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The Council for European Studies at the Columbia University announced the Call for Papers for their Fifteenth International Conference of the Council for European Studies.
Founded in 1970, the Council for European Studies is the leading academic organization in the US for the study of Europe, with a membership of more than 100 institutions and 1,000 individuals. The Council is dedicated to producing and recognizing outstanding research in European studies and achieves this objective through a range of programs including conferences, publications, and awards.

The Conference will take place at the The Drake Hotel, Chicago between March 30 and April 2, 2006.

At the 2006 conference, the Council welcomes panels and roundtables on the study of Europe at its most broadly defined, and encourages proposals on the widest range of themes, including but not limited to:

European Capitalisms; Religious and Secular Values; Transatlantic Relations; Gender and Generational Change; Memory and Monuments; Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism; The Urban Agenda; Migration and Diasporas; Parties, Unions and Social Movements; East-West Transactions; Globalization and Europe; Ethnographies of European Integration; and Terrorism, Surveillance, and Security.

Proposals must be received by October 1, 2005. Panel submission forms can be found here. Eight copies of these materials should be mailed to:

Conference Committee 2006
Council for European Studies
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, MC 3310
New York, NY 10027

Questions may be directed to ces@columbia.edu. Participants will be notified of the Committee's decisions by December 15, 2005.