February 2012 – Conference 2: “The Euro Crisis,” led by EU Law Professor Professor Jens Dammann and organized by CES in consultation with Law. Proceedings to be published in The Texas Journal of International Law.
February 2012 – Call for applications for EU Visit Program Competition.
March 2012 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 2: Reshoring in the US and Europe: The End of the Outsourcing Era?Caspar Hunsche, Senior Director, The Supply Chain Council, Inc.
March (mid to late), 2012 – Applications for EU Visit Program Competition due and selection committee deliberates.
April 2012 – Conference 3: “Elite Policymaking and Financing in the EU and US: Accountability or Paralysis?” led by the former Chair of Government, Professor John Higley, and organized by CES in consultation with the Department of Government, CREEES, and LBJ.
April 2012 – Finals of Euro Challenge, NY.
April 2012 – Award notifications of EU Visit Program Competition and planning stage for sending 3 UT students and 2 High School faculty to Brussels, coordinated with EU Network Coordinating Center.
April 2012 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 3: Interdependencies in the Global Downturn and the Risks of Protectionism, Pankaj Ghemawat, Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School, Barcelona, and author of World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It.
Summer 2012 – Workshop 2: Teaching the European Union in Texas High Schools.
Summer 2012 – Coordination Meeting for the Creation of a Masters of Arts in European Studies.
PREPARING FOR YEAR TWO OF THE GRANT:
June-August, 2012 – Euro Challenge: Beginning planning stage.
July 2012 (preparing for Year 2 of the grant) – Course Development I: Call for curriculum development and instructional grant for a business course (to be taught in the Spring of 2013) that would focus its empirical case studies on the EU.
July 2012 (preparing for Year 2 of the grant) – Course Development II: Call for a competitive curriculum development grant for a “Signature Course” on issues related to leadership in the EU. The grant will consist of funding to facilitate course development by the faculty member chosen to develop the course.
July 2012 (preparing for Year 2 of the grant) Organize course for at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on (1) “Comparative Government with a focus on Europe and the EU” for Fall 2012 and “Modern European History and the EU” for spring 2013, and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
Year 2: September 1, 2012 – August 31st, 2013
*All events in Year 2 will be assessed for impact based on number of applicants/participants and immediate feedback from applicants/participants (to be ascertained through a short email/written survey that all participants will be able to complete on a voluntary basis). We will be coordinating with CTL throughout the year to develop and implement an objective, outside measurement evaluation report for the three-year grant cycle.
September 1, 2012 – January 2013 – European Scholar I: Adjunct position for a scholar from Europe (Topic of course to be determined).
September 1, 2012 – Summer 2013 – Graduate Travel Stipend: Competition for one stipend of $2,500 for UT School of Law students to take part in European Court of Justice in Luxemburg.
September 1, 2012 – Summer 2013 – PhD Research Grant: Competition for two grants of $2,000 each related to research on EU Public Policy or EU-US Relations.
September 1, 2012 – Summer 2013 – Faculty Research Grant: Competition for two grants of $4,000 each related to research on EU Public Policy or EU-US Relations.
September 1, 2012 – Call for one 10 hour-a-week research assistantship positions to facilitate conference, outreach, lecture series, and data collection activities (1 student worker).
September 1, 2012 – Call for two faculty research grants of $4,000 each with a focus on Business in the EU and Business relations between the EU and US.
Sept 1, 2012 – December 15, 2012 – Implement course for fall 2012 at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on “Comparative Government with a focus on Europe and the EU” and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
September 1, 2012 – Euro Challenge: Prepare for first round in March.
October 1, 2012 – Collaborative lecture and seminar exchange with École des hautes études en sciences sociales on the EU, Europe, and Muslim identity politics. Topic to be determined.
October 2012 – Workshop 1: “Grants and fellowships for studying in and researching on Europe” – One day workshop for students, faculty and researchers on obtaining grants and fellowships for research on/in Europe.
October 2012 – Information Session for Euro Challenge (2 days)
October 2012 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 1. Topic to be determined.
November 2012 – Conference 1: “EU-US Energy: Comparative Energy Public Policies and Technologies,” led by Professor Michael Webber and organized by CES in consultation with LBJ and the Cockrell School of Engineering.
November 2012 – EU Center of Excellence Anthropology Lecture Series. Speaker: To be determined.
January 2013 – May 2013 – European Scholar II: Visiting Scholar position from Sweden (EU-related course to be determined).
January 2013 – May 2013 – Implement course for spring 2013 at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on “Modern European History and the EU” and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
January 2013 – Texas EU Summit 2: “Connecting Central Texas Businesses to the European Markets.”
February 2013 – Call for applications for EU Visit Program Competition.
March 2013 – First Round of Euro Challenge.
March 2013 – Conference 2: “Reassessing EU/US Policy on Secession: The Lessons of Yugoslavia and Georgia,” led by Alan Kuperman and organized by CES in consultation with LBJ.
March 2013 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 2. Topic to be determined.
March (mid to late), 2013 – Applications for EU Visit Program Competition due and selection committee deliberates.
April 2013 – Conference 3: “Comparative Politics of Identity in the European Union” led by Mary Neuburger and Robert Moser, and organized by CES in consultation with the Department of Government, CREEES, and LBJ.
April 2013 – Award notifications of EU Visit Program Competition and planning stage for sending 3 UT students and 2 High School faculty to Brussels, coordinated with EU Network Coordinating Center.
April 2013 – Finals of Euro Challenge, NY.
April 2013 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 3. Topic to be determined.
Summer 2013 – Workshop 2: Teaching European Union in Texas High Schools.
PREPARING FOR YEAR THREE OF THE GRANT:
June-August, 2013 – Euro Challenge: Beginning planning stage.
July 2013 (preparing for Year 3 of the grant) – Call for curriculum development and instructional grant for a business course (to be taught in the Spring of 2014) that would focus its empirical case studies on the EU.
July 2013 (preparing for Year 3 of the grant) – Course Development II: Call for a competitive curriculum development grant for a “Signature Course” on leadership in the EU.
July 2013 (preparing for Year 3 of the grant) Organize course for at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on (1) “European Politics and the EU” for Fall 2013 and “War and Peace in Europe and the EU” for spring 2014, and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
Year 3: September 1, 2013 – August 31st, 2014
*All events in Year 3 will be assessed for impact based on number of applicants/participants and immediate feedback from applicants/participants (to be ascertained through a short email/written survey that all participants will be able to complete on a voluntary basis). We will be coordinating with CTL throughout the year to develop and implement an objective, outside measurement evaluation report for the three-year grant cycle.
September 1, 2013 – January 2014 – European Scholar I: Adjunct position for a scholar from Europe (Topic of course to be determined).
September 1, 2013 – Summer 2014 – Graduate Travel Stipend: Competition for one stipend of $2,500 for UT School of Law students to take part in European Court of Justice in Luxemburg.
September 1, 2013 – Summer 2014 – PhD Research Grant: Competition for two grants of $2,000 each related to research on EU Public Policy or EU-US Relations.
September 1, 2013 – Summer 2014 – Faculty Research Grant: Competition for two grants of $4,000 each related to research on EU Public Policy or EU-US Relations.
September 1, 2013 – Call for one 10 hour-a-week research assistantship positions to facilitate conference, outreach, lecture series, and data collection activities (1 student worker).
September 1, 2013 – Call for two faculty research grants of $4,000 each with a focus on Business in the EU and Business relations between the EU and US.
September 1, 2013 – Euro Challenge: Prepare for first round in March.
Sept 1, 2013 – December 15, 2013 - Implement course for fall 2013 at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on “European Politics and the EU” and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
October 2013 – Collaborative lecture and seminar exchange with École des hautes études en sciences sociales on the EU, Europe, and Muslim identity politics. Topic to be determined.
October 2013 – Information Session for Euro Challenge (2 days).
October 2013 – Workshop 1: “Grants and fellowships for studying in and researching on Europe” – One day workshop for students, faculty and researchers on obtaining grants and fellowships for research on/in Europe.
October 2013 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 1. Topic to be determined.
November 2013 – Conference 1: “Sexual Citizenship and Human Rights: What Can the US Learn from the EU and European Law?” led by Professor Thomas Hubbard and organized by CES in consultation with Women’s and Gender Study, the Rapoport Center, and CREEES.
November 2013 – EU Center of Excellence Anthropology Lecture Series. Speaker: To be determined.
January 2014 – May 2014 – European Scholar II: Visiting Scholar position from Sweden (Topic of course to be determined).
January 2014 – May 2014 – Implement course for spring 2014 at Huston-Tillotson [HT] on “Modern European History and the EU” and co-ordinate guest lectures of UT faculty with HT.
January 2014 – Texas EU Summit 3: “Connecting Central Texas Businesses to the European Markets.”
February 2012 – Call for applications for EU Visit Program Competition.
March 2014 – Conference 2: “EU and US Legal Approaches to Citizenship and Human Rights,” led by Karen Engle and organized by CES in consultation with LBJ, Law, Women’s and Gender Studies, and CREEES.
March 2014 – First Round of Euro Challenge.
March 2014 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 2. Topic to be determined.
March (mid to late), 2014 – Applications for EU Visit Program Competition due and selection committee deliberates.
April 2014 – Conference 3: “The European Public Sphere: Understanding the Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Discussion in Shaping Today's European Citizenship,” led by Homero Gil De Zuniga and organized by CES in consultation with the School of Journalism.
April 2014 – Award notifications of EU Visit Program Competition and planning stage for sending 3 UT students and 2 High School faculty to Brussels, coordinated with EU Network Coordinating Center.
April 2014 – Finals of Euro Challenge, NY.
April 2014 – EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series 3. Topic to be determined.
Summer 2014 – Workshop 2: Teaching European Union in Texas High Schools.
End of the Project: August 31, 2014
EU CENTERS 2011-14
Proposal Narrative Form
4. Detailed Description of Proposed Activities 4.A.1. Activities: Conferences and Workshops. Provide a summary of all conferences and workshops planned during each academic year of the entire 2011-14 grant period. For each, indicate themes to be addressed, the number and nature of expected attendees, any resulting information products, means of dissemination. Please also specify how these activities will further the program policy objectives and produce the related outcomes set out in section II of the Call for Proposals, and provide measurable criteria for evaluating their implementation. Attach additional page(s) if necessary.
CONFERENCES I (these conference events will vary by year) The Center will organize three “major” conferences (10-15 invited participants) every academic year (typically taking place in November, March, and April) that will seek to involve a large number of researchers, policy makers, and stake holders from both the US and Europe.
YEAR 1: November DATE, 2011 – Conference 1:
Alternatives to Austerity
The conference will bring together specialists from the US, Europeans working in the US, and selected specialists from Europe, especially from those countries hardest hit by the economic crisis. The purpose of the conference will be to compare conditions and analyses, and to discuss alternatives to a prolonged economic decline, high unemployment, and sustained assaults on public institutions and the welfare state.
Proposed participants: Europeans:
Andor Laszlo, Hungary: European Commissioner for Employment
John Eatwell, UK, President, Queens College, Cambridge (Senior Adviser, British Labour Party)
Christian Chavagneux, France, Editor, Alternatives Economiques
Bruno Amoroso, Italy, Roskilde University (Denmark) and Federico Caffé Society, Rome
Theodore Pelagidis, Greece, University of Piraeus
Anatole Kaletsky, UK, Journalist and author
Aurore Lalucq, France, Initiative for Rethinking the Economy
Americans:
Jan Kregel, Levy Economics Institute (formerly University of Bologna)
Randall Wray, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Robert Guttman, Hofstra University and University of Paris
Steven Cohen, University of California, Berkeley
Norman Birnbaum, Georgetown University Law Center
Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Robert Blecker, American University
February DATE 2012 – Conference 2:
Conference on the Euro Crisis In 2010, the EU experienced its first sovereign debt crisis as investors grew fearful that several of the Eurozone members might be unable to repay their government debts. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Belgium saw their government bonds downgraded and had to watch helplessly as the bond yield spreads between their own government bonds and those of more solvent member states such as Germany rose to new heights. The crisis soon became most acute in Greece, and on May 2, 2010, the International Monetary Fund and the remaining Eurozone countries agreed to a bailout in the form of a €110 billion loan. A week later, the member states of the EU and the International Monetary Fund went even further and pledged to make available as much as €750 billion to secure the solvency of the less stable Eurozone countries. While these measures have so far succeeded in averting sovereign defaults, the threat that the Euro Crisis poses is far from over.
The Euro Crisis has profound implications for law and policy in the EU and raises numerous questions of fundamental importance. Should the Treaty on the EU be amended to provide a clearer basis for financial rescue measures, and, if so, how should such amendments be designed? Should the Eurozone states move toward closer economic and fiscal integration? Should the EU at least be able to interfere in the economic and fiscal policy of individual member states if such interference becomes necessary to preserve the stability of the Euro? Should the EU consider the introduction of insolvency proceedings for member states? Does the Euro Crisis call for a redefinition of the role of the European Central Bank?
To discuss these and other questions, we plan to organize a conference on the Euro Crisis at the UT School of Law. The Texas Journal of International Law has agreed in advance to publish the main contributions.
Proposed Participants:
John Armour, Oxford University, United Kingdom (bankruptcy)
Anu Bradford, Chicago Law School (EU law)
Dr. Armin von Bogdandy, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (EU constitutional law)
Grainne de Burca, Harvard Law School (EU constitutional law)
Stavros Gadinis, Berkeley (regulation of financial markets)
Dr. Gerard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (banking and financial services)
Luis Miguel Poiares Maduro, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (EU constitutional law)
Dr. Wolfgang Schön, Max-Planck-Institut for Tax Law and Public Finance (taxation)
Dr. Chiara Zilioli, Deputy General Counsel of the European Central Bank (EU law)
April DATE, 2012 – Conference 3:
Elite Policymaking and Financing in the EU and US: Accountability or Paralysis? A central question in EU countries and the US today is the extent to which policymaking latitudes of government, state administrative, business, trade union, and other key elite groups are being constricted by globalization, climate change, resource costs, weak economic growth, high unemployment, ethnic communal tensions, and many other difficulties. Enthusiasts of unfettered democracy applaud and seek more constricted elite latitudes, believing this increases accountability to citizens’ needs and wishes. Others see in constricted latitudes a creeping paralysis of policymaking that will produce protracted economic stagnation and heightened social conflict. These competing views are abiding themes in theories and research about political elites in EU countries and the US: selectivity in recruitment, forms of social distinctiveness; rates of circulation; structures of policy networks; magnitudes of accord and discord on major policy questions; in short, the policymaking capacities and qualities of political elites in these countries. Relevant theories are, however, diverse, and research findings tend to be piecemeal. It is therefore proposed to convene a symposium at the UT in early April 2012 to aggregate and assess what we know and do not know about the capacities and qualities of elite policymaking. A dozen senior scholars who have long studied political elites in EU countries and the US, augmented by several prominent media observers, will be assembled. The symposium will be organized by the Center for European Studies and Department of Government at the UT in collaboration with the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Political Elites, whose current chair, Prof. John Higley, is a UT faculty member. Prof. Higley will later edit a volume containing symposium papers and discussions. Strong efforts to attract coverage of the symposium by National Public Radio, Deutsche Welle, The Economist, The New York Times, Financial Times, etc. will be made.
Proposed participants: EU Scholars:
Heinrich Best, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Collaborative Research Center, University of Jena, and an expert on European parliamentary elites
Maurizio Cotta, Professor of Political Science, University of Siena, and Director of the 17-country EU-funded project on elite and citizen views of European integration
Jean-Pascal Daloz, Professor & Research Director, C.N.R.S., France, and an authority on the social distinctiveness of historical and contemporary European elites
Patrick Dumont, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Luxembourg, and a specialist on the recruitment and circulation of cabinet ministers in EU countries
William Genieys, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Latin European Studies, Univ. of Montpellier, and an expert on French policymaking elites
Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Frankfurt, leader of three studies of German policymaking elites and a fourth study now being launched
Miguel Jerez-Mir, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Granada, and a leading student of Spanish ministerial and parliamentary elites.
György Lengyel, Professor of Sociology, Corvinus University, Budapest, and a leading scholar of East European business elites
US Scholars:
Michael Burton, Professor of Sociology, Loyola Univ. Maryland, and co-author of Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy (2006)
G. William Domhoff, Professor of Sociology, Univ. of California Santa Cruz, and author of six editions of Who Rules America?
Michael Lindsay, President of Gordon University, Boston, and director of a large new survey study of US elites
Gwen Moore, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, State Univ. of New York Albany, and an expert on the networks and gender compositions of US and European political elites.
EU and US Observers:
A senior EU official in the US to be chosen in consultation with the EU Commission
