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CRN on Decolonial Theory and De-/Coloniality: CFP “Using decolonial theory to re-imagine power, prosperity and connection across a troubled world.”
33rd International Conference of Europeanists, June 16-18, 2027, Leiden University The problems prioritised in EU law remain overwhelmingly situated within a colonial perspective that pays little or no attention to those who live their lives at the margins of Europe and European integration—communities of colour comprising European Union citizens from former colonized parts of Africa, […]
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CFP: Mini-Symposium, Refugees as International Actors
CES Immigration Research Network Mini-Symposium, held at the 33rd International Conference of Europeanists, June 16-18, 2026, Leiden University. The prevailing focus on refugees’ vulnerability and trauma produces them as the objects of global mourning, obscuring their agency and resilience as subjects. Along these lines, we aim to address two shortcomings in existing refugee studies: the […]
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CFP: AI in the Classroom–Alternative Takes, Critical European Studies RN
CfP: Panel: AI in the Classroom – Alternate Takes Conference: Council for European Studies 33rd International Conference for Europeanists, June 16-18, 2027, Leiden and the Hague, the Netherlands By this point, the claim that Generative AI has upended higher learning surprises no one. The technology is active everywhere, from basic internet searches to word processing […]
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New CES Research Network: Decolonial Theory and De-/Coloniality
I am Queen Mary Statue in Copenhagen. The statue is a collaboration by artists La Vaughn Bell and Jeanette Ehlers to memorialize Denmark’s colonial impact in the Caribbean. Read more about their work here. Photograph by Iyiola Solanke. CES is excited to announce the establishment of a new Research Network on Decolonial Theory and De-/Coloniality. […]
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2027 CES European Culture Research Network CFP
Call for Papers The European Culture Research Network (ECRN) of the Council for European Studies invites submissions for papers for the 33rd International Conference of Europeanists The ECRN invites submissions for a mini-symposium on: “Securing Europe? Cultural framing of power, prosperity and connection in a troubled world” This mini-symposium aims to address the general topic […]
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2026 Gisela Brinker-Gabler Award Winner
The European Culture Research Network is happy to announce the winner of the 2026 Gisela Brinker-Gable Award. Professor Jamie H. Trnka’s article “Collective, Collage, and Translative Authorship: Writing to and from Multilingual Europe” has been chosen as the winner of the 2026 Gisela Brinker-Gabler Award, sponsored by the European Culture Research Network in the Council for European Studies. Professor […]
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Political Economy and Welfare Research Network Best Paper Prize 2026
Best Paper Prize | September 15, 2026 The Political Economy and Welfare network calls for nominations for its annual “Best Paper Prize.” The research network awards a prize each year to a paper presented in a CES panel affiliated with the network. A jury will select the best paper among the nominations. The selected paper will be […]
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Announcing the Winner of the Gender & Sexuality Research Network Best Article Prize
The Gender & Sexuality Research Network is pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 Best Paper Prize. This year’s winning paper is: Kebaïli, Sélima, and Éléonore Lépinard. “Negotiating Submission: Pedagogies ofColoniality in the Everyday of Veiled Muslim Women in France and Switzerland.” Ethnicand Racial Studies 48, no. 5 (2025): 1042–1063. 2026 Best Article Prize […]
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Post-Conference Symposium: “Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes”
Social Movement Research Network, post-conference symposium, “Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes.” June 19-20, 2026 Dublin City University Please join us for the post-CES conference symposium: “Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes.” This symposium is planned by the Social Movements research network and sponsored by CES and DCU.
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Research Network Announcement: Peter Mair Prize
Network Announcement: Peter Mair Prize The Political Parties, Party Systems and Elections Research Network invites nominations for the Peter Mair Prize, awarded to the best paper on political parties, party systems, and elections presented at the CES Conference of Europeanists (Dublin 2026). The winner will receive a $300 prize, awarded to the author(s) of the best […]
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European Culture Research Network Conference Travel Grant
The 32nd International Conference of Europeanists is taking shape, and the draft program has just been published. We are very pleased that we have a wonderful line up of panels being hosted by the ECRN Network. In the attachment you will find an overview of the several panels that are organized. Notice that on 17 […]
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Call for Nominations: Gender and Sexuality Research Network Best Article Prize
We are thrilled to announce that nominations—including self-nominations—are now open for the Gender and Sexuality Research Network’s Best Article Prize. This award is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the outstanding and innovative research contributions of our members. Eligibility criteria: The article must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2025, and the author […]
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European Culture Research Network: Gisela Brinker-Gabler Award for an Outstanding Article in a Journal or Edited Volume
Call for Submissions Due: April 15, 2026 Gisela Brinker-Gabler was one of the pioneering feminist literary scholars in German andcomparative literary studies. She is remembered by colleagues, students, and friends as aninnovative thinker as well as a warm-hearted, generous colleague and teacher. She fosteredcollaboration throughout her career and did so with a generosity of spirit […]
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Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies (SMRN-CES) invites papers for the post-conference on “Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes. “
DEADLINE EXTENDED: February 10, 2026 CALL FOR PAPERS Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies (SMRN-CES) Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes June 19-20th, 2026 @Dublin City University (DCU) *** As of the writing of this call, the situation in the Palestinian Territories represents the ultimate paradigm of man-made catastrophe: […]
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13th Annual Graduate Workshop on Comparative Historical Research on Europe
The Research Network on the Historical Study of States and Regimes of the Council for European Studies invites applications for our Annual Graduate Student Workshop. This is a pre-conference workshop to be held in advance of the Council for European Studies 2026 Annual Meeting. We seek applications from advanced graduate students working on comparative historical […]
