THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF YUSTE FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES
ITS EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND MOBILITY GRANTS FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES ‘CHARLES V EUROPEAN AWARD 2006-HELMUT KOHL’
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ITS IV SUMMER DOCTORAL SEMINAR IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
2006-2007 Session
“Changing times: Germany in 20th-century Europe Continuity, Evolution and Breakdowns”
With the academic support of
S.E.G.E.I (SocioEconomic Governance and European Identity) Research Network,
Robert Triffin International Foundation
Jean Monnet Chair of Contemporary History (Catholic Universtiy of Louvain)
University of Extremadura
With the support of the European Community budget line "Support to organizations who promote European culture"
RULES FOR APPLICANTS
1. Introduction and general aims
1.1. The European Academy of Yuste Foundation announces its European Research and Mobility Grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2006-Helmut Kohl’ (ten grants of 3,000 euros each) and its “IV Summer Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary European Multidisciplinary Studies” with the academic support of SEGEI (SocioEconomic Governance and European Identity) Research Network 1, to take place at the Royal Monastery of Yuste and Palace of Charles V (Extremadura, Spain) in September 2007.
1.2. These European Research and Mobility Grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2006-Helmut Kohl’ are aimed at supporting:
i) the research within Europe required to prepare the contribution the doctoral seminar in the Royal Monastery of Yuste; ii) the researchers’ travel to Yuste to participate in the seminar and to the ceremony of presentation of the research papers; iii) The publication of the researchers’ contributions in a collective work, encompassing the results of the research carried out in the framework of these grants.
2. Specific aims
The research theme for these “Charles V European Award” grants is related to the last recipient of this Prize, awarded by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation, in this case former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. As a consequence, the research theme will be the role of Germany, from a wide perspective, in the European integration process, the relations between Europe, Spain and Germany, and in
1 The members of the SEGEI (Socio-Economic Governance and European Identity) Research Network are: Prof. Eric Bussière (IRICE, Paris I - Paris IV), Prof. Michel Dumoulin (Chaire Jean Monnet d’histoire de l’Europe contemporaine - GEHEC, Université catholique de Louvain, coordinator), Prof. Jürgen Elvert (Universität Köln und Zentrum für Europäische Integration, Universität Bonn), Prof. Matthias Kipping (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Prof. Zdzisiaw Mach (Centre for European Studies, Uniwersytet Jagiello ńsky University, Krakow), Prof. Enrique Moradiellos Garcia (Universidad de Extremadura), Prof. Mercedes Samaniego Boneu (Universidad de Salamanca), Prof. Sylvain Schirmann (Institut d’études politiques, Strasbourg), Prof. Luciano Segretto (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Prof. Antonio Varsori (Università degli studi di Padova). SEGEI also has associate members, i.e. the Alumni of the previous summer doctoral seminars. Contact : Collège Erasme, Place Blaise Pascal, 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve [00- 32](0)10474907 or [email protected] ].
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particular the evolution of Germany from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. It seems worth studying this evolution from a multidisciplinary perspective, especially in the field of bilateral and multilateral relations with other European countries, with special attention to those which belonged to Charles V’s empire (Austria, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal...), but also with other important countries, such as the United States. The research projects of the selected Ph. D. students should refer to one of the following topics: I. Germany and Spain: Bilateral relations and European and international cooperation.
II. German technological and scientific innovation in different fields of research, medicine, biotechnology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc., as well as in related projects, such as the Human Genome Project, the ITER Project, etc., and their impact in Europe’s scientific community and citizens.
III.The German society: immigration in an ageing population.
IV. Germany as a testing ground for economic and social experiences: the so-called Rhenan capitalist model.
V. Germany: Federal State and model of federalism.
VI. Cultural and intellectual elites mobility from and to Germany.
VII. Germany and its neighbours. Interregional and crossborder cooperation with Eastern and Western European countries.
VIII. Germany according to other Europeans: stereotypes, cultural heritage, the role of sports, the memory of the two world wars as image vectors.
IX.The impact of German reunification in the process of European integration.
X. German culture and language, the role of institutions and foundations that promote German culture and language.
XI. Germany’s role in technological transfer and industrial cooperation.
XII. Germany and the social Europe: models of sustainable social development for European citizens.
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The research papers should be submitted in a Doctoral Seminar on Contemporary European Multdisciplinary Studies, organised with the support of the Jean Monnet Chair in Contemporary European History of the Catholic University of Louvain and the academic cooperation of the SEGEI Research Network and the University of Extremadura. The Seminar will take place at the Royal Monastery of Yuste and Palace of Charles V (Extremadura), headquarters of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation, from 10 to 16 September 2007.
Apart from the selected candidates, the Seminar will be atended by members of the SEGEI Research Network, guest experts and Yuste Alumni from previous sessions. Thus, besides the doctoral students’ presentations, there will be an inaugural lecture as well as other presentations made by guest experts. The proceedings of the Seminar will be published in the Foundation “Cuadernos de Yuste” series.
Students from European universities and other interested persons can also register and attend the Seminar. This is usually the case with students attending the Summer International Courses organised by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation and the University of Extremadura. These participants will receive a 40-hour attendance certificate.
3. Special cooperation
The Jean Monnet Chair in Contemporary European History of the Catholic University of Louvain supports this project in the academic area, and the SEGEI Research Network offers six 600-euro grants to those researchers who have atended previous sessions of the Summer Doctoral Seminar (Alumni) and who wish to present a contribution related to the 2007 topics. Besides, the European Academy of Yuste Foundation will have for this 2007 session the special cooperation of the Triffin International Foundation, which offers a 3,000-euro grant to support a research project related to the European Monetary Union in the framework of the specific theme of this event.
4. Selection criteria and beneficiaries
4.1. To qualify for these grants candidates should be European students in the process of writing a Ph. D. dissertation in history, political sciences, economics, law and other disciplines of human and social sciences, as well as other scientific fields, on the topic of the relations between Germany and Europe during the 20th century and at present. This chronological limits can be flexible, providing that the topic refers to a historical factor with a decisive impact to explain a political, economic, scientific, social or cultural process. Candidates
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should not have obtained a similar Charles V Award grant in previous editions.
4.2. Considering that one of the aims of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation is to approach Europe and Extremadura, a special stress is made to invite researchers from Extremadura to participate in this competition, reserving one grant for a project submitted by a researcher from that region.
4.3. Papers can be written in English, Spanish, French or German. However, presentations at the seminar will be made only in English or Spanish. Participants whose mother tongue is not one of these two languages should present proof of proficiency in either of them.
5. Beneficiaries’ duties
Selected beneficiaries of these grants should:
I. Submit an outline and a summary of their project in English not exceeding 8,000 characters (spaces included), before June 15, 2007.
II. Participate in the whole summer doctoral seminar and submit their presentation in it.
III.Submit not later than October 15, 2007, in one of the four working languages, the final draft of their contribution, not exceeding 50,000 characters (spaces and notes included).
IV. Register as member of the European network of Yuste Alumni and as associate member of SEGEI.
V. Participate in the presentation of the publication of the proceedings of the doctoral seminar.
6. Funding and allocation of grants
6.1. The total funding allocated to the European Research and Mobility Grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2006-Helmut Kohl’, to the Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary European Multidisciplinary Studies and to the publication of its results 2 is 90,000 euros.
2 Apart from the grants, funds include the organisation of the doctoral seminar in Yuste (accommodation, local transportation, meals, interpreting services, complementary activities, secretarial work, library and information technologies, publication and distribution support, experts’ honoraries and expenses), the presentation of the publication and the organisation of a seminar to present the results in Germany.
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6.2. Each 3,000-euro European Research and Mobility Grant for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2006-Helmut Kohl’grant is distributed in the following manner: 2,000 euros for research expenses, 500 euros for mobility related to the presentation of the paper and 500 euros for the publication.
6.3. The grant will be payed as follows: 1,000 euros on June 15, 2007; 500 euros on August 15, 2007; and 1,000 euros after the submission of the final draft on October 15, 2007. 3 The last portion of 500 euros is reserved for the publication of the results of the seminar in the “Cuadernos de Yuste” series as well as in an electronic version.
6.4. The SEGEI grants for Yuste Alumni are distributed as follows: 250 euros on August 15, 2007; and 250 euros after the submission of the final draft on October 15, 2007. The 100 euros left are reserved for publication of the papers.
7. Grants refund
Beneficiaries who fail to conclude the research paper or any other of their obligations under this announcement should give up their grant and refund the amount already allocated, except in case of death, accident or serious illness of the beneficiary or of a first degree relative, subject to the relevant written evidence.
8. Grant application dates
8.1. Applications for these grants can be submitted from December 15, 2006 to February 18, 2007 (postmarked at the latest on this date) to the address in the application form. Forms can be found in Spanish, English, French and German at www.fundacionyuste.org . Candidates should also fill out the application in electronic format and send it by e-mail to the following address: [email protected]
9. Additional information
The names of the candidates selected by a jury that will be established to assess the applications, will be published in March 2007 in the Webpage of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation: www.fundacionyuste.org
3 The European Academy of Yuste Foundation is committed to settle the payments of the grants within a period of a maximum of three months after the deadlines that appear in this announcement.
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APPLICATION FORM Doctoral European Studies and Mobility Grants Helmut Kohl - European Academy of Yuste Foundation Charles V European Award In collaboration with SEGEI Research Network European Studies doctoral and mobility grant “Charles V European Award 2006- Helmut Kohl” European Academy of Yuste Foundation, with the support of the SEGEI Research Network
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I, (Full name)...... , the undersigned, declare that if my application for a Charles V European study and mobility grant is successful, on the basis of the provisions of this public announcement, I will:
I. attend the summer doctoral seminar at the Royal Monastery of Yuste and Palace of Charles V (Extremadura) from 10 to 16 September 2007 and submit my contribution in it; II. submit by June 15, 2007 the outline and an 8,000 characters (spaces included) summary of my contribution, in English; III.submit by October 15, 2007, in one of the four working languages, the final version of my contribution (not exceding 50,000 characters, spaces and notes included); IV. become member of the Yuste Alumni Network and associate member of SEGEI; and V. participate in the public presentation of the proceedings of the seminar.
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