Thank you!

This event is sponsored by the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and Deutsches Haus at NYU.

EU Law Stories Conference (March 13 at AU-WCL): Comparative and Contextual Histories of European Jurisprudence

We wanted to alert readers to the "EU Law Stories" conference hosted by our friends at American University Washington College of Law in DC, which will take place on Thursday, March 13.  It may be of interest to those of us also attending the CES conference, which begins the following day. An overview of the program is immediately below, including links to network members who are taking part.  Further information, including registration details, can be found here.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

8:30 am – 6:00 pm

American University Washington College of Law, 6th floor lounge

4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016

The conference will engage lawyers, historians, and social scientists in an interdisciplinary analysis of the important, engaging, or enigmatic EU law cases in order to develop ‘thick’ descriptions of them, more accurate contextual histories, engagement with the leading personalities involved, and critical perspectives in European integration. This will go beyond the standard ‘text book’ analyses of these cases and ‘fold’ the political science and developing historical research in together with the broader legal framework. The aim is to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds into an open and productive conversation and publish the fruits of this as a volume with a leading press that we think it is timely to influence both the scholarly debates on EU law as well as its teaching.

Panel at BU on the Euro Crisis: Regulatory Responses, Social Consequences, and Legal Strategies, Friday January 17, 2014 (3:00 to 6:30 PM)

We are pleased to pass on the announcement from network member Daniela Caruso (BU) of the Eurozone Crisis Panel, which will take place on Friday, January 17, at Boston University School of Law, Barristers Hall. For additional information please contact Elizabeth Aggott at lawevent@bu.edu.

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The Eurozone crisis, epitomized by the Greek sovereign debt crash, continues to loom as one of the greatest financial, regulatory, and policy challenges in the history of the European Union to date. One of the long-­standing aspects of the European Union’s political integration is the project of a Social Europe - a particular model of polity built upon the legacy of member states' welfare policies. What are the prospects for Social Europe following the recent austerity measures demanded by lending institutions? Can it find room in a new and strengthened political union? In addition to addressing the foregoing questions, the event aims to lay out for discussion the regulatory and investment-­climate outcomes of the Greek debt crisis, identifying opportunities for legal strategies concerning both private investment and systemic regulation in Greece and at the EU level.

The Boston University International Law Journal and the Hellenic Bar Association of Massachusetts are hoping to attract a diverse audience including the law school student body and alumni, faculty, graduate students from BU and other schools, HBA members and members of the business and legal community.

Speakers include:
Prof. Philomila Tsoukala  - Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. Vivien Schmidt - Boston University - Center for the Study of Europe
Maria Panezi - Osgoode Hall Law School - Institute for Global Law & Policy
John Pantekidis  - TwinFocus Capital Partners LLC (BUSL graduate)
Greg Peterson  - Ballentine Partners, LLC
Prof. Yannis M. Ioannides - Tufts University

Reminder: AALS Annual Meeting, New York City, Joint Program of the Financial Institutions and European Law Sections (January 3, 2014, 10:30 AM)

A reminder regarding the AALS Annual Meeting in New York on January 2-5, 2014:  The Section on Financial Institutions & Consumer Financial Services and the Section on European Law are co-sponsoring a joint program entitled “Taking Stock of Post-Crisis Reforms: Local, Global, and Comparative Perspectives on Financial Sector Regulation.”  The program will take place on Friday, January 3, 2014, at 10:30 am, and network member Peter Lindseth (UConn) will chair.  Speakers will include Bob Hockett (Cornell) and Anna Gelpern (Georgetown), along with papers selected in response to the the CFP by Hilary Allen (Loyola-New Orleans) [paper here], Sabeel Rahman (Harvard) [paper here], and Art Wilmarth (GW) [paper here]. 

Take note that each section will have a business meeting immediately following the conclusion of the panel (the European Law Section's will be over lunch -- more details here).  An overview of the program is immediately below and otherwise we look forward to seeing many of you in New York.

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The financial crisis of 2008 was truly a global crisis, and the world continues to face a wide range of post-crisis economic and political challenges. Today, several years after the market turmoil began, both the United States and the European Union are in the midst of major regulatory reforms in the financial services sector. The effects of these financial regulation reforms however, remain unclear. Structural reform in the U.S. is thus far limited to a yet-to-be finalized "Volcker Rule," while in the U.K. and the Eurozone, respectively, Vickers- and Liikanen-style "ring-fencing" remain incomplete if not inchoate.  Debate in the U.S. still rages around whether and how smaller "community banks" should be regulated differently from megabanks, while the E.U. continues to debate whether to form a "banking union" at all and, if so, what it might or could entail, given various political constraints.  Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to innovate in the realm of monetary policy in the absence of functional fiscal policy, while the European Central Bank moves furtively toward acting as a full Fed-style central bank capable of backstopping sovereign debt instruments and providing real liquidity.  Where might these multiple developments be ultimately heading, and what might the Americans and Europeans learn from each other as they grope tentatively forward? What broader implications do they raise for political accountability and legitimacy in a post-crisis world?

"EU Law Stories Conference" at American University, Washington College of Law, March 13, 2014 (Submission Deadline December 31)

We're pleased to pass on the announcement from network member Fernanda Nicola (AU-WCL) of the EU Law Stories Conference, which will examine the complex topic of European jurisprudence from a historical perspective. The goal is to engage lawyers, historians and social scientists in an interdisciplinary analysis of important or enigmatic EU law cases in order to develop ‘thick’ descriptions, more accurate contextual histories, engagement with the leading personalities involved, and critical perspectives in European integration.

The conference will take place on Thursday, March 13, at American University, Washington College of Law, 6th Floor Lounges. If you wish to attend, you can register here (free but required). Submission deadline: December 31, 2013. Email Christin Flint, cf7785a@student.american.edu. For additional information please contact Fernanda Nicola at fnicola@wcl.american.edu

Events in and around the EUSA Conference in Baltimore (May 8-11): the "ASEAN-EU: Dynamics of Interregionalism" Conference at American University, Washington DC (May 13)

Numerous network members will be participating in the EUSA Conference in Baltimore on May 9-11 (program downloadable here) and we're looking forward to seeing many of you there.  Of special note, on Thursday, May 9, the JCMS will sponsor a special lecture by network member Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton).

In addition, for those of you remaining in the Baltimore/Washington area beyond the weekend, the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in Washington DC is hosting a conference in Room 120 SIS on Monday, May 13, entitled "ASEAN-EU: Dynamics of Interregionalism" (full program here).  The conference is organized by Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center; network member Michelle Egan, Jean Monnet Professor; and Pek Koon Heng, ASEAN Studies Director, School of International Service, American University, Washington DC.  The keynote luncheon speaker Michael Fuchs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic and Multilateral Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, State Department will speak on issues pertaining to the U.S. and EU strategic dialogue on Asia.

For those interested in attending in person, you can RSVP here.  For those interested in following the live-stream, the link is here.  American University (AU) is located in North West Washington DC. AU’s main campus is located at 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016.  The closest subway (the Metro) station to AU is the Tenleytown-AU stop on the Red line. There is a free campus shuttle bus from the Metro stop. The university is a ten minute walk from the Metro.  On campus parking is available in the garage below the SIS Building. The parking is located at the intersection of New Mexico Avenue and Nebraska Avenue.